Cycle Manufacturers
The safety cycle as we know it today, started its life in Coventry, here is a list of cycle manufactures that put the cycle on the map, MICMA will be celebrating these marques.
The dates in brackets indicate the year in which these Coventry cycle-builders first sold their machines under the name given.
Click the links in BOLD for a full list of models:
Alcester Cycle Co. Ltd (1904)
All Right Cycle Co. (1894)
Allard & Co. (1891)
Arnold, C.H. (1907)
Arrow Cycle Manufacturers of Coventry Ltd (1953)
Atkins, J. (1907)
Atlas Engineering Co. (1919)
Attenborough & Underwood (1984)
Avon Cycle Co. (1898)
Balmoral Cycle Co. (1909)
Barnett, A. & Co. (1919)
Bayliss, Thomas & Co. (1879)
Bayliss, Timms & Co. (1879)
Beacon Cycle Co. (1912)
Bennet, Cotton & Co. (1894)
Birchall, W. (1907)
Bird & Co. (1919)
Bonnick & Co. Ltd (1890)
Boro Mills Co. Ltd (1894)
Boyd, C. (1898)
Brenda Cycle & Motor Co. (1921)
Britania Cycle & Motor Co. (1929)
British Challenge Cycle Co. (1919)
Briton Cycle Co. (1898)
Bromwich Cycles Ltd (1980)
Burdess & Townsend (1886)
Burdess, Adam (1882)
Caesar Cycle Co. (1903)
Calcott Bros & West (1890)
Calcott Bros Ltd (1912)
Caroche Tricycle Co. (1880)
Centaur Cycle Bicycle & Tricycle Manufacturing Co. (1879)
Centaur Cycle Co. (1911)
Central Cycle Co. (1894)
Central Manufacturing Co. (1903)
Centric Cycle Co. (1891)
Challenge Cycle & Motor Co. (1911)
Challenge Cycle Co. (1903)
Chinn, B.B., (1903)
Clarendon Motor Car & Cycle Co. (?)
Clarke, C.W. (1898)
Clarke, Cluley & Co. (1894)
Clarke, W. (1898)
Colonial Cycle Co. (1909)
Congreave, J.T.A. (1903)
Conqueror Cycle Co. (1896)
Courts, J., Llloyd & Co. (1894)
Coventry & Midlands Cycle Co. (1890)
Coventry Bicycle Ltd (1921)
Coventry Cees Ltd (1939)
Coventry Chaser Cycle Co. (1898)
Coventry Co-operative Cycle Manufacturers Ltd (1898)
Coventry Cross Cycles Ltd (1896)
Coventry Cycle Factoring Co. (1921)
Coventry Eagle Cycle Co. (1911)
Coventry Ensign Cycle & Motor Co. (1919)
Coventry Hawk Cycle Co. (1931)
Coventry Herald Cycle Co. (1888)
Coventry Industries Ltd (1939)
Coventry Machinists Co. Ltd (1869)
Coventry Majestic Cycle Co. (1923)
Coventry Mascot Cycle Co. (1922)
Coventry Progress Cycle & R otor Co. (1921)
Coventry Trio Cycle Co. (1909)
Coventry Wheel Co. Ltd (1898)
Craven Cycle Co. Ltd (1898)
Dedicoat, John Richard (1879)
Dingley Vros (1912)
Dodwell, J. (1903)
Dolphin Cycle Co. Ltd (1896)
Dover Ltd (1937)
Dragoon Cycle Co. (1911)
Drakeford & Randle (1894)
Drakeford, Randle & Cooke (1894)
Dutson & Ward (1903)
Eales & Co. (1896)
Easip Cycle Co. (1912)
Elk (Farmer & Co) (1903)
Elliot, Joseph (1912)
Elston Cycle Co. (1919)
English & Continental Cycle Co. (1894)
Ensign Cycle Co. (1909)
F & P Products (1953)
Flavell & Co. (1890)
Flying Monarch Cycle Co. (1898)
Francis & Barnett Ltd (1921)
Francis, W. (1898)
Fulwel & Co. Ltd (1898)
Fulwell Cycle Co. (1894)
Gallois Brown & Co. (1898)
Gibbs, R. (1903)
Gill, A.C. (1894)
Gloria Cycle Co. (1898)
Gortan, S. & B. Ltd (1890)
Griffiths, John Alfred (1884)
Grovenor, R. (1903)
Halford Cycle Co. Ltd (1911)
Hammerton, H.E. (1898)
Harris Cycle Co. Ltd (1903)
Hawley Cycle Manufacturing Co. (1898)
Hawley Junior & Co. (1896)
Hawthorne, G. (1896)
Haynes & Jefferis & Co. (1879)
Hazelwood’s Ltd (1903)
Herbert & Hubbard (1890)
Hewitt, Loasby & Co. (1884)
Highway Cycle Co. (1898)
Hillman & Herberts (1879)
Hillman, Herberts & Cooper (1880)
Hobart, Bird & Co. Ltd (1898)
Holbrook Cycle Co. (1912)
Holland, J.A. &Co. (1898)
Hosier, William & Co. (1879)
Hotchkiss, Mayo & Meek (1894)
Hubbard & Sons (1912)
Humber & Co. (1890)
Iris Cycling Co. Ltd (1907)
Irving, J.S. (1903)
Ivanhoe Cycle Co. Ltd (1894)
Jacks of Earlsdon (1953)
Jackson Cycle Co. (1903)
Jelley, T.G. (1894)
Johnson, Wood & Co. (?)
Jones, E. (1894)
Jones, Venn & Co. Ltd (?)
Joyce Cyles Ltd (1926)
Keen Cycle Co. Ltd (1898)
Lake & Elliot Ltd (1933(
Lancer Cycle 7 Motor Co. (1901)
Lawson, H.J. Queens Bicycle Co. (1880)
Laxton 7 Simmons (?)
Lea-Francis Ltd (1896)
Lester, H. (1894)
Lightweight Cycles Ltd (1934)
Lloyd, Read & Co. (1894)
Lyceum Cycle Co. (1904)
Lynes, A.E. & Co. Ltd (1921)
Male & Middleton Ltd (1931)
Markham & Co. (1890)
Marriot & Cooper (1894)
Martlet Cycle Co. (?)
Martston, W.H. & Co. (1894)
Mascot Cycle Co. (1921)
Maxim Cycle Co. (1896)
Maximum Cycle Co. Ltd (1926)
Mentor Cycle Co. (1903)
Meri Cycle Manufacturing Co. (1912)
Merlin Cycle Co. (1907)
Micrometer Cycle Co. (1898)
Middlemore (Coventry) Ltd (1953)
Midland Cycle Co. (1929)
Midland Factoring Co. (1953)
Mills & Fulford (1903)
Mizen, W.T. (1939)
Mohawk Cycle Co. (1912)
Mona Cycle Co. (1896)
Monopole Cycle & Carriage (1904)
Moore & Owen (1903)
National Cycle Co. Ltd (1889)
Nelson & Florendine (1898)
Nelson, Wright & Co. (1879)
New Beeston Cycle Co. Ltd (1896)
New Coventry Bicycle Co. (1903)
New Coventry Cycle Co. (1898)
New England Cycle Co. (1921)
New Premier Cycle Co. Ltd (1898)
New Townend Bros (1903)
Norton Cycle & Motor Co. (1905)
Old Robin Hood Cycle Works (1919)
O’Brien Ltd (1933)
O’Brien, Edward Ltd (1970)
Pearson, Hollis & Co. (1898)
Phoenix Bicycle & Tricycle (1880)
Player Bros & Co. (1896)
Pollard, W. & Co. (1923)
Premier Cycle Co. (1890)
Prentice, T.L. (1912)
Progress Cycle Co. Ltd (1903)
Propellor Cycle Co. (1885)
Puma Cycle Ltd (1983)
Quadrant Cycle Co. (?)
Quinton Cycle Co. (1891)
Raglan Cycle and Anti-Friction Ball Co. Ltd (1898)
Reform Cycle Co (1894)
Reliable Cycle Co. (1909)
Relley Cycle Co. (1898)
Riley Cycle Co. (1896)
Roman Cycle Co. (1898)
Roulette Co. (1890)
Rover Cycle Co. (1896)
Rowing Tricycle Co. (later Sculler Co.) (1888)
Royal Prince Cycle Co. (1894)
Rudge & Co. Ltd (1886)
Rudge, Whitworth Ltd (1896)
Ryley, Ward & Bradford (1898)
Saxon Cycle Co. (1894)
Settloe & Co. (1880)
Shaffir, J.H. & Co. (1896)
Shuresta Ltd (1958)
Sidney Cycle Co. (1898)
Simmons, William (1880)
Singer & Co. (1879)
Smallwood, T. & Co. (?)
Smith & Molesworth (1890)
Smith & Molesworth Ltd (1919)
Sparkbrook Manufacturing Co. Ltd (1883)
Speed Manufacturing Co. Ltd (1898)
Speedwell Cycle Co. (J.K. Rowland) (1926)
Stafford & Caves (?)
Stafford Cycle Co. Ltd (1898)
Standard Cycle Co. (1923)
Standard Cycle Co. (H.J. Leake) (1896)
Stanley Cycle Works (1898)
Starley & Sutton (1879)
Starley Bros (1879)
Stokes, George & Co. (1953)
Sutton & William (1879)
Swanswell Cycle Co. (1909)
Swift Cycle Co. Ltd (1903)
Swift, E.J. (1903)
Tangent & Coventry Tricycle Manufacturing Co. (1879)
Tansley, G. & Co. (1896)
Taylor, Cooper & Bednall (1889)
Thomas, Frederick J. (1879)
Timms & Co. (1880)
Townend Bros (1891)
Townend Bros (191)
Townend, Frank & Co. (1903)
Townend, G. Boys’ & Girls’ Tricycle Manufacturers (1880)
Tri-Velox Ltd (1939)
Triumph Cycle Co. Ltd (1894)
Turner, W.B. 7 Sons (1896)
Vernon Cycle & Motor Co. (1912)
Vernon Cycle Co. (1930)
Viaduct Works Cycle Co. (1904)
Victor Cycle Co. (1890)
Viking Cycle Co. Ltd (1894)
Vivi Engineers Ltd (1893)
Walter Hewitt Cycle Co. (1912)
Ward & Co. (1921)
Ward, S. (1905)
Ward, T.A. Junior (1905)
Warman & Hazelwood (1890)
Warman, Laxon & Co. (1879)
Watchman Cycle Co. (1894)
Wee McGregor Coventry Bicycles Ltd (1922)West, E.J. (1904)
Westwood Manufacturing Co. (1896)
Whirlwind Cycle Co. (1911)
Whitehouse & Co. – Cycle and Motorcycle Manufacturers (1919)
Wilkins & Co. (1905)
Woodcock Cycle Co. (1896)
Wright, D. & Sons (1894)
Younge Bros (1896)
Zephyr Tricycle Co. (1881)Macklin & Sons (1898)
