Pashley - 82 Years Of Hand Built Bicycles

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October 2008 by David Lynch - © Hellmail.co.uk




Royal Mail postal workers will be familiar with the Pashley Cycle. Pashley is England's longest established cycle manufacturer and has been supplying bicycles to Royal Mail for some 30 years. Established in 1926 and based in Stratford- upon-Avon, Pashley has a dedicated team design and hand builds a unique range of specialist bicycles and tricycles. In a world of mass-manufacture, its easy to see why Pashley cycles has gained such a cult following, and with the Midlands once centre to the cycle industry, Pashley is probably one of the few remaining places in Britain that you'll find a rolls royce approach to cycle manufacture.

From the moment William 'Rath' Pashley founded the company 82 years ago, Pashley has embraced the needs and aspirations of its customers and translated these into what has become a unique range of cycles.

Today, its designers continue to create cycles that have a style and function unlike any others. New designs are placed in the capable hands of its time-served manufacturing team, who painstakingly hand build all Pashley cycles in Stratford-upon-Avon.

According to Pashley, it is this commitment, attention to detail and hand built quality that has earned Pashley its enviable position as Britain's most exclusive cycle manufacturer, with sales to discerning customers in over 50 countries:

"Eack bike is lovingly welded, powder coat painted and assembled here in the factory. We use traditional manufacturing methods allied to modern materials and componentry to make our beautiful bikes and ensure that they are of the highest quality for our growing number of customers. Once the bikes are fully built and final touches like baskets and ding dong bells added, our bikes and trikes are then despatched out to Pashley dealers around the UK and the rest of the world for a final check over before handing over to happy customers."

From the exclusive Classic or Sovereign traditional models to the new and dynamically different Pashley-Moulton TSR, each and every one of our bikes are built to exacting standards. Our range includes contemporary city and commuter bikes as well as stylish cruisers. Adult and children’s tricycles provide mobility and pleasure on three wheels, with a range of accessories for those with special needs.

Pashley also supplies steel-framed work bikes and load carrier tricycles for industrial and commercial use, delivering post, packages, food or vital equipment, safely and economically.

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