Old Bike Australasia

The Ole Bullet

anging on the wall of the shed for the last 25 years was a Phillips pushbike. JA Phillips had started building pushbikes in Birmingham in 1892, and they were built right through to 1970 when they became part of the Raleigh Group. By then they were also being made in Madras, India. By

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