WELCOME TO CLASSIC BIKE GUIDE’S 2021 BRITISH BIKE GUIDE
things from 1945 to the mid-90s. You might wonder why we are missing Bowns, DMWs, Cottons and Excelsiors among others, but we’ve tried to concentrate on models that you’ve got a fighting chance of finding more than one or two to choose from. Scooters are out, not least because most of the British ones were terrible. It’s not a story of the British bike industry and it’s not a buying guide. Rather we’ve just tried to give a brief insight into the many, many bikes manufactured in the UK that may be of interest. Prices are always up for debate. The lowest price is what you might pay for a running, well-worn example, the upper end what you might find on a dealer’s list. Oh, and those adverts describing a bike as ‘a
