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| falcon:start [2023/03/03 14:53] – created mtbtimeline | falcon:start [2023/03/03 14:58] (current) – mtbtimeline |
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| The Falcon bicycle brand name originally started with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry-Eagle|Coventry Eagle]], a maker of bicycles and motorcycles since 1897 in Coventry, England. Coventry Eagle introduced the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Cycles|Falcon Cycles]] brand in the 1930s as a maker of popular racing and road bicycles. In 1978 Coventry Eagle was acquired by rival [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elswick_Hopper|Elswick Hopper]]. Elswick-Hopper later moved Falcon production to the Elsick-Hopper headquarters in Brigg, England and dropped their own Elswick & Hopper brand names in favor of the better selling Falcon brand((At the time, Elswick-Hopper PLC also included the popular [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holdsworth|Holdsworth Cycles]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearwell|Wearwell Cycle Company]] brands.)). Falcon's 1990 catalog describes the Falcon origin story as all being started by Frederick Hopper, who sold and repaired bicycles in 1880 within Barton-Upon-Humber, England. The Elswick-Hopper((The Elswick Cycle Company was purchased in 1910 by Fred Hopper and remained one of their primary brands until 1983.)) | The Falcon bicycle brand name originally started with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry-Eagle|Coventry Eagle]], a maker of bicycles and motorcycles since 1897 in Coventry, England. Coventry Eagle introduced the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Cycles|Falcon Cycles]] brand in the 1930s as a maker of popular racing and road bicycles. In 1978 Coventry Eagle was acquired by rival [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elswick_Hopper|Elswick Hopper]]. Elswick-Hopper later moved Falcon production to the Elsick-Hopper headquarters in Brigg, England and dropped their own Elswick & Hopper brand names in favor of the better selling Falcon brand((At the time, Elswick-Hopper PLC also included the popular [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holdsworth|Holdsworth Cycles]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearwell|Wearwell Cycle Company]] brands.)). Falcon's 1990 catalog describes the Falcon origin story as all being started by Frederick Hopper, who sold and repaired bicycles in 1880 within Barton-Upon-Humber, England. The Elswick-Hopper((The Elswick Cycle Company was purchased in 1910 by Fred Hopper and remained one of their primary brands until 1983.)) |
| group is what eventually designed and produced the Falcon MTBs and hence this timeline emphasizes the Hopper lineage. | group is what eventually designed and produced the Falcon MTBs and hence this timeline emphasizes the Hopper lineage. |
| By the 1990s, the Elswick-Hopper group were producing well over 300,000 bicycles per year for the UK market and export. | By the 1990s, the Elswick-Hopper group were producing well over 300,000 bicycles per year for the UK market and export. For some time, Elswick-Hopper-Falcon remained the second largest bicycle manufacturer in the UK, after [[raleigh:start|Raleigh]]. |
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