When car brands do bikes

[yakboy]

Porsche, Lotus , BMW and Mercedes all had a stab at it.

LOTUS = Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious.

Hopefully less with the Bikes than the cars

 

[My_Teenage_Self]

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mark 1 Focus, the nicest one there was

Is kinda like saying "that was the best bout of Diarrhoea I've ever had"

 

[yakboy]

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I wonder if British Leyland ever made a bike?

 

[shedobits]

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In the sixties Lotus offered a "Total Mobility Pack" comprising a Lotus car, a folding bike and flying lessons.

 

[CassidyAce]

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I wonder if British Leyland ever made a bike?

:shock:
If they planned any bikes, industrial action somewhere along the supply chain probably put a stop to it.

But the cycling equivalent of the Morris Marina or the Austin Princess! :shock: :shock: :shock: No. Just no.

 

[pigman]

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In truth, a lot of those 70s bikes were no better than today's BSOs

 

[Piperdave]

Aston Martin....

https://www.astonmartin.com/en-gb/our-w ... h-superior

https://www.bikeradar.com/news/heres-th ... sterpiece/

 

[yakboy]

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Shameless plug :roll:

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=402334&start=70

 

[Woz]

As they say, nothing new in cycling. It was done over 100 years ago already.

 

[Woz]

Forgot to mention, what the OP posted was a good enjoyable read.