Which British MTB manufacturers remain?

[kaiser]

You could add Shand cycles

http://www.shandcycles.com/

 

[ekiborter]

http://www.robinmathercycles.co.uk/

;]

 

[perry]

i think the big downtube oranges were made on these shores . or at least thats the impression i got

ive never had a problem with far eastern made . it lacks the snobby cool factor but if the company has designed the stuff and keeps a watch on manufacture i see no problem

i try to buy stuff from a brit company . its a shame if they cant keep in business by manufacturing here but oh well

if we open it up to parts too theres middleburn and hope . do xlite still make stuff over here ?

 

[Dr S]

Curtis are still building frames over here. Quite nice they are too.

 

[perry]

yes . their cheapest frame isnt uk made though

http://www.curtisbikes.co.uk/

 

[Andy B]

Any Orange monocoque frame is Halifax built (5, 224..) the rest are far eastern frames, not that there's owt wrong with those frames.

 

[velomaniac]

Curtis are British :shock:

Need to pay more attention, for some reason I thought they were american, maybe getting confused with those cool WWII fighter planes from across the pond

 

[lumos2000]

do xlite still make stuff over here ?

they still have offices in poole, dont know what they do with them though. i think they just do shampoo for bikes now

 

[JohnH]

Sorry to dig up an old thread, but I found another one: Enigma -- from Eastbourne!

http://www.enigmabikes.com/offroad.html

 

[Tad]

What about Thorn? They make mountain bikes but they look a little different to the norm.

Made in Taiwan for the most part unless you go for one of their bespoke frames which are built to order in the UK.