Hercules

[Cycleops]

By the time Raleigh and Hercules amalgamated the writing was already on the wall. People were getting more affluent and we’re ditching symbols of the old working class like bicycles in favour of motorbikes and increasingly cheaper small cars and three wheelers which could be driven on a motorcycle license.
Volume bike production in Britain would never return.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

By the time Raleigh and Hercules amalgamated the writing was already on the wall. People were getting more affluent and we’re ditching symbols of the old working class like bicycles in favour of motorbikes and increasingly cheaper small cars and three wheelers which could be driven on a motorcycle license.
Volume bike production in Britain would never return.

Raleigh's production figures were impressive because they could claim an ever-increasing share of a shrinking market as they took over other makers. Then the cheaper imports began to steal the market away from all the British makers, both large and small. What remains today is really only a niche industry, the volume sales are gone.

 

[Biker man]

By the time Raleigh and Hercules amalgamated the writing was already on the wall. People were getting more affluent and we’re ditching symbols of the old working class like bicycles in favour of motorbikes and increasingly cheaper small cars and three wheelers which could be driven on a motorcycle license.
Volume bike production in Britain would never return.

Never say never price of petroleum it might 🤠🚴

 

[avecReynolds531]

Hercules history with many vintage adverts: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Hercules_Cycle_and_Motor_Co

 

[Biker man]

Hercules history with many vintage adverts: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Hercules_Cycle_and_Motor_Co

Fantastic that thanks.