Bard Cycle Company

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Bard Cycle Company
legal form Company
founding 1897
resolution 1905
Seat Birmingham , UKUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
management George W. Hands
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Bard Cycle Company was a British manufacturer of bicycles and automobiles .

Company history

George W. Hands founded the company in Birmingham in 1897 as the successor to the Hands & Cake Company . The production of vehicles began. The brand name was Bard . The production of motor vehicles ended around 1900. Bicycles were made until 1905. Minstrel Cycle Company was the successor company. George W. Hands moved to Calthorpe .

vehicles

The company's main product was bicycles. Motorized three- and four-wheeled cars were also created. The latter were quadricycles .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .