DISRAELI DOCUMENTS

GB

GB Altenburger derailleur main image GB Altenburger derailleur main image GB Altenburger derailleur main image


see also Holdsworth - Aids to Happy Cycling 1949

see also Holdsworth - Aids to Happy Cycling 1949

Holdsworth - Aids to Happy Cycling 1949 front cover thumbnail


see also Sporting Cyclist 03/1959 - GB ad

see also Sporting Cyclist 03/1959 - GB ad

Sporting Cyclist March 1959 GB advert thumbnail


see also Sporting Cyclist 05/1959 - GB ad

see also Sporting Cyclist 05/1959 - GB ad

Sporting Cyclist May 1959 GB advert thumbnail


see also Holdsworth - Bike Riders Aids 1975

see also Holdsworth - Bike Riders Aids 1975

Holdsworth - Bike Riders Aids 1975 front cover thumbnail

According to Hilary Stone, GB Cycle Components was founded by Gerry Burgess in 1945, to exploit the expertise in working with aluminium that he had gained during the second World War. The company was initially based in London, and then moved to Feltham just to the west of London and not far from ‘da Staines ghetto’ made famous by Ali G. The company’s main product line was a range of brakes.

GB imported the Altenburger derailleur, lightly branding it ‘GB Altenburger’. It is surely not a coincidence that the main product line of Altenburger was also a range of brakes.