E G Bates

[chambo3413]

does anyone know anything about E G Bates cycles, I have just bought off Ebay a very nice E G Bates from the mid 60's and would like to find out a bit about the history of the make, I know he was in business with his brother prior to WWII and set up on his own afterwards.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... SA:GB:1123

[yakdiver]

would that be Master Bates


I'll get me coat...........

[chambo3413]

only when he was at school .

[PW]

So you did Latin at Tapton

[chambo3413]

No ,I went to 'Brim Boys' "we did owt"
always had an interest in Latin though it might make the Spanish a bit easier?

[PW]

It would if you understood it. Mr Bates wasn't my favourite teacher!

[chambo3413]

We had a Mr Bates at Brim Boys/Westwood he did Social studies and I think also was on the local council? we also had a Mr Bates for PE he was Ok even if he did break the cartiledge in my ear whilst twisting it, that would be a good 'claim' these days .

[thirdcrank]

Getting back to the strait and narrow:

Sheldon Brown

As usual, SB has something interesting.

They are associated with the diadrant forks, which had a sort of extra bend towards the tip. I have always assumed that such twirls - including the Hetchins 'curly' stays - were intended to get round the RTTC ban on advertising which even banned name transfers on frames.

I remember the company used to do mail order from Plaistow in the '80s, if only because I bought some nice stuff dirt cheap but I'm not a Larnarnar, so no personal knowledge.

I don't know if you have googled but I found this, which has been written by the other surviving half of the family split (Westcliffe on Sea) but it has interesting info about EG Bates as well.

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