Talk:Rudge-Whitworth

Requested move

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The result of the proposal was moved per the discussion below, though not by me. Dekimasuよ! 07:55, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

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Rudge-Whitworth (motorcycles) → Rudge-Whitworth — For the fact the title without the parenthetical clarifier is unoccupied —Willirennen 19:45, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

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• Support removal of unneeded qualifier. Disambiguate only when necessary. --Polaron | Talk 05:18, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
• Concur; the dab isn't needed. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 23:17, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

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Production ended in 1939? or 1945?

Take your pick (and back it up), but the article shouldn't use both years. Chris the speller ^yack 22:27, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Have we no Rudge bicycles experts?

For a bicycle brand that existed from 1894 through the mid-1960s (and maybe later), I'd hoped for more than one paragraph, which is only about one sponsored rider. Really zero about the bikes.

Sorry I am not qualified to write the hoped-for article, but I owned a late-1950s Rudge "Aero Clubman" bicycle, so I know the statement that production ended in 1939 is not correct. Rudge bicycles often had a chainwheel with decorative cut-out in the shape of The Red Hand of Ulster.

I think the Rudge name may have been purchased by the parent company of Raleigh bicycles, and post-war Rudge bikes were probably made by Raleigh, but that should be mentioned in the article.

In a post to a private mailing list (sorry, can't link to it), one member wrote:

"My 1957 Rudge brochure has a Pathfinder Phase III, Model 106. Reynolds 531 tubing w/ top-tube braze-ons for rear brake cable and down tube and chainstay braze-ons for shift cable. Lists 27x1-1/4 Endrick rims laced to large flange front hub. 4-spd S-A rear hub. A 3-arm spider w/ 46T ring. Handlebar: latest 'Continental' pattern w/ 2.5" extension, adjustable. Brakes are side-pull caliber (no brand).

"The '57 also lists the Ulster Sports (Model 121), but it comes with a 26x1-1/4 wheel. It also appears that the internal hub would have been a 3-spd.

"The Pathfinder in my '55 catalog has 26x1-1/4 wheels w/ a 3-spd rear hub.

"The '66 catalog shows the Rudge Sun and Rapide, but both are 2x5."

I will see if I can get scans of that 1966 catalog. It would also be good to try to track down when the brand name was finally retired.

-bulgie Bulgie (talk) 23:49, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

Agreed. Why not take your concerns to Wikipedia:WikiProject Cycling where they may have members with the necessary sources? Regards, Eddaido (talk) 00:00, 8 October 2017 (UTC)