1971 Brochure, page 12

Here is another page from our 1971, San Francisco brochure. This page has a feature on a Witcomb 'Giro-Italia' bicycle which was made for a Mr Ken Webb's World endurance attempt, 80,000 miles in 366 days. We understand from Ernie Witcomb, that he succeeded in his attempt.

A previous image from this brochure was published here.

Come and Collect your Bicycle

We are getting ready to implement exciting plans to renovate our shop and workshop in Deptford. In addition to providing a more welcoming show-room area, new office space, this will also increase our workshop space, allowing for an extension of team of frame-builders. In the long term, we are planning a Witcomb Cycling Heritage Centre hopefully ready for the 2012 Olympics.

Those of you who have visited us at the shop will know that it is currently housing many bicycles never collected after being left by costumers for repairs. We need to clear the space to carry on the renovation work.

If you think that you may have left your bicycle with us over two months ago, we would be very grateful if you could call in to the workshop to collect it. If a bicycle remains uncollected by 10 October, it will be disposed of by clearance sale and online auction.

Our workshop is open to the public on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday between 10am and 5pm. Please bring either your receipt or the exact details of your bicycle if the repair dates back to over a year.

October 1971 Souvenir Brochure from San Francisco

One from the archives: In the build up to our attendance at London's Earls Court, we thought we'd publish a few pages from our 1971 San Francisco exhibition brochure.

1982 Witcomb Track bicycle

We have received a lot of interest about the bike we mentioned on the earlier post on London Freewheel, so we thought we would get a little more technical about this beautiful track bicycle made by Barrie in 1982.

The frame was re-sprayed in June 2007. The components include Cinelli Criterium handlebars, Reynolds 591 steel tubing and hand-built wheels with Mavick OR10 rims and Miche hubs and crank-set.

The paintwork was originally all white but now includes red panels on the down tube. The bike will remain with Witcomb Cycles as a display model and concept bike. It will be used at events and exhibitions across the world.

Our up-coming track-bike models will include a similar paint design and finish with a few further enhancements.

Earls Court Cycle Show 2007

Witcomb Cycles invite you to visit our stand at the London Cycle Show 2007. Barrie and Ernie Witcomb, together with their new colleague, designer Tony Malone, will be available to discuss our forthcoming models for 2008. Our exciting new range includes road, track and touring bikes. We also offer one-off bespoke frames and special editions.

Witcomb Cycles is the oldest company in London still producing hand-built bicycles. We welcome visitors to our workshop in Deptford, and invite you to come and see your own frame being hand-crafted.

We offer a full range of frame repairs, from small braze-ons to complete rebuilds. We work with the leading enamelers to provide a level of finish second to none.

12-14th October 2007, Stand i7.
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New look. New website.

We're still gearing up for the fast approaching Cycle Show 2007 at Earls Court. But we're also getting ready to launch our new website.

Some of you might have seen us out with our outstanding track-bike (built by Barry in 1982 - picture) this week-end at London Freewheel and surely are already looking forward to viewing the exciting designs from our new range at the fair.

Barrie and Ernie will be on hand to say hello at stand 17.

See you there.