Ron Cooper (bicycle framebuilder)
- Ron Cooper (bicycle framebuilder)
Ron Cooper is a noted English bicycle framebuilder.
Background
Ron Cooper has been building frames since he was 15old, starting in 1947 when he began a full apprenticeship at A.S. Gillott Cycles, London, England. He learned his craft from frame builders in England, notably Jim Collier. He was an avid racing cyclist; he was selected for the national team, the R.A.F. and for the London Centre in the 1952 Tour of Britain (Milk Race).
In 1967, Cooper left A.S. Gillott to build frames under his own name, and by 1970 set up a small shop in Honor Oak Park, Soth East London. Cooper works today in Dartford, 20 minutes from his old shop in Honor Oak Park. This is a single-person business, making steel frames using the traditional method of free hand brazing rather than using jigs.
ee also
*Roberts Cycles
*Witcomb Cycles
References
* [http://www.veloworks.com/roncooper/rcooperabout.html Ron Cooper's commercial site]
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