Hasta La Ideas

Another day, another anniversary: earlier this week, we saw an excellent animated short from LEGO, on the occasion of their 80th Anniversary. “Moulton Bicycle Company – Made in England” is a video profile of the Bradford-Upon-Avon frame manufacturers, who have hit the half-century mark as of this year. As the title of the film suggests, the storied company—best known for pioneering bicycle suspensions and popularizing ‘small-wheeled bicycles‘—continues to produce the so-called ‘space frame,’ lovingly documented throughout the video, by hand in England.

But we’d be remiss not to at least gloss the history of the British company. In the interest of providing a bit of context…

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