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Photo Credit: VeloBase User PeachyPM
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| Name: | Marlboro/Falcon version |
| Brand: | Claud Butler |
| Badge Type: | Unknown |
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| Country: | England |
| Years: | 1980's |
| Added By: | PeachyPM on 02/10/20 |
| Updated By: | PeachyPM on 02/10/20 |
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Here is an original example of the last Claud Butler “Olympic
rings” this was found on a 1987 Cape Wrath MTB built by Falcon. The badge is a version
originally created by the previous owner of the brand, Holdsworth. But when the
ownership transferred to Marlboro late 1985 in the Midlands, the ‘London’ from
the ‘London England’ was dropped. The badge continued after Falcons takeover
early 1987 and I believe survived until sometime mid 1988. |
One of the giants of the British cycling industry, Claud Butler was no one man shop, but rather a large manufacturing business which turned out large numbers of frames. They produced everything from track and racing frames as well as tandems in both lugged and fillet brazed varieties. The Claud Butler name and trademarks were purchased by Holdsworth and frames carrying the Butler name were simply rebranded Holdsworth frames. In the late 1980's a conglomerate which also owned Falcon purchased the naming rights for Holdsworth and Claud Butler and reintroduced the name.
