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Sick.
Ah, no, sorry - they don't fullfil the brief.
Did a few rides with Bob Strawson(?) who was one of the head honchos from Middleburn many years ago. He said they made components for the medical industry. No evidence of that here, but says they were in Aerospace and F1
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/Inside-Middleburn-from-aerospace-to-MTB.html
What about Decathlon?
And Easton tent poles !!!
Ohlins make motorbike suspension & Magura the brakes.
Tune... Salt / pepper pots and coffee grounds tampers from Lefty hubs. Not quite in the Mars Rover league but still...
Whyte Bicycles and F1 cars 😬
although best know for their stylish and affordable mountain bikes Porsche and Lamborghini also make cars and tractors
Chris king also do Coffee Tampers.
As a CK fanboi, I have both the shakers and a pair of tampers.
Most of these examples are manufacturers who also dabble in bike stuff aren't they?
Thomson started off manufacturing - and still does - CNC aerospace components.
From their website:
L.H. Thomson Company was founded in 1981 by Loronzo H. “Ronnie” Thomson with the vision to manufacture the finest precision aerospace CNC machined parts, proudly made in Macon Georgia, USA.
In the mid 90’s, Ronnie lent his engineering expertise to a pet project, and created a ground breaking one-piece bicycle seat post for his daughter, who at the time was a collegiate MTB racer. Thomson designed, patented, then set the standard by utilizing aerospace engineering to create the perfect bicycle component… the Thomson Elite seat post.
I have some Easton ice hockey skate.
Santa Cruz boards.
Not quite the same, but when we moved into our first homes, a mate (who liked the nice things in life) bought a Porsche kettle (made by Siemens). It was 3x the price of a normal, nice enough kettle. We used to joke that it went 0-100deg in 3 seconds. Oh, the jokes.
My first drop bar bike was a BSA, commonly referred to as a "Bloody Sore Arse"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Small_Arms_Company
I guess 50 years ago many of the big bicycle manufacturers were just offshoots of larger engineering concerns which either went under or became completely bike specific.
Can't believe nobody hasn't mentioned Orange and filing cabinets yet...unless I missed it 😛
I remember Middleburn who were a sub-contact machining company as they were a supplier for the company I worked for at the time. They did indeed make medical equipment as they machined the regulator bodies for emergency oxygen cylinders carried on passenger aircraft amongst other things.
Panaracer have a small consumer electronics arm under a similar name that makes a few TVs
Can’t believe nobody hasn’t mentioned Orange and filing cabinets yet…unless I missed it 😛
And of course, they used to make an extensive range of mobile phones.
If I remember right, ODI grips are/were a sideline out of an injection moulding company that does Christmas decorations etc.
Can’t believe nobody hasn’t mentioned Orange and filing cabinets yet…unless I missed it 😛
You missed it (cryptically hidden in the windsurfing sails reference as they started off as a spin off from Tushingham sails).
Santa Cruz boards.
Different company, although Rob Roskopp did used to work for them.
Panaracer have a small consumer electronics arm under a similar name that makes a few TVs
Also Panavision (cameras and lighting) and Panavice (grip).
Exposure (USE) have a range of products aimed at the sailing and boating market. Torches, strobe lights and man overboard tracker tags. Ive got one of their SOS strobe lights for kayaking.
Still with the sailing and boating tie up Neil Pryde had a range of road bikes for a few years. Using their carbon fibre and aero knowledge. Bikes were a sideline for them based on senior guy being a keen cyclist I seem to remember.
As well as eBikes Yamaha make musical instruments and golf buggies.
Magura made the hard plastic grips for the controls of a small crane we have at work.
Whyte Bicycles and F1 cars 😬
It was a milk float, not an F1 car.
Cannondale dabbled in MX bikes a few years ago. It did not end well.
http://chainslapmag.com/2016/10/form-no-function-cannondale-moto-experiment/
Reynolds 853 tubing was for crash protection in car doors, rather than bike tubing.
Also Panavision (cameras and lighting) and Panavice (grip).
And panacotta (jelly milk)