Alex Moulton’s new city bicycle can be ready in an instant.
Inventor Alex Moulton may be 90 years old today, but that did not stop him from launching his latest creation, a new, small-wheeled unisex bicycle.
The Moulton bike, which can be dissembled for ease of transport, is a common sight on London's streets. But today he launched what he described as a radical redesign.
The carbon-framed MDev 90 is a more comfortable, slimline version of the bike which first made his name in 1962.
Its ground-breaking feature is that it can be put together by a dealer, anywhere in the world, in about 20 minutes, rather than cyclists having the usual two-to-three-day wait for the shop to build it.
Speaking at his birthday/launch party in the grounds of his Jacobean manor house in Wiltshire, Dr Moulton told the Evening Standard: “We'll continue to make the frame parts in the UK while exporting the design across the globe.”
He said the MDev 90 will enhance the global reputation of UK manufacturing and prod our next government “to get Britain making things again — something which is absolutely vital”.
Popular versions of his full-suspension bikes are still made by Alex Moulton Bicycles, which is now owned by venerable UK bike maker Pashley famed for its classic university-style cycles, and Bridgestone in Japan.
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I have always wondered why Moulton did not really use carbon fibre but now it looks as though they are. The bike should be light too a complaint I have always had with my APB. Of course the crucial thing will be cost. The original Moultons were special, fashionable and accessible I wonder if they can pull that trick off again?