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Hello then, from Argentina

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So people from Birmingham are called Brummies?

Well, I was born in Brummen, a village in the east of Holland, so also a kind of Brummie, but I´ve never been in Birmingham, hardly anywhere in Britain.

Anyway, I live in Buenos Aires and while cleaning out an old house I found an old bicycle. Quite old I thought, taking the braking mecanism into account. The fainted but readable label said: Phillips, Birmingham, "Renowned the world over". In short: it needed only new tires and I replaced the rusty chain, and off I went. What a bike! Real quality stuff, it rode perfect after many years (or even decades) being stacked away, forgotten in a corner.

Out of interest I went looking for some more information on Phillips so I landed here. And I thought , why not, inscribe myself in this group, and find out more about the bike, and perhaps about the brummies ;-)


So, now I will look for that thread,,,,

Greetings,

Pepijn
 
Welcome Pepijn to this friendly forum. There is usually someone on this site who has the information you seek. If you put Phillips bicycles in the Search box at the top of this page you may find some info there. Regards, Anthea:)
 
Hello to you Pepijn:) Welcome to the forum :)you can certainly find out what you need on here plenty of history etc and Philips cycles were one of the best and like them Brummies are renowned the world over LOL:)
 
Hello Pepijn and welcome. You may live in Buenos Aires but you prove your Dutch roots by knowing a good "bike" when you see one. I have been to Holland a few times and have seen what happens on Sunday. Everyone gets on a Bike.
You mentioned the the braking mechanism, could you tell us what it is like?
 
Welcome Pepijn. Hope you find the answers to you question about the bike. I see youve already recieved a reply from another member, Cadeau. Im sure he will be able to offer some help. Good luck anyway. Barry.
 
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