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Starley & Sutton Co.

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Starley & Sutton Co. was an English bicycle manufacturing partnership founded in 1877 by John Kemp Starley and William Sutton. It went on to build the safety bicycle and, rebranded Rover from 1883, evolved into the Rover Cycle Company Ltd by the late 1890s. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Founded Year
1877 1
Significance
The Starley and Sutton partnership that built the safety bicycle and evolved into the Rover Cycle Company. 1
Headquarters
Coventry, England 1
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Operated By

Co-founded the business with William Sutton in 1877.

Source Wikipedia: John Kemp Starley
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1. Wikipedia: John Kemp Starley
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  • 1877 business founding
    In 1877, he started a new business Starley & Sutton Co with William Sutton, a local cycling enthusiast.
  • Rover safety bicycle, Coventry manufacture
    The most famous of the rear-drive safeties introduced in 1885 was the Rover, produced in Coventry by John Kemp Starley.
  • Has Part: Safety Bicycle, Introduction
    In 1877, he started a new business Starley & Sutton Co with William Sutton, a local cycling enthusiast.
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