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Old 01-31-12 | 03:48 PM
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jur
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There is a local brand, Malvern Star, which was ridden by famous long distance cyclist Hubert Oppermann. They used to be a big brand, then fell victim to cheap imports, and abandoned their own line, resorting to re-branding OEM bikes in an effort to stay in business. This was a bad move as the brand became associated with cheap heavy clunkers. Recently they have again attempted to regain their prestige by introducing a line of locally designed CF road bikes with the Oppy name branding. I don't know how successful this has been.

Malvern Star used to manufacture the Moulton F frame under license for the local market. These come up on ebay from time to time. I think there may have been a U-frame folder as well, probably a re-branded Euro bike.
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