Roberts Cycles
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Roberts Cycles is a custom framebuilder and bicycle manufacturer located in Selhurst near Croydon, South London.
Beginning soon after World War II, Charlie Roberts started working as a frame-builder for some of the great names in British bicycles - Holdsworth, Claude Butler and Freddie Grubb. In the early 1960s, Charlie finally branched out on his own and started up Roberts Cycles in Croydon. Not long after, Charlie was joined in the workshop by his then teenage son Chas. In 1979, Charlie died and Chas took over at the helm.
Among many outstanding achievements, Roberts track frames are particularly highly regarded by the cognoscenti - professionals and Olympians alike. Tony Doyle, one of the world's greatest 6-day specialists, won two professional World Pursuit Championships in 1980 and 1986 on frames built by Chas Roberts.
Roberts Cycles has developed a reputation as one of the best British bespoke bicycle producers, specializing in high-quality steel frames, and build bikes particularly suited to the typically smaller stature of female cyclists.
