Ellis Briggs is a British bicycle manufacturer and shop, based in Shipley, West Yorkshire, England.
It is the oldest bicycle shop in the Bradford area still in business today.
Since 1936 Ellis Briggs have produced lightweight bicycles and continue to do so to this day.
Ellis Briggs sprang to fame when the cyclist Ken Russell won the 1952 Tour of Britain on an Ellis Briggs.
Read more about Ellis Briggs: History
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