These pages are devoted to the bicycles made by the Ariel Works at their Bournbrook/Selly Oak factory from 1896 to 1932.

More famous for their motorcycles, the cycles were nevertheless an important part of the factory.

They were sold under the 'Ariel', 'Fleet', 'Mercury' and 'Connaught' marques.

---

Site history:

2nd January 2010 Added new picture of Dunlop pacing team and better catalogue image to Pacers page.
1st January 2010 Added Genesis of Ariel to history section.
1st January 2010 Added Footscray Ariel decal.
1st January 2010 Updated my 1904 Ariel page.
1st January 2010 Added new images to Documents page.
31st December 2009 Added another postcard of J.W.Hall.

6th August 2009 Added some more ephemera - a 1908 brooch and another type of enamelled sign.
7th July 2009 Added a page of another Footscray built Ariel.
26th June 2009 Added a page of pictures of a Footscray built Ariel.

19th June 2009 Added a new page on Ariels made in Footscray, Australia
19th June 2009 Added a new frames page and a page on Biflex tubing.
19th June 2009 Added new items to the giveaways page, including a new tiepin and the famous Ariel nutcrackers.
19th June 2009 uploaded new 3-D images, better quality.

18th February 2009 Added Ladies Cruikshank - an Ariel sold under a dealers transfer.

17th October 2008 Added 1904 ladies Ariel with Hygienic Cushion frame and Resilient front forks.
25th August 2008 Added Crabbe hubs page.
15th August 2008 Added new postcards and a photograph.
15th August 2008 Started a Crabbe components page.
5th August 2008 Updated and corrected the Factories page. My thanks to Martin Robson Riley for his assistance with this.

30th April 2008 Added a new postcard and another picture of a Fleet.
10th March 2008 Added a page on give aways, tiepins, badges and so on.
8th March 2008 More cycles added on cycles page. New page on decals. New page on adverts. Quite a few other minor updates.

 

 

© Copyright 2004-09 Jeremy P.Mortimore