2020 Alan Clarke retires

The son of a Nottingham coal miner, Alan Clarke joined the export sales department of Sturmey-Archer in 1969. In 1978, he was moved ‘temporarily’ to run their Amsterdam sales office and was still there in 2000 when the Nottingham operation went into liquidation. After helping in the sale of the company to Sunrace Taiwan, he became General Manager of European operations and found customers for Sunrace Sturmey-Archer product, throughout Europe.

Alan Clarke 2020 Alan Clarke retires

He created this site to help preserve the company Heritage and is responsible for every entry. He also helped Tony Hadland write “The Hub of the Universe” book covering the entire history of Sturmey-Archer. Upon his retirement he was presented with a plaque to commemorate more than 50 years’ service.

2020 Alan Clarke retires

Technical information

Here can be found product images with dates of production, exploded views of hub internals showing part numbers ,service manuals and catalogues. It is listed in order of first production date or when issued and is split by period.

ALL | 1902 -1944 | 1945 -2010

Henry Sturmey was also editor of a cycling magazine and so ,from the beginning, Sturmey-Archer always saw the benefit of advertising. Many of the advertisements are no longer politically correct but reflect thinking at that time.

ALL | 1902 -1944 | 1945 -2010

Non-bicycle products

Motor cycles were a booming industry in the early part of the 20th century and various types of engines and gearboxes were then produced. There was even a production unit in Germany and later, engines were supplied for lawn-mowers and small tractors.

ALL | 1902 -1944 | 1945 -2010

Other

Here can be found general company information, sales catalogues, prices and bike pictures through the years, newspaper articles, production information and factory views. There is even a contribution from England’s then national poet.

ALL | 1902 -1944 | 1945 -2010

2020 Alan Clarke retires

Technical information

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Non-bicycle products

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