Bowden Brake Co
Bowden Brake Co, makers of cycle brakes, seats, body pressings, etc[1], of Kings Road, Tyseley
1901 The company was registered on 11 April, to acquire a business protected by letters patent for the manufacture and sale in the United Kingdom of a brake for cycles. [2]
1901 Bowden Brake Co agreed to sell to the Bowden Wire Co the business of manufacturer of push-cycle brakes; the Bowden Wire Co granted rights to the company to use the trade-mark on its products[3].
1908 Mr Arthur St Clair Goodwin was manager of 2 associated companies Bowden Brake Co and E. M. Bowden's Patents Syndicate Co[4]
1912 The Bowden Wire Co was successful in a court action against the Bowden Brake Co for infringement of its trade-marks[5].
Continued to make bicycle brakes under the Bowden Tyseley brand
1922-24 Coachbuilders
Continued in business to the 1940s