George Longstaff
Deceased Person
1947 – 2003
Who was George Longstaff?
George Longstaff was a British bicycle builder with a high reputation for tandem bicycles, tricycles and handbuilt touring bicycles.
He founded the Longstaff Cycle Centre in Chesterton near Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1982 and soon established a reputation as a builder of high quality bikes. He was also known as a tandem and trike rider and an ingenious creator of specialist adaptations for disabled cyclists.
He died of a heart attack while piloting his tandem trike on a Longstaff Owners' Club ride.
The Longstaff Cycle Centre is still in business and continues to retail off the peg cycles and build custom bikes .
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