I knew nothing about SUN Cycles of Birmingham and so set about searching the internet
to find out.
Basically SUN Cycles was part of F. C. Parkes Cycles in Birmingham and made some classy lightweights from 1930s to late 1950s before they were eventually taken over by Raleigh.
Famous models build by SUN are the Manxman, the Wasp. Some of their better bikes were also sold under the F C Parkes name. Thus the SUN Soleil d´ Or has been sold with very similar components as a F.C. Parkes Cote d´ Or as well. Following an excerpt of the F.C. Parkes catalog of round about 1955.
SUN Cycles addressed more the real racers and sponsored and led definitely a successful racing team around 1953. The catalog of this year reported about it proudly
Reason for starting a search about SUN Cycles was this lovely 1956 Soleil d´ Or I´ve had seen on eBay UK:
Basically SUN Cycles was part of F. C. Parkes Cycles in Birmingham and made some classy lightweights from 1930s to late 1950s before they were eventually taken over by Raleigh.
Famous models build by SUN are the Manxman, the Wasp. Some of their better bikes were also sold under the F C Parkes name. Thus the SUN Soleil d´ Or has been sold with very similar components as a F.C. Parkes Cote d´ Or as well. Following an excerpt of the F.C. Parkes catalog of round about 1955.
Reason for starting a search about SUN Cycles was this lovely 1956 Soleil d´ Or I´ve had seen on eBay UK:
