The Telegraph/by Anna White
Indian bicycles, a common mode of transport for the 1.2bn people in the south Asian country, are now being peddled in a Soho pop-up shop.
Brand designer Adriano Galardi, 25, spotted a gap in the UK market for affordable push bikes, below £500, and is now importing Indian ones.
Basic in its design, the bicycle was introduced into India 100 years ago by the British, who set up factories to mass-produce them using machinery brought over from Britain, and it has barely changed.
After independence in 1947, and the ban on imports in the 1950s, local businessmen took over the equipment, and they continue to churn out millions of bikes a year………..[Read More]
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