Browning Fixed-Gear Conversion




This is a fixed-gear conversion of a 1970s era Browning road bike. I believe this is the first Browning on Velospace. Browning is the same company of long-standing firearms fame. If anybody is interested, I have done more research on Browning's bike era and can provide greater detail on their history -- please just PM me. Brownings are an odd short saga in bike-building.
Here's a quote from a webpage about Browning and their foray into bicycles:
"In the early 1970's, Bruce and his sons formed a family research company to invent, research, prototype and sell ideas. Among these ideas was the concept of an automatic/electric bicycle transmission. For a short time in the early 1970's, Browning Arms marketed a bicycle as part of their sporting goods business. Under an agreement with Browning Arms, Bruce and his sons worked on an automatic bicycle transmission as part of this project. In 1977, Browning Arms closed their bicycle business, so Bruce and his sons continued to develop the transmission on their own. Since then it has undergone continuous change and improvement at the Browning Research. The company buildings are nestled in the woods, a half-hour ferry boat ride from Seattle, but about a century away in their idyllic surroundings."
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This bike is number 4427 on the Fixed Gear Gallery.