Bob Jackson to continue making steel frames in Leeds after Woodrup rescue

Fellow Leeds frame builder Tony Woodrup and a group of investors buy 85-year-old business and plan to reopen in six months

Bob Jackson
(Image credit: Russ Ellis)

Legendary Leeds bike brand Bob Jackson will start to produce traditional steel frames again from mid 2021 after being saved from closure by a group of local investors headed by Tony Woodrup.

Woodrup, of fellow Leeds frame builders Woodrup Cycles, told Cycling Weekly that there was too much shared history between the two family businesses for him to stand by after Bob Jackson announced it would close its doors on December 18 last year.

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