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'''Daniel Rudge''' (1840 – 26 June 1880) was a British engineer who built high-end [[bicycle]]s and [[velocipede]]s. Rudge invented the adjustable [[ball bearing]] bicycle hub (British Patent No 526) in 1878.

The French racing [[cycle sport|cyclist]] [[Charles Terront]], renowned for winning the first [[Paris–Brest–Paris]] event in 1891, used Rudge's axles with much success thereby bringing world attention to Rudge. In the years before [[John Boyd Dunlop|John Dunlop]] invented the pneumatic [[Tire|tyre]], Rudge addressed the rough ride by producing a four-bladed, spring-suspended fork in 1887.

[[File:Rudge Ordinary Bicycle Rev.jpg|thumb|A D Rudge & Co. "ordinary" bicycle, built 1884]]
After Rudge's death, his company was merged with ''The Tangent & [[Coventry]] Tricycle Company'' to form ''[[D. Rudge & Co.]]'' which in 1894 became ''[[Rudge-Whitworth|Rudge Whitworth Cycles]]''. By 1911, the ''[[Rudge Whitworth Cycle Company]]'' was also manufacturing [[motorcycle]]s.

After the company fell on hard times in the [[Great Depression]], the music company [[EMI]] bought the ''Rudge'' name. EMI produced bicycles under the Rudge name from 1935 until 1943 when they sold the name to [[Raleigh (bicycle)|Raleigh]].

==External links==
*[http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_w.html#whitworth glossary entry on "Whitworth"] by [[Sheldon Brown (bicycle mechanic)|Sheldon Brown]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030823004826/http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/genealogy/Rudge/RudgeFamily.htm Daniel Rudge by Derek Beddows]
*[http://www.sponend.org.uk/hist/hhrudge.htm Rudge Whitworth Cycles]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030807072800/http://www.hiwheel.com/antique_catalogs/rudge_bike.htm Rudge Bike]

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[[Category:British inventors]]
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