Founded in 1899, Albion Motors was purchased by Leyland Motors in 1951. Vehicles continued to be manufactured under the Albion brand until 1972, after which they continued to be produced, but were sold under the Leyland brand. Vehicle production at the former Albion factory in the Scotstoun area of Glasgow, Scotland, continued until 1980.
As a wise, handsome, roommate of mine who, at the time, had a relatively full head of hair, said
It's not like it used to be and it never was.
Albion motors might have made the best truck ever. Or not. I can tell you who made the best mountain bike pedals. Ever.
That pedal went out of business for one simple reason. It was better. Better as in category killer better. There's not a single moving part. Nothing to adjust, meaning user has no reason to patronise the local. A ludicrously minimal number of parts compared to a Shimano pedal. Yet, the company sold out, a purchaser kept the road pedals alive, and Shimano, with the acquiescence of the rest of the oligarchy, continues to make more a day than Michael Jordan makes off his sneakers in a century.
