The story of Bradford on Avon’s world-renowned rubber industry.

Whilst working as a broker in New York, Stephen Moulton met the man who discovered the rubber vulcanisation process - Charles Goodyear. Moulton brought samples of Goodyear’s ‘Improved Rubber’ to Europe, and, having failed to interest the existing rubber companies he decided to enter the business himself. He purchased a derelict mill and the grand, but decaying, house that overlooked it and founded his own rubber manufacturing enterprise.

Dan Farrell has been immersed in the world of Moulton bicycles for over twenty years. His involvement covers design, engineering, manufacture, and riding - notably completing the 1200km Paris-Brest-Paris randonnee in 1995 and 2003. Educated at Brunel University - a first degree in Industrial Design and a second in Design Management - Dan is both a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered Technological Product Designer. He is currently Technical Lead at the Moulton bicycle Company in Bradford on Avon and also works at Pashley Cycles and as a professional consulting engineer. Dan is a councillor and trustee of the Institution of Engineering Designers. He has lived in Bradford on Avon since 2014.