Dillglove

Dillglove Limited is based in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham in the West Midlands and specialises in Cycling Accessories including bicycle tyres, bike tools, specialist cycling apparel and safety clothing and much more. Dilglove are the exclusive distributor of SMP4BIKE Saddles in Great Britain. These saddles have been medically designed and tested by physicians. Bicycle seats have been revolutionised with this patented SMP4BIKE design. In the early eighties, following two serious recession setbacks, one of the few remaining British bicycle component manufacturing plants, T D Cross and Sons Limited, after 112 years of trading, closed its gates for the last time. In April 1982 the two remaining Directors, brothers John and Richard Cross became unemployed but their determination to remain within the industry resulted in the formation of Dillglove Limited. These were hard times but together with the financial support of Alfred Thun Snr (Alfred Thun GMBH, Ennepetal, Germany) Dillglove Limited was formed. Initially, the small embryonic operation was to import and distribute Thun products which included chainwheels, cranks and headsets. These were supplied to a number of UK manufacturing and assembly plants who were very active at this period. The rapid growth from humble beginnings led the brothers to steadily expand their portfolio of imported bicycle related assembly parts and accessories resulting in a wide ranging choice of product, with competitive price levels allowing maximum margins for our many, many customers.