Flying Scot was a marque used by Scottish and then an English

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The Flying Scot bikes were first built in 1901 by David Rattray and Co. in

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. Rattray was probably the largest maker of lightweight bicycles in

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. Rattray went out of business in 1982. In 1982, Dave Yates at M. Steel Cycles in

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purchased the "Flying Scot" name. M Steel built bikes under this name until 1991. The M. Steel bikes are labeled "Flying Scot" whereas the Rattray bicycles were "The Flying Scot".

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National Museum of Scotland article
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