Pearson Forge street bike – examined


The title Pearson might be higher identified to many because the oldest bike store on this planet. It’s in any case nonetheless owned and run by the Pearson household and is a staple of the London biking scene.

However that title, that dates again to the 1800s, went by a metamorphosis at the start of the 12 months. Pearson is now a motorbike model with massive ambitions whereas the store in East Sheen has been renamed as Forge 1860 in a nod to it is routes as a blacksmiths.

The Pearson bike vary at present consists of one gravel bike, the On and On, which I examined in 2023 – driving it throughout Scotland on the brand new Kirkpatrick coast-to-coast route – and two street bikes; the aero, race-focused Shift, and the endurance-focused Forge. Named in a nod to their historical past.

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