"Knight frames were based at Tower Works, Pelham Street, Wolverhampton, the large 
MIdlands industrial town that had been home to other cycle manufacturers such as 
Viking, Jack Hateley, Pollard (or were they in Birmingham)..and I think, at one time 
Falcon, and Wearwell."

"Knight, prior to building frames were tubing manipulators, and my guess is that the 
company saw an opening in the cycle trade as the 1970-s saw a revival of cycle-racing 
in the UK. The company was quite short-lived as frame-builders, starting somewhere 
in the mid to lat 70s and probably closing in the early 80s."

"I have some literature from them, from which it is evident that they concentrated 
their production on one specific type of cycling , namely road-racing. They did not do 
club frames, touring or anything else. I (think) that they were all jig-built to a very 
standard design."

"The cautious fashion in the 70s was to build a road racing frame that could double up 
as a time-trial machine ie the angles were steepish and the wheelbase short. The 
frames were not too steep or the wheelbase too short to make the frames unpredictable 
when cornering and descending, although Harry often used 74 degrees head angles
coupled with short fork rakes, resulting in overlap. The frames also resembled certain 
models produced by MKM, but lacked that company's breadth of range..."

"The resemblance owes a great deal to the standardized design, but also to components 
used in common such as the long point Prugnat lugs, the Milremo full-sloping fork crown 
and the very long chamfered top-eyes, probably from Andrew Hague."

"...The Knight price list gives the following details - Reynolds 531 DB throughout, Prugnat 
long point lugs, semi-wrapover seat cluster, 73//73 angles, 1.5 inch fork rake and a 
wheelbase of 38 inches.. Just a bog standard but very reliable spec. The only departure 
form that norm is that the drop-outs are MAVIC - yes MAVIC, whereas on the top model 
in the range the drop-outs were Campagnolo and the Prugnat lugs had windows. I have 
never actually seen a pair of MAVIC drop-outs in the flesh... and it wasn't until recently 
that I saw a photo of them. I cant remember the actual brand but they were stamped 
MAVIC."

"A couple of years later Knight, possibly on the back of exports to the States, had increased 
its range to three models -the Monarch Road frame, built with 531SL, Cinelli crown, Campag 
short road drop-outs and an engraved K seat cluster, TA bottle bosses etc. This cost £115, 
but as an option could be had in 531DB at £89. The next model was the Saracen one, built 
with 531DB, no Cinelli crown or other refinements, costing £81.50; the third frame was the 
Crusader Tourist, fairly similar to the Monarch but of 531DB, at a cost of £86.. All frames were
 built to specification, and the company by that time also offered track and cyclo-cross frames 
to order. There was a choice of sixteen standard colours...... by the time 79 had come around, 
the top-eyes had a capital K engraved in them."

Norris Lockley from the Classic Rendezvous email list