Originally Posted by
Doug Fattic
F.W. Evans in his brochures in the 1930's claimed to invent it. In fact Bulgie used to keep a website with scanned old catalogs that showed Evan's advertising brochure with a picture of his fixture on the front.
Yes, he does. I hadn't stumbled on it before, but Knowing what I was looking for, I found it just now:
https://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/FWEvans-late30s/