I’d never raced the Gorrick 100 at Swinley Forrest before, but as I arrived early sunday morning I was quite excited. After chatting with my racing buddies I lined up on the second row, the klaxon went and i got a flying start, easily within the top 10 entering the first bit of single track, [...]
#VendrediVideo – Brucey Bonus!
Found this online earlier in the week… It’s not frame building but it does involve building up a nice mountain bike…
#VendrediVideo – British Council Film Special!
This week we’ve got three fantastic videos from British Council Film, starting with this great film that our friend, and crowd funding backer, Helen Cox sent us a link to yesterday…enjoy! A Bicycle Factory ‘The process of manufacture is traced from the beginning; the design on paper and the raw materials. We see what goes [...]
Wise words from Paul Sadoff
This blog post entitled “How to succeed in business with really trying” by Paul Sadoff of Rock Lobster Custom Cycles is a must read for anyone wanting to make a go of becoming a frame builder, and in fact, the principles can be applied to any profession. Walking through the handmade bike show back in 2007 [...]
Hello, hello…?
We’re working hard to make sure that we open on schedule, which is going quite well, but it’s fair to say that as a result we have been a little slow responding to email enquiries. So, if you’re waiting for a reply from us please hang on…we’re working on it.
A Job that doesn’t feel like work…
A few weeks ago I was asked to give an inspiring talk to to the yr 7 students at a local school. I was told that I would have to talk to all 130 of them for an hour and that I would have to not only hold their interest but give them something to [...]
“Obsessional behaviour” – Graeme Obree
Graeme Obree is a real Hero of ours. Not only for his amazing achievements on the bike but for the fact that he broke records on a bike that he made himself, a bike that reshaped how people looked at bicycles, and also the sport itself. These’s a fantastic interview with Graeme over on Humans [...]
We’ve been selected as a top 20 start-up of 2011!
