Unique builds from the DRC workshop
Just finished building up this Inbred when along comes the snow… first test ride’s gonna be fun! Frame: On-One Inbred 29er V2, Teal, 19.5″ Fork: Fox R29RL Headset: Cane Creek Stem: RaceFace Ride Handlebar: RaceFace Atlas Grips: Sunline Brakes: Avid BB7 MTN, 180/160mm rotors Brake Cables: Goodridge Brake Levers: Avid Speed Dial Shifters: Shimano Deore […]
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The impending arrival of another 29er frame means it’s time my own Surly had a makeover. Run for the last three years as a flat-bar, 9 speed hardtail, the frame’s geometry and track-ends made it suitable for a rather radical ‘gravel-grinding monster commuter’ conversion and it’s been completely stripped down and rebuilt with a custom
Surly Karate Monkey drop bar 5 speed Read More »
Nightmare day, dream bike… Frame: unknown titanium Fork: Kinesis carbon Headset: Campagnolo 1″ ahead Top Cap: Ritchey Stem: ITM Handlebar: Trans-X (looking for a ti bar to replace this) Grips: Bikehut lock-on (new) Shifters/Levers: Campagnolo Veloce FB 2×10 (new) Brake Calipers: Campagnolo Veloce Cables: Campagnolo (new) Front Derailleur: Campagnolo Veloce Rear Derailleur: Campagnolo Centaur Cassette:
Custom flat bar titanium mystery Read More »
We’ve just finished another couple of custom wheel builds! The first has a restored 1991 Sturmey Archer AW hub laced 3X with 28 stainless spokes onto a modern 700c Mavic CXP22 rim. Just need build up a front to ‘match’ it and we’ll have a trick 3 speed wheelset for a future build, likely to
Wheelbuilding projects Read More »
My restored Raleigh frameset has found a new home! I put a fair few singlespeed miles in on first, then turned it into a retro/mod geared bike, before my friend the Manchester graphic artist Dan Birkbeck came to me with an unlucky (but perfectly timed) broken frame & forks so I transplanted most of his
Raleigh Flyer – final build! Read More »
Adam’s 25″ vintage Reynolds 531c Raleigh singlespeed project, after a little Dead Rats TLC…
Big Red Raleigh 531c Read More »
Couldn’t resist building the Raleigh frame up (after its restoration) into a nifty singlespeed hot-rod… and taking her out for a test ride into Cheshire on a beautiful Bank Holiday Monday morning! With a mixture of restored vintage and new parts it’s not one for the purists – but they’d be forgiven for turning their
Custom Raleigh Flyer singlespeed… test run Read More »
One of the coolest bikes we ever built is back up for sale after a thorough clean & service. Completely custom back in 2009 this bombproof little Giant singlespeed is the dog’s dangly bits for bombing around town & country on! Features a white powdercoated aluminium frame with matching braced riser bars, nice black and
SOLD: Custom Giant singlespeed Read More »
Made of humble 18-23 tubing but vintage British steel nonetheless, here’s the progress so far on our latest ’80s Raleigh frameset makeover…
Raleigh frameset makeover Read More »
A few photos of Cath’s lovely Coventry Eagle Elite Tourist which I overhauled and converted to singlespeed last year – just never got round to uploading the pics! View more singlespeeds here.
Coventry Eagle singlespeed Read More »
