Posts in category Retro Modern

“Raw Power” is a stunning unique custom bike from Dead Rats Cycles, based on a vintage steel road frame fitted with carefully selected components.  Its …

Andrew’s Peugeot out on test after my conversion from single to 14 speed.  I hit my budget to the pound on this job, and I …

Andrew’s 1980s Peugeot Ventoux singlespeed as delivered to my workshop, my role being to add 13 more gears on a strict budget.  And convince the …

SOLD… and now named ‘Nancy’ I’m proud to unveil a retro-modern custom build I’ve been working on for the best part of six months, that …

Another retro-modern machine built to my regular customer Harris’s specification & budget and utitising the leftovers from his previous vintage Peugeot HLE, which was wrecked …

Here’s a retro/modern custom spec project I’ve been working on for a few weeks (one of two actually, look out for my full custom 16 …

I’ve just about finished Tom’s ‘new’ winter build, based around his lovely old 531 Saracen frameset (built on the Dawes Galaxy frame production line according …

Another forthcoming Dead Rats Cycles project is this beautiful and fully renovated vintage Townsend ladies steel frame in 49cm size, ready for a custom build.  …

Just finished repairing & tweaking a bike I’ve wanted to get fixed up since I first met its proud owner a couple of years ago.  …

If you’ve been following the story then you know the gist. I bought it, rode it home and liked it. Then I stripped & rebuilt …