In the studio…
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Retro Modern
Older frames customised with modern refinements… plus the odd retro styled modern bike.
SOLD: Custom Raleigh Prima
Presenting a vintage British ladies town bike custom/restoration project I’ve been working on for a while. Suitable for taller female riders (5’6″ and above) due to its larger frame size, this 1989 Raleigh Prima has had a very comprehensive cosmetic & technical makeover and is fitted with several new/modern components – to improve performance without
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SOLD: Raw Power custom/vintage Peugeot
“Raw Power” is a stunning unique custom bike, handbuilt by Dead Rats Cycles and based around a vintage steel road frame fitted with carefully selected components. Its raw steel and monochrome aesthetic is captured best in the photo above by our friend Tom Baker. The 32 year old Peugeot frame has been modified for modern
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Peugeot Ventoux conversion – Part 2 – 14 gears
Andrew’s Peugeot out on test after its coversion from single to 14 speed. I hit my budget to the pound on this job, and I really enjoyed working on the bike and chatting to the customer! See part one Frame: 1980s Peugeot Ventoux (Reynolds 501) Fork: unknown chromed steel Headset: unknown Stem: 3ttt Status Handlebar: Middlemores
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Peugeot Ventoux conversion – Part 1
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 owner to let me sort the rear brake and fit proper levers on the drops ;) Little, if anything, remains of the original – even the forks have been swapped
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SOLD: Townsend Custom Vintage Ladies Bike
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 encapsulates the direction I’m taking my passion for bike building in – namely restoring vintage frames as the basis for handbuilt, elegant and usable contemporary bicycles that are as practical
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Peugeot Etoile singlespeed
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 by a bus in Manchester city centre! I had this frameset in stock so, after stripping down his old bike, I added his new wheels & crankset along with anything
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SOLD: Custom 3 speed Raleigh Pursuit
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 speed ladies Townsend soon) during breaks from servicing and restoration work. It’s up for sale now though as being my size I’m in real danger of keeping it! Built around
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1990s Saracen Skyline
I’ve just about finished Tom’s ‘new’ winter build, based around his lovely 531 Saracen frameset (built on the Dawes Galaxy frame production line according to some articles I’ve read elsewhere online) in enormous 63cm c-t size. It’s a bit of a mixture of newer parts, most of which were supplied to me to fit, but
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Pistachio Townsend – part 1
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. Sandblasted & powdercoated pistachio green with all threads re-tapped plus new decal. Fitted with chromed forks & seatclamp and a lovely Raleigh Superbe headset. Interested? £POA. Update! 25th November 2015
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