Recent Bike Builds

Updates From The Shop

NAHBS coming up!

NAHBS coming up!

I am very excited about my debut at the North American Handbuilt Bike Show, which is coming up quickly; I have been working on some special bikes to show since November. If you are able to make it along then it...

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16 January 2012

16 January 2012

It has been busy here recently – I just finished up Davis’s TT build, and also all the finishing work on Fairwheel bikes RIGHT project. Here are a few shots of some of the finished joints – plus...

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6 January 2012

6 January 2012

With the new trend for extra wide rims amongst race wheels, last season I struggled a little with brake adjustments when swapping from training wheels to race wheels. The solution I needed was a wide training wheel...

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5 January 2012

5 January 2012

I got to test ride the RIGHT bike today! The riding sensation was much as I expected: The rear of the bike feels indistinguishable to a regular frame, the single chainstay is very stiff. The front fork strut/wheel...

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1 January 2012

1 January 2012

Happy New Year! This marks the third anniversary of English Cycles being an official business, thank you to all my customers for their support! Good progress on project ‘RIGHT’ – everything is...

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20 December 2011

20 December 2011

Project RIGHT moves on… progress is slow though, I keep having to stop to make tooling and figure out just how I am going to do the next step. The fork strut is on the right to match the frame, but of course...

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19 December 2011

19 December 2011

More progress on the RIGHT project – today I machined the front axle and got the fork (that can’t be right with one leg, that’s only half a fork. So maybe this is just a tine? Or a strut. Or...

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