English Cycles | Custom Bicycles

Posted by Rob on May 22, 2020

Tim’s road bike

For the title on this one, I didn’t think I needed to call out ‘disc’ or ‘all-road’ or any other modifiers. It is just a road bike – a modern one, but it doesn’t need to be defined any other way. The bike is shown with 30mm tires – the frame and fork will clear 35s. Geometry and handling is classic road – that sweet combination of fast yet stable....

Posted by Rob on May 11, 2020

Jay’s fast rando bike

Jay wanted something for endurance racing, along the lines of my TransAm bike. So using his fits numbers, that is what we came up with. With an Enve fork up front, the bike will clear up to 32mm tires. Haero bars from Germany have a removable but integrated aerobar – Jay will add foam to the bar tops for resting his elbows. The frame features internally brazed bosses for the custom frame bag, for...

Posted by Rob on Apr 29, 2020

Matthew’s V3 stainless gravel

Matthew asked me to build him a gravel bike that could double as a rain bike. So the frameset will clear 38mm tires in gravel mode, or fits 30mm tires with fenders. For corrosion resistance the entire frame is built from stainless steel (a mixture of Reynolds 953, Columbus XCR, KVA and custom formed 316). The stainless tubing is shown off with the stays being left bare with a brushed finish, as is the...

Posted by Rob on Apr 22, 2020

Rick’s road frameset

Rick asked me to build him a lightweight road frame with a few specific requirements. He wanted to run a BB30 crankset, so I built with a T47 BB shell and supplied a White Industries BB with internal bearings. It was requested to run a disc brake front and rim brake rear. A US-made HIA Velo fork up front provides for the brake type there, with a custom EC headset to fit the tapered steerer tube into a...

Posted by Rob on Apr 10, 2020

Ray’s road disc Di2

I have been working with Ray for many years, so it was great to do a fresh build for him to create a modern disc brake road bike. With the Enve fork up front and carefully shaped stays out back, there is room for up to 32mm tires. The seatstays are custom ovalised and shaped to precisely wrap around the rear disc caliper. Di2 is fully internally routed, with a T47 BB shell to provide plenty of room for...

Posted by Rob on Apr 2, 2020

Joseph’s road disc frameset

Joseph asked for a road disc frame with clearance for 30mm tires. We used an Enve fork up front, with a custom EC headset to allow the 1-1/4″ tapered fork to fit into a not-too-big headtube. The frame then has a custom bi-ovalised downtube, ovalised toptube and shaped seatstays. Along with modified s-bend chainstays. To gain the finished appearance Joseph requested, the rear stays, downtube and...

Posted by Rob on Mar 26, 2020

James’ FGC

James asked me to build him a travel gravel bike to match his fit requirements, to fit in a checkable case and to have the ability to fit fenders and carry stuff! The resulting build fits 35mm tires with fenders, or 40mm without. The Rodeo Labs Spork fork has mounts for the Tubus front rack, and I supplied Ortlieb panniers to fit. A 1x eTap AXS groupset takes care of shifting without the need for a...

Posted by Rob on Mar 11, 2020

Steven’s gravel frameset

The curved seattube keeps the chainstays short whilst giving clearance for 38m tires and a standard road double crank. Custom rear flatmount disc bosses, with full internal hose routing, enabled via a T47 BB. Ovalised toptube and bi-ovalised downtube to tune the frame stiffness. Internal routing for mechanical shifting. The carbon fork is made-in-usa by Allied, with an English custom stem to match. The...