English Cycles | Custom Bicycles

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...

Posted by Rob on Feb 27, 2020

Tenth anniversary limited edition build

This is the next one of these special bikes to roll out. As many made-in-USA parts as possible, from the tubing to the skewers. But with completely custom geometry. Strictly limited edition as I had all the parts custom anodized to match. Paint by Colorworks, and this example came in at 15.0lbs...

Posted by Rob on Feb 12, 2020

Bobbie’s petite road

This is one of my favorite types of frame to build, because smaller, lighter riders are generally very underserved by production bikes. In this case I was able to design around 160mm cranks, so the bottom bracket height is set appropriately for that. And then by careful choice of fork rake and front end geometry there is also no toe-wheel overlap. A custom stem with the spacers built in gets the bars...

Posted by Rob on Jan 28, 2020

Choy’s road frameset

Choy asked me to build him a classic rim brake road frame. Clean lines, emphasized by the pristine white paint (by Colorworks). An aero downtube gives a modern nod, along with the Enve carbon...

Posted by Rob on Jan 7, 2020

Patrick’s Pinion adventure bike

Patrick is a Brit now living in Finland – with the personal connection that his teacher in high school was my mother! So kind of fun to build a bike for him. He wanted a do anything/ride anywhere bike for adventures – be they of the daily towing-the-children kind or the more multi-day type. He requested the drivetrain be the Pinion gearbox, which gave me the chance for my first build around...

Posted by Rob on Dec 19, 2019

Alonso’s ‘Batman’ road bike

Alonso asked for a responsive road bike built to fit, with clearance for up to 30mm tires. Riding in a dry area, the performance of rim brakes – especially on an aluminium rim, are more than good enough, with the lightweight EE brakes handling this duty. The rear brake is a direct mount fitment under the chainstays. The rest of the group is Shimano Ultegra mechanical, with internal cable...