The UK Handmade Bicycle Show 2012 BespokedBRISTOL Show Guide & The Handmade Bicycle Directory 23rd-25 Br th March unel’s Old Station www.bespok edbristol.co.uk facebook.c om/ukh andmade bicycleshow Welcome to Bespoked Bristol - The UK Handmade Bicycle Show A celebration of the handmade bicycle industry. It’s a very exciting time for frame building at the moment. The depth of talent and level of enthusiasm is quite astonishing. The craftsmanship on display here is amongst the best in the world. For these people to carry on making these beautiful bikes they need to sell them, so if you like what you see ask how much? This show provides you with the chance to meet many different designers and makers, using different methods of production which enable prices to be more affordable. Making a beautiful bicycle takes time. Time to learn the skills and longer to perfect them. You can build your own bicycle under expert tuition and afterwards, proud of your work look at the masters’ then truly appreciate the skill involved. Then you will look at the price and wonder how it can be achieved at twice the amount. Thank you to Kayti Peschke Photography Ltd - www.kaytipeschke.com for photographing all the exhibitor’s work. Thank you to Odoni for providing cycle parking. And thank you to our sponsors for their support. We hope that you enjoy the show. Tessa and Phil Taylor - Organisers , Bespoked Bristol Talks and Events Friday 23rd March 17.00 - 20.00 - Roller Racing by South Coast Sprints Saturday 24th March 10.15 - 11.00 - Becoming a frame builder Q and A with Ricky Feather of Feather Cycles 16.00 – 17.00 - Is there a ‘best’ material for a bike frame - Keith Noronha - Reynolds Sunday 25th March (supported by Rouleur Magazine) 10.00 - 10.45 - Producing frames in the in the UK, Steven Shand - Shand Cycles 10.45 -11 30 - Frame Building in the US with Eric Estlund - Winter Bicycles 15.30 - 16.30 - Building up a frame - What to put on your dream frame? (TBA) 16.30 - The Winner of the Public Vote Award Bespoked Bristol 2012 Awards: BEST OF SHOW - Supported By Reynolds BEST ROAD BIKE - Supported By Reynolds BEST UTILITY BIKE - Supported By Brooks BEST TRACK BIKE - Supported By Brooks BEST OFF ROAD BIKE - Supported By Hope BEST NEW BUILDER - Supported By Columbus & Ceeway THE PUBLIC VOTE - Supported By Brooks Bespoked Bristol is supported by: Printed on 100% recycled paper using vegetable based inks by: Taylor Brothers Bristol Ltd 13-25 Wilder Street - Bristol - BS2 8PY www.taylorbros.uk.com STAND - EXHIBITOR Foyer - Rapha 20 - OTM Bikes 40 - (iL) Soigneur 60 - Bike Science Ltd a - Cyclorama 20 - Kurtz Bikes 41 - The Bicycle Academy 60 - Legend & Formigli 01 - Brian Rourke 21 - Award Bicycles` 42 - Enigma Titanium Ltd 61 - 14 Bike Co 02 - Argos Racing Cycles 22 - Kajak Custom 43 - Feather Cycles 61 - Royce UK Ltd 03 - Cotic 23 - Ted James Design 44 - Tokyo Fixed 62 - Qoroz Titanium Bicycles 04 - Donhou Bicycles 24 - Columbus 45 - Demon Frameworks 63 - Brooks England 05 - Bicycles By Design 25 - Peter’s Bike 46 - Condor Cycles 64 - Just Riding Along 05 - Swallow Bespoke 26 - Cofa Engineering 47 - Freshtripe 65 - 13th Floor Distribution 06 - Shand Cycles 27 - Urban Hunter 48 - Crisp Titanium 65 - Curtis Bikes 07 - Paulus Quiros 28 - Quoc Pham Ltd 48 - Leonardi Racing 66 - Mosquito London 08 - Dromarti 29 - Vélobici 49 - Pegoretti 67 - Boneshaker Magazine 09 - Sideways Cycles 30 - Dynamo Works 50 - Burls Bicycles 68 - Winter Bicycles 10 - Paul Villiers 31 - The Footdown 50 - KCNC 11 - Schwalbe Tyres UK Ltd 32 - Milltag 51 - Synergy Action NEW BUILDERS 12 - Rock n Road 33 - Swrve 52 - Mercian Cycles aa - Wilkinson Cycles 14 - VeloBrands - Cyfac 33 - Mawis Bikes 53 - Foffa Bikes b - Boo Cycles 15 - Roberts Cycles 34 - Milk Bikes 54 - Reynolds Tecnology Ltd c - Leet Bikes 16 -18 - Downland Cycles ltd 35 - Paper Bicycle 55 - Cinelli d - Mundie 19 - Robin Mather Cycles 36 - ColourBolt 56 - Shutt Vello e - Pinstripe Push Irons 37 - Flat Frame Systems Ltd 57 - Strada Wheels Ltd f - SJ Cycles 38 - Really Useful Bikes 58 - Brother Cycles g - Slate Cycles 39 - Racer Rosa Bicycles 59 - Brick Lane Bikes h - Manchester Custom Cycles I - Oak Cycles STAND 41 THE BICYCLE ACADEMY Make a bike with a difference. Learn how to make bikes, keep the skills and give your first bike to someone who really needs it. We give people the lessons, skills and kit to design and make their own bikes. But there’s a BRISTOL big difference. Each student at The Bicycle Academy will make a bike designed especially to bespoked use in Africa. Students keep the skills they learn and their first bike will go to someone who really needs it. Once they’ve made their frame for Africa, graduates can come back to our workshop to hone their skills and build their own frames Frome - Somerset Exhibitors 2012 07870609871 [email protected] www.thebicycleacademy.org 13TH FLOOR DISTRIBUTION STAND 65 STAND 05 BICYCLES BY DESIGN 13th Floor Distribution is a Veil. Behind it are two brands. The first is “TubalCain” and the Drawing on the 30 year heritage of our bespoke brand Swallow, we offer the Landescape second is “Weyland.” range of made-to-measure and hand-built aluminium frames. Choose from race, track, Taking it’s name from the Biblical Blacksmith of steel and brass Tubal Cain makes their rigid touring, Mtb, trekking or tandem designs. Unlike mass-produced aluminium frames our joints only frames and forks in the UK. They are forged together by the Somerset Legend that is Brian are filed and hand finished for a smooth appearance. All our tubing is custom drawn and Curtis. R&D is done by Tim March and Steve Bancroft and these three are the independent formed for optimum performance of the frame’s intended final use. When ordering your frame points of this project. Weyland is Tim March’s accessory company that makes handlebars. All you will speak with the person that will design your frame during a detailed consultation, are Drawn, Painted, Brazed and Chromed in the UK. using a Calfee sizing jig and BikeCAD Pro. Church Road - Jackfield - Shropshire - TF8 7AP [email protected] www.13thfloordistribution.com 01952 883249 [email protected] www.bicycle-by-design.co.uk 14 BIKE CO STAND 61 STAND 60 BIKE SCIENCE Since we opened our doors in Spring 2009, we have built over 500 bikes for our very satisfied Bike Science was established in March 2010 by Andy Sexton. Andy has over twenty five years customers. All our frames are hand-built in the UK using British steel. At 14 Bike Co, we don’t of competitive biking experience and over twenty years as a triathlete. While working at simply put you on a bike – we build a bike for you. We start by measuring for the right size Planet X he identified the need to be able to offer accurate, professional bike fitting services frame. If we have the correct frame in stock, then we can move on to the next stage. If we to riders wishing to buy bikes without being able to try the actual bike for size first and riders don’t, then we’ll build one especially. wishing to optimise their riding position to increase performance, avoid injury or improve comfort. He started Bike Science with these aims in mind. Elys Yard - The Truman Brewery - 91 Brick Lane - London - E1 6QL The Meeting House Annex - Lewins Mead - Bristol - BS1 2NN also Derby, Rotherham 020 7377 7522 [email protected] www.14bikeco.com 0117 9273444 [email protected] www.bike-science.com ARGOS RaCING CYCLES STAND 02 STAND 67 BONESHAKER MaGAZINE Argos Racing Cycles have offered a high quality frame respray and renovation service for Boneshaker Magazine is a celebration of cycling and the people who do it. Full of articles, over 30 years. We are authorised frame resprayers for several leading manufacturers, which personal stories and anecdotes about people and projects doing great things with bicycles enables us to provide most maker’s transfers to suit your requirements. We also offer specialist around the globe. It is our hope that the magazine will both inspire and entertain, raise frame repairs on many types of cycles. Why not give that trusted companion a new lease of awareness and bring a smile to your face. life? Appealing to both bike-heads and those who may not yet have experienced the true joy and freedom that can be found from our two-wheeled friends. Unit 12 - Riverside Park - St. Annes Road - St. Annes - Bristol - BS4 4ED www.boneshakermag.com 0117 9724730 [email protected] www.argoscycles.com AWARD BICYCLES STAND 21 STAND B - NEW BUILDER BOOCYCLES Offering a unique view on bike design, Award Bikes look at things differently to create a ride Having a passion for using natural materials, working as a bicycle mechanic and a love of outside of the box. Using Adrian Ward’s previous design experience with Marin, Whyte and cycling, has led me to making Boocycles. Bamboo bikes are becoming increasingly popular. Nukeproof, Award Bikes combine design innovation with function, quality and materials. The others that I have seen are only frames partially consisting of bamboo. Therefore each The latest - the 29er - demonstrates one of the shortest chainstays to produce a nimble short time I begin making I set out to make more of the bike from bamboo than previously. In wheelbase bike with clearance for 2.5 plus tyres . The beauty of it is that Adrian maintains all addition I am not just making the bikes for show, but comparable to other, far more tried and the practical design aspects with the overall look to produce a frame with flowing, graceful tested materials, in an effort to make the most environmentally friendly mode of transport.