About Gellie Custom

Gellie Custom frames are made by me, Ewen Gellie, from the best steel tubing available. I combine Australian-champion level cycling, with car-industry Mechanical Engineering experience in my framebuilding. Steel is real and I'm about sharing the love of lightweight steel bike frames.

I've ridden and raced bikes since '82, built frames since '88, and built the frames I rode to become Aussie Downhill Mountainbike Champion in '88, runner-up '89 and Champion in '91.

A downhiller in the Aussie Team at the '92 Worlds in Italy, I placed 15th after a lay-down on grass and a dropped chain ! .....way too much grass.....a rubbish course that one. Defending my Downhill Title against John Tomac later that year at the '92 Oz Nationals Downhill, I crashed out and finished on a stretcher.

I modified my first frame with a local framebuilder and went on to build more frames for myself and others - mountainbike, road, rear suspension MTB and tandem frames.

I then went on to work with the last bicycle manufacturer in Australian, then at GM-Holden, Ford & Toyota troubleshooting engine and car manufacturing. That work changed how I made bike frames. Now I pursue my passion and make bike frames.

Gellie Custom - handmade steel bike frames crafted one at a time, blending expertise in framebuilding, manufacturing and hard-core riding.