FRAMES

TIG welded or Fillet Brazed; Track, Road, 29er, 96er or MTB, using Columbus, TrueTemper or Kaisei tubing. I can make a frame with my geometry to suit your size, or a custom geometry frame to your favourite design for a bit extra.

Frames for those who can appreciate the spring and liveliness of steel, and know that its beauty is just as much about the material as the paint and stickers.

The materials I use allow me to design a frame with a bit of frame flex. The tubing is strong and lightweight and results in a “lively” ride. So you get a frame with a more forgiving ride than aluminium so you can ride for longer and the frame will wear you out less.

In TIG welded, or Fillet brazed with the beautifully smooth joints and only 80 grams or so of extra weight. With disc mount or removable-post brake-bosses. Why fillet brazed? Fillet brazed joints are significantly better at withstanding fatigue failure than TIG joints, slightly better than lugs, and slightly better than both for strength to failure.

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Singlespeed

Singlespeed frames with Surly horizontal dropouts/fork-ends or Pacenti track ends, with or without stainless facets to keep the paint nice. With a slotted disc mount designed that you can actually remove the rear wheel without having to unbolt the disc-caliper. Paragon sliding dropouts also available....more

Track

Track frames made of Kaisei Japanese Keirin track tubing. Fillet-brazed or TIG welded. Track horizontal fork-ends by Surly, Pacenti or Paragon, with or without stainless facets....more

96er

With a 26" MTB rear wheel and 29er front wheel, this is the frame I want next.. The front end feels totally solid, even with rigid forks, and the smaller rear wheel retains the snap of a smaller-wheeled bike; by steepening the head angle, I've also kept the steering light.

29er (singlespeed or 1x9 only)

My slightly steeper head angle keeps the steering light, with the solid 29er feel through the rough sections. This bikes is fun and surprisingly un-truck-like, and rolls down the roughest tracks like no mountainbike ever did. The larger tyre footprint gives rear-end traction up hills slightly better than an MTB despite the longer chainstays....more

Cyclocross

Frames with cantilever bosses for serious tyre clearance with bigger tyres. In Columbus Zona or Life, Fillet-brazed or TIG welded....more

Road

Road frames made of Kaisei track tubing, or Columbus Zona, Life or Spirit. Fillet-brazed or TIG welded....more

Mountainbike

MTB frames made of Columbus Zona or Life tubing, fillet-brazed or TIG welded....more