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Author: Alt Design

Vincitore special

This is a Vincitore special built with Reynolds 725 tubing ( our most popular tube set ) in cream enamel with silver gothic transfers and silver lug lining. Its put together with Campagnolo Centaur equipment complete with Brooks saddle , handle bar tape and when we get them in stock the Brooks toe straps as…

Frame re-sprays

Its not only new bikes we build here you can see a renovation we have just completed on a early 1980 frame. Note the lamp boss on the forks and the long rear dropouts. This has been sprayed in our very popular Ruby red flamboyant with a white head tube and seat tube panel white…

Marchisio Sprockets

Just thought you would like a look at these. Marchisio sprockets are for the customer who wants a different sprocket range offered by Campagnolo or Shimano. Customers have these as a close ratio for the racing lads or a wide ratio for the touring crowd. As we know you always need the gear which is…

Spray shop

The spray shop is very busy at the moment as you can see. We have a turn round time of about six weeks its normally about 4 weeks during the summer. These frames are mainly in etch primer ready for there first coat of paint.

Rohloff dropouts

Another day at the workshop today doing mainly paper work. While I was there I took this picture of a frame build with the Rohloff dropouts. This particular customer wants to be able to use a disc brake as well as you can see.

S & S Couplings

Today was a day at our workshop mainly clearing out the back office ready for a coat or two of paint. I am a bit fed up of the 1970s purple walls. The picture shows Tim’s work progressing nicely on a frame which is being built with stainless steel S&S couplings. These are for commuting…

Ergo spares

Our shop is well known for our stock of Campagnolo spare parts new and old and are always being asked how many spare parts we have . Well to give you a idea this is just some of our ergo spares covering 8 , 9 , and 10 speed and soon maybe a few 11…

Merlin titanium frames

Todays shot is of a range of Merlin titanium frames we stock and I must say they are very nicely made. We can get any of the frames or bikes from there range we also offer a made to measure service from the company although there is a small charge for this. Please do not…

Rohloff complete bike

Just thought I would show you this bike that went out today. Its a Rohloff equipped machine in a two tone leaf green pearl and racing green pearl. Complete with Brooks titanium saddle and Brooks handle bar tape. Just an after thought have you noticed how little traffic there is on the roads recently since…

London Today

Today was a trip to London to pick the 2 bikes up which have been photographed for a upcoming magazine. The company which did the shoot was Big Picture Studios. The photos themselves will be seen in GQ mens fashion magazine . More details to come when I am allowed to tell. When we know…

A day at the workshop

A day at the workshop/office for me today doing a lot of small jobs which have mounted up and just need to be done. In the picture you can see some of the taps which are used to clean up the threads before the frames go to the shop. In the background you can just…

Our clothing room

This is a photo of a small part of our clothing room which is upstairs at our shop. I have only put this on because we are amazed how many people do not know its there. We have a large stock of Campagnolo , Altura, Oakley and Specialized to name a but a few lines…

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