Just had this picture sent in by Kelley one of our customers abroad. We had a nice email and a few pictures and I though you would like to see his bike. It look’s nice and sunny there so no excuses for not getting out on it unlike here where the weather is getting slowly…

This is a customers bike ready for the off. As you can see the bike has a Rohloff hub with the disc brake incorporated ( I think it is a Avid brake operated by cable ) this is his only rear brake . The gears are operated by a grip made by a German company…

I have had a request for a picture of our red 953 so here it is. Sorry about the picture quality but its the only one I have. We have a couple going through our workshop right now so when there ready I will post a better picture. Most once built have Reynolds carbon forks.

Well it’s getting cool now in the mornings and time to dig out the winter gear ready for the bad weather. We do a large range of the Campagnolo autumn /winter clothing which we feel is very good value indeed. We do stock all sorts of clothing which will keep you warm and dry in…

Well today was great we had Chris Floyd the fabulous world renowned photographer at the workshop who was doing a photo shoot for a magazine Management Today which will be on the shelves in November. Chris was very patient with us all and put us all at ease. You can see his work here www.chrisfloyd.com…

Firstly we have a picture send in by John of South Africa displaying the Table mountain in the background and his new Mercian in the foreground. As you can see the frame is decked out with Shimano equipment. The frame colour was inspired by the Italian Gios Torino manufacturer. I for one think it looks…

This lovely frame belongs to Ben “skully” from London. Because we are having a new web site built ( dont hold your breath) we are unable to down load customers pictures so here is one to be going on with . I have another to post from South Africa tomorrow. As you can see its…

In the Sunday Times yesterday the 5th October was an article in the style supplement regarding the cycling increase throughout England and there main picture was of a group of guys and gal’s from the tweed cc and one of our bikes. Emerald green with white bands on the seat tube and gold transfers. The…

Its time to stock take here at the shop and workshop (it,s not a nice job but someone has to do it) . Anyway while I was in the garage I came across one of the old advert sign. It,s been hand painted of course and may just have been done by one of the…

No it,s not modern art its part of the snap room wall. Over the years this wall is slowly being filled with fruit labels apples , oranges etc. This wall must be 12 foot long and its all like this.

This was sent into me by one of our American friends. I have told him it,s not quite this here now! Please take a look at the videos on there they are great http://www.countrybicycle.com/ Enjoy

If your in London it might be a idea to have a look in the Victoria & Albert museum. They have a exhibition on at the moment called Fashion Vs Sport. As part of exhibition you will see one of our bikes we built for Paul Smith’s design team. These bikes have not been seen…