Unable to make it down to Bespoked Bristol over the weekend? We have you reasonably well covered with a gallery of snaps gathered before the crowds formed.
We’ll soon have word from the show’s organisers on just how successful the 2016 installment was. In the meantime, check out key snippets from the show, including Enigma’s new entry-level label and the science behind Mather Cycles’ incredible adjustable geometry build with its three channel analogue data recorder.
Ken Aoi presenting his 100 piece town bike
Devoid of seat tube joinery, the men’s version is quite something to look at
Touch points have been carefully considered. This stem curved into the handlebar to provide comfort when pushing
Winter Bicycle’s first plus size tyre build, made by Eric Estlund in the US.
Custom paintwork forms part of Estlund’s offering. The framebuilder has capacity for around 50 frames per year at present
Customised parts compliment the bike’s overall feel
It’s primarily road builds coming from the Winter workshop, each with hand cut lugs and with the potantial for handmade racking additions
This paintjob was apparently an experiment and it appears to have paid off. Stunning.
A custom drilled post from Winter
Ruth Works of San Francisco is making these custom pouches that can be added to Winter purchases.
Austria doesn’t have an abundance of framebuilders, but it does now have Rink Cycles
The first public showing, this is a Columbus tubed road build
Some excellent craftsmanship to house the discs
Rink’s Cyclecross rig
Each Rink build is custom painted locally
Some nice detailing at the dropout
Sturdy Cycles, a regular at Bespoked, had this new build to show
Designed for long jaunts in the saddle, Sturdy’s build was popular with crowds
A tidy seatstay bridge is one of many subtle details
Abbey Bike Tools, available via Southern Distribution in the UK
Consumers have been buying these pro tools in droves says Ben Thompson
Fancy decking your workshop out in green? Trade accounts can take stock via Southern now
Enigma’s entry level steel, apprentice built, but by no means losing any quality
There’s road, tourers and fixed frames on offer
Stock will be available via summer and sold via the Enigma website
Over to Hartley Cycles, one of only two female builders at bespoked
We’ve since seen Caren Hartley sporting a few rosettes for her work and no wonder
Some tidy detail at the seatstay junction
A more upright Hartley build
Bespoked displayed plenty in the way of artisan seatstay bridges. Hartley’s, paired with the paintwork, was a thing of beauty
Hartley’s signature headbadge
Titchmarsh Cycles’ build that would go on to be the recipient of a rosette, courtesy of Cyclist magazine
With 16 years of TIG welding under his belt, owner Dan has produced a very slick Titanium build focused on performance
Subtle detailing on the bridge
Further subtle work at the dropouts
Sven Cycles take on bikepacking
Sven’s classically styled tourer
A custom rack solution from Sven
Another angle of the bike packing build with its versatile double top tube
A Righty?
Because the child in the cyclist never fades
Seen the Hack Bike Derby film? Look it up if not!
Full story on this Mather Cycles build now live in our News pages
