OK I’m bored, no riding for 3 weeks due to broken finger so please show me some nice bikes that you’ve built yourself. I’m looking for some inspiration for my new build.

Can be full sus, rigid, geared or not, doesn’t really matter as long as it was custom built and not a standard shop bought bike.

Here’s a couple I’ve done for starters…

My Rush, frame and a few bits off ebay, other bits from the spares box.

Filthy Jr’s track bike, bike off ebay, stripped then re-built with brompton rims, bmx hubs, roadie brakes and a few bits from the spares box.

any excuse!

(and yes, the stem’s now lower and the steerer’s trimmed!)

Dont think I have posted a pic of it for a week or so..

Ooh lets see,
heckler

xc120, my parts bin special

And currently on about its 4th build my inbred

It’s nice building up your own bike int it?

A good excuse to show off my re-built beauty. Its been evolving over the years but the Frame and Brakes are new off the classifieds here recently.

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Now sporting a pair of very zeitgeist white Reverse 710mm bars

His and hers Coves:

Rocky Mountain Element (bargin frame from the classifieds)

Spesh Enduro 03 (another Classifieds bargin, I swap parts between it and the Element)

853 inbred SS

Kona Kilauea – my very well used/travelled/loved 1995 frame with various retro-ish parts. Used for commuting/baby carrying duties at the mo

Cross bike – nothing exciting or exotic but it rides nicely and was cheap

Bianchi – I’ve hankered after one for years and finally got it last year 🙂

scrape the stickers off that Dusty and it’ll look grand (I like raw/unfinished frames)

Dialled Bikes Alpine wiv full XT inc wheels, brakes etc. Thomson post/stem. RF Diabolous bars and RS 454 U-Turn coil Pikes.

First custom build i have ever done. Well, i say i did, mate helped me build but since then i have had it apart and back together several times now i know whats what….well kinda 😉

I was going to build it this year, but so glad i did it last year instead, as saved a packet due to all the price rises. The wheels alone are about £100+ more this year.

Built this a while ago, but just had a re-spray:

Name of the company is Total Paintworks in Littlehampton.

My other builds:

and:

I love them all.

Only got pictures of a few of them,
456 Hack bike

TCR Composite

Ancient Kona SS, now rigid

I love Rocky Mountain Element frames but somehow yours looks all wrong Clubber. Is it a bit small for you?

I built this a couple of weeks ago. Nothing exciting but it is a functional, sensible, wallet friendly commuting machine.

My SS. Currently up for swap for a roadbike if anyones interested|

My Prophet

My HT

go on then, ths sunday is now stickered up as sabbath as they changed names just as i bought the frame, built lots more but sold em all now apart from these four . and im keeping these now 😉

I love Rocky Mountain Element frames but somehow yours looks all wrong Clubber. Is it a bit small for you?

yes, well spotted – it’s a 19″ when I really ideally need a 20″/21″ – it was so cheap though (£60!) that I can live with it and TBH with a relatively long stem (110mm) and layback post, once I’m out on the trails I totally forget that it’s supposedly too small as it rides brilliantly…

bargaintastic clubber 😉

My Kona i built last year

Frames now for sale 😛 need bigger 8)

AndyRT how much did the respray cost? think that’s the best colour I’ve ever seen on a bike. Also, how’s the finish?

Motolite, current incarnation.

Maxlight.

Next project…

94 Kona Cindercone singlespeed built over last few months with retro and semi-retro spares except frame which has had many owners previously from Retrobike.

I think these are the only MTBs I have built from scratch. Only the Kona remains and that probably needs to be sold to make place for my new Whyte HT when it arrives next month.

gary you seem to be turning more and more to mtb lol 😉

nicest bike ive built i think is this one (but ive sold it) ;-(

leelovesbikestoo – very different to the bikes I ride but very, very nice.

Heres my ever evolving Tracer, soon to be getting a pare of Lyrics fitted, once the stem arrives. btw Bike Love is a shop
I built the wheels myself to.

leelovesbikestoo – that is a beautiful bike. Very similar to what I am currently building.

well I likes it

My IndyFab.

ready for duty

Foxychick’s IndyFab is my favourite so far, nice pic too. Oh and Craig’s Intense, I do like Intenseses.

Keep em coming.

Another Intense for you then Filthy . . .

and yeah, that Tracer looks great. Had a quick spin on one a couple of weeks ago at the Cwmcarn demo day – wow 😀 . That said I have a 6.6 on my CRC wishlist – just waiting for the Tracer’s popularity to bring the price down 😉

I did all the paint removal, using Nitromors, but Clive at Total Paintworks ( find him in the yellow pages) did more surface prep etc. It cost £220 which I think was great for a 4 pack paint!!!

It is wearing OK, not a powder coat but not totally fragile either.

In no particular order! Some have stayed some have gone now!
New frame due any day now so there’ll be another one to add soon 😀