Hi, thanks for the mention!

We will (at some point) be offering our own custom frames, made right here in the Peak District. Working mainly in Reynolds steel, kicking off with TIG welded hardtails, we will likely roll out to offer lugged and fillet work too. In terms of launch date, I don’t know at the mo. As soon as we can!

Jig wise, it’s an Anvil Journeyman, plenty of scope for tiny/massive/odd frames, there’s a few shots of it here

Cheers,
Si

Fit a Nexus sprocket backward, spaces it back out.

we weld, that’ll be our main method once we launch. CEN to get our heads around first. We plan to follow with fillet/lugwork, but Matt’s putting his time into TIG. Sounds like that’s what some people might like….

December at the earliest 🙁

frame doesn’t count, sorry- we’re on with revising the wording on that. Asides anything else, there’s not the room to discount something like that.

We do offer discount across a full build- maybe worth considering. We also throw in the tap/ream/face preparation on any frame we sell, so that’s a discount in a way.

Si

A few shots of what goes on over here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18bikes/

ace. glad you likes. even better in the flesh/metal- to say the least!

I’ve had one that skipped, but was just dirty- quick wipe sorted that. anyone want a free trial? help me get that free tomtom….

info@18bikes.co.uk

i say peak, short for peak district. I reckon both are fine, there’s enough people say each. stanage

loads options now- just to make it worse to make a decision:

http://www.18bikes.co.uk/news.php?articleshow=288

pictures of the hope factory on our flickr site too

we’re eventually more on our way too, more soon (no, really!)

I’m running Avid BB7 on my Roadrat, by way of a bit of an inbetweener. More for maintenance/rim wear, but the power helps- i’m too used to riding mtb i guess.

There’s a fair wait on flatbar roadrat at the mo- dont know if you were aware on that? If it’s Cyclescheme, OnYourBike or direct scheme- give us a shout!

matt’s been running one for a while- had whaat I’d say were similar issues to- he’s done the dunk tank thing, but I wasn’t there- email us for a chat with him if you like.

I’ve just treated myself to one after borrowing our Nicolai demo a little too much! We did some extra training with rohloff a fortnight ago, it’s really very impressive internally- see videos at our Youtube page if you really like that sorta techy thing
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We’re working out 0% deals to help people get one – actually how I’m paying for mine.

It’s not for everyone I’ll admit- if you’re local enough, give us a shout for a tryout first maybe?

Si