Are their any bikes built in the UK not bike companies that have frames made elsewhere then sold here but frames etc. welded here?.
Atherton
Atherton do ti/carbon full-sus and now alloy full-sus. The former are wholly UK made, the latter have an overseas rear triangle and links, otherwise all UK made.
Hope for full jingoism. Make sure every part that can be a horrible anodised colour is for the maximum effect.
Mason I think make their hardtail in Scotland.
Mason I think make their hardtail in Scotland.
I think Five Land might make them for Mason?
Rå make theres in a shed near Pickering.
Dawley make theres in a shed near Nottingham.
Tora make theres in a shed in Cornwall.
BTR make theres in a shed in Frome.
Curtis make theres in a shed in Somerset.
Common theme here…
Go to the Bespoked show, there’ll be dozens there.
Go to the Bespoked show, there’ll be dozens there.
Do you mean they're will be dozens their?
Their, they’re, there, it’ll be ok now you’ve got that off your chest.
I don't think all of the Cotic full suss frames are built in the UK, if I understand correctly the steel parts are made in Scotland, the aluminium parts in Taiwan?
(still makes me laugh a bit that my bike was made in Balerno, I had no idea at the time, it's about 5 minutes ride from my old house. It's not really the sort of place you expect to make <anything>, except for large scale fraud and messy divorces.
18Bikes make their own too, but I’m not entirely sure where their shed is.
It's in Sheffield, I went there to collect mine, quite the little set-up.
My shand was built with local production in mind.
Shand themselves are twenty odd miles from where i live in Edinburgh. Hope brakes front hub. Rohloff rear. Halo rims. Ritchie stem bars and seatpost ( USA Iirc) middleburn cranks, mudhuggers.
I wasn't purist about it but its a decent stab at it
I dont know what the tubeset is mind you 🙄😜
except for large scale fraud and messy divorces.
Wait what? So much about Balerno I clearly didn't know. What fraud? Which bike manufacturer?
I walked past the Deviate headquarters at the weekend in Kinbuck nr. Dunblane, presume they don't manufacture here though...
as for the essential components to turn a frame’n’fork into a bike – hmmm.
Tried that around 2005. Was on a rigid single speed (of course it was, it was 2005) which helped and pretty much did it other than rims and tyres. Would no doubt be harder 20 years later and with a geared bike not possible.
Howler Frameworks. I was chatting to the guy about 12 months ago, most informative.
Carbon Wasp
Olsen are in the process of onshoring some of their production
Enigma
Not all of them. From their FAQ…
https://www.enigmabikes.com/pages/faqs
The 'Signature' range including Excel, Esker and Echelon titanium models plus all our steel frames are handmade here in Sussex, UK
The 'Core' range is a selection of our best selling titanium frames and bikes that are designed and finished in the UK but made with care in our factory overseas. Both 'Signature' and 'Core' ranges are crafted and finished to the highest standards.
I walked past the Deviate headquarters at the weekend in Kinbuck nr. Dunblane, presume they don’t manufacture here though…
Not yet. I believe its an aspiration though.
Where do Pace make their frames?
Go to the Bespoked show, there’ll be dozens there.
This is correct?
Do you mean they’re will be dozens their?
This is incorrect?
I'm dyslexic and thought I'd got this
As homonyms, the words there, their, and they're are all pronounced exactly the same but have different and distinct meanings. There means “at that place” and is used to talk about a specific location. Their indicates ownership and is the possessive form of they
Clandestine.cc - I have 2 from him. MTB & tandem.
Where do Pace make their frames?
from the Pace website…
RC529 - Taiwan
RC429 - “Europe” , which I believe means Czechia
RC295 - China
I was liking the look of Temple Cycles, they keep coming up on FB ads, but looking further into it, no, gone off them now. Road/gravel/utility only, no MTB. From their ads, I presumed the frames were UK made, but no, Taiwan or Vietnam made, with some British tubes. Surely there are some quality welders/Brazers available to make frames to keep it far more local,but I suppose they have bought a ready made frame off the shelf, so no need to design or build a jig. They are ‘hand assembled in Bristol’. Christ, I can order a frame from Taiwan and hand build the bike in my shed, that isnt rocket science.
https://www.templecycles.co.uk/pages/how-we-make-bikes
Curtis.
BTR
Sturdy, Ti XC MTB + road + gravel
I have a Swarf 155:
Front triangle made by Adrian in Scotland
Rear triangle made by Five Land Bikes in Scotland on behalf of Adrian
Hubs, headset, pedals and stem all from Hope
Cranks designed by me and 3D printed from Titanium in the UK
Sadly Adrian shut Swarf and my cranks aren't for sale.
(Steven) Shand sold up a while back and is now Willow bikes
The biggest British maker of frames will surely be Brompton.
And at the other end of the scale I occasionally braze one badly in the shed....
Some commas missing in the op, I think....
Frames, yes.
Components, no.
<quote>13thfloormonk
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Wait what? So much about Balerno I clearly didn’t know. What fraud? Which bike manufacturer?</quote>
Fivelands are in Balerno- could be wrong but I think it might be the same wee industrial estate where Mojo were?
Re fraud, Balerno is full of financial professionals.
Surely there are some quality welders/Brazers available to make frames to keep it far more local,but I suppose they have bought a ready made frame off the shelf, so no need to design or build a jig
So much utter rubbish in this. There are loads of welders (less so brazers) in the UK but they can earn more and do it easier than producing frames. There's no reason to automatically assume all frames from the far east are cheap open mould generic designs, the FE is the centre of bike production because it's relatively cheap AND they are bloody good at it, plus no one designs or builds their own jig other than tool manufacturers & even if they did decide to not buy one of the shelf like most people, it's really easy.
Cotic now have some Escapades made in a shed in Mansfield.
Coal?
https://www.coalbicycles.com/coal-84
Also made in a shed near Mansfield
As mentioned, Orange have to be the biggest domestic producer of enthusiast MTB frames.
They are wonderful bits of metalwork and surprisingly light.
Hope probably the most credible option for a carbon enduro sled.
Starling arguably the most-iconic modern steel FS frame (albeit swingarms from Taiwan).
Is anyone apart from Atherton making aluminium FS MTBs in the UK?
@sharkattack he's got a complete bike used front suspension big tyred BMX for sale was £2200 now open to offers, it was on his IG story.
He's the go to man for custom BMX frames 👌🏻
www.willowbike.com
@sharkattack he’s got a complete bike used front suspension big tyred BMX for sale was £2200 now open to offers, it was on his IG story.He’s the go to man for custom BMX frames
I've seen that. It's an er, interesting machine, and it's very expensive. I think he might be stuck with that one for a while.
I'd love a more conventional looking one with 22" wheels. The only problem with my Fit 22 is that's a cheap hi-ten frame and fork so it's a porky beast. I bet a Reynolds tubed copy would be much lighter.
Is anyone apart from Atherton making aluminium FS MTBs in the UK?
After Orange, closest I can think is Geometron via Germany.
@sharkattack why go for steel when you could have titanium:
https://m.pinkbike.com/news/atherton-bikes-unveils-22-titanium-bmx.html
