[Closed] Bespoked Bristol

Yup, will be there on Saturday. Was ace last year, looks like it'll be even better this year. Plus, I get to meet the chap who made my frame 🙂

going on friday - is it a good idea to spend the extra £1.50 on advanced tickets or just rock up? Are there limited tickets available? Wouldnt have thought so personally...

Yep, will be there on saturday - lots of bling to look at!

I'll be exhibiting this year with a few bikes and some White Industries kit. Quite frankly I'm poohing myself, but in a good way. I think.

Also there on Saturday in the company of Pedalhead and Crispedwheel *waves* along with my partner who will be keeping firm hold of the credit card all day.

On Friday evening, I hope.
Stoner - I'll buy you the drink I reckon I owe you, if we meet.

moses - top idea.
drop me a note of your number and I'll text you when Im there.

I think BD might be showing up too.

hoping to nip down on friday.

Stoner - will do. I'm likely to see BD tonight as well
Mail in a mo.

excellent, make sure he doesnt forget he's on a promise.

I'll be there, hustling for a job.. Sick and tired of my masters, and missing working in the bike trade!

Yup, going for a mooch around on Sunday, looking forward to it. 🙂

Sounds like a meeting of great minds is afoot. As for advance tickets, yeah I'm pretty sure you'll be fine to just rock up and buy them, can't imagine it'll be a full on sell out!

Sideways_tim - I think it's more a seat of your pants type show than a precision planned event anyway 🙂

I shall be there early Friday eve.

I was planning on going Sunday, it will still be on won't it (website's not working for me at the mo)

IHN, yeah till 5.30 or 6 on Sunday I believe. I think they need to recruit some hardy Northern hamsters for the server!

Sideways_tim - I think it's more a seat of your pants type show than a precision planned event anyway

That's why it appeals 🙂
I'm busy trying to get black paint to stick to MDF at present. Might be resorting to the tradesmans favourite, duct tape, shortly.

Probably going down, butnim not sure which day yet, probably Saturday.

I'm off Friday I think.

Friday for me, looking forward to new things from Curtis

6000 tickets already sold I hear !

Visiting Sunday after riding Afan on Saturday and a night out in Bristol on Saturday night

Looking forward to it!! 😀

6000 damn, looks like it'll be a busy weekend!

tempted but if I do go I will end up buying a Cotic X 😕

I'm going Friday too...

I'm thinking Friday as well.
Hopefully not sold out, as it'll be 3hrs on the train for no reason.

😕

What camera for Bespoked Bristol - a fat (elderly) dSLR and a couple of short lenses too much d'ya think ?

OCB will likely have my 400D and all purpose 17-85 with me, maybe the 10-22 as well for getting the whole room in, oooh, wonder if I could hire a fish-eye from bristol cameras - off to check that out.

D'uh that'll be a no then. Oh well.

Ah, that's a good idea!
I'll pop my 10-20 in my bag as well then - it'll make a change to shoot with stuff at that length.

😉

Right, several questions.
As well as here, it has been asked on at several other places if tickets on the door, for tonight, are limited. Anyone know if that is the case. Definitive answer please.
Tried to contact the organisers but they are keeping their heads down. Even the venue has no details or they are not telling me.
I may be worrying for nowt but we don't want to drive down to find we can't get in.
Ta lots.

If anyone has any pictures I'd love to see them - looking forward to seeing one of my paintwork jobs built up - excited!

Tonight!

Tomorrow, I think.

Note to self: do not buy any more frames.

Going first thing in the morning ,it was good last year as well

Congratulations Wilkinson Cycles - Best New Builder!

Allot of hours and thought went into making that frame and fork - I dread to think how many. My part was just laying some gravy on a well prepared dish. Love to see some pictures, you can't miss it - it's Green!

Well I came away completely unimpressed with all the stuff in my own stable.
So many wonderful bikes and bits. Shiny bits as well.
What stood out the most was the fantastic return to polished components not dull "heavy" black.
If you can, go.

Great show, excellent vibe and some fantastic stuff. All the builders were great to talk to. I took a pro roadie friend who has top of the range everything and is sponsored up to his eyeballs but had never experienced the nerd fest of this sort of thing where performance and stats are not top of the agenda, he loved it.
Stw forum moment was when I was chatting with the Cotic boys about the Solaris and I mentioned that I'd emailed them about a 29r a while back.'You're not Clink are you? He emails us every b...... Week!'

On the train back from the show now. Brilliant event, loads of stuff on show and lots of people not yet too knackered to pass the time of day.

One or two exhibitors I shall be in touch with and I'll definitely be back next year

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Here's my new ride, thanks to Brian & Gary @ Curtis bikes

I've got some pics of that too! It is stunning. You bought it? Very well done sir!

I helped design & convince Gary to make it. It weighs less than the white one next to it.

If anyone has pics from Robin Mathers and Crisp Ti's stands that would be good to see.
I was planning on going Sunday but a wife at work and a sick mother in law means I'm not going to make it, 4 hours each way on the train with 3 changes is not going to happen with the kids in tow 😥

Would love to see some (lots of) pictures from the show.

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I think the nciest looking frame was this one http://www.slatecycles.co.uk/ by Slate cycles in the "New Builders" room.

If someone can get a nice photo of it and post it up, thatd be tidy, its now finished and painted and looks great.

Oh, and http://www.thebicycleacademy.org/ is going to be my treat to myself this year if work goes well.

Just got back form a visit and i'm in the process of uploading 120 photos - will post a link to the album when its done...

Great show - bigger than last year and quite busy, but no more so than other shows i've been to.
lots of highlights which i'll stick up in a mo...

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Ace show, much bigger than last year & a great venue - all nicely topped off by the early summer San Fran Bristo sunshine.

I'll be down there first thing in the morning. Say hello if you spot a lilac 72cm Cannondale road bike outside and a tall handsome chap drooling over bikes!

was down there today with noteeth...it was wicked, however had bleached it too hard in San fran Bristo...so returning tomorrow (by Brompton) for another look.

Had been toying with the idea of taking a retro ti frame along which is in need of repair for evaluation by the Enigma crew, but think that could be a bit of a chore.

tangent (jon?) - is that the bonty ti you showed me when noteeth and I popped over to yours one day many years ago? (might have the wrong person completely!)

Hi Chris! Weather in San FranBristol sounds a bit warmer than Helsinki - garage in our newly bought place just flooded when the winter snow started to melt at the beginning of the week!

I really liked Tim March's trail / pub / wheelie / built for life, two speed single speed bike

Is it me or the photo or does the right hand seat stay on that Curtis xc9 look longer than the left? Also seems to bend higher? Not that I can judge, the seat stays on my course built self brazed frame were ever so slightly out...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drj0n/sets/72157629300974978/with/7014726625/

and a brief write up...
http://drj0nswanderings.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/bespoked.html

good times...

Tangent your frame needs to be weighed in at Thomass its fxxked

It was great down there this morning. Some truly lovely bikes and the Mercian paint jobs were a delight. Cy - thanks for the chat and the Solaris is a lovely looking 29er indeed. V V tempted.

Loved the Mercian barber pole paint job ,may have to sell a childs kidney to raise the money for a road frame from them

garage in our newly bought place just flooded

Ah, the perils of the semi-glacial melt...! Glad to hear you've bought a house - sounds like things are going well out there.

In the absence of Tangent: yes, that is John and his derelict Bonty Ti. 😀

Candodavid - 😳 I'm sorry I had a sit on your bike!! apart from the (personal preference bars) I really liked it. How tall are you?

Spoke to Gary for a while as I'm really interested but wondered how much rider input went into the design... I'm not 100% sure about what geo I want 😕

I spent a long time on Saturday staring at Candodavid's bike - looked fantastic. Loved the bars too - what width and sweep are they?

I was chatting to a guy today who came over from Stockholm to visit the show (well, to look around That London too) and he said the show was fantastic. He's a bike builder too and hoping to get a stand next year. I've seen some of his work and it's mighty fine too.

He makes fixies so you lot might not be too bothered about that, but it shows the show is gaining interest from That Europe too

tangent (jon?) - is that the bonty ti you showed me when noteeth and I popped over to yours one day many years ago? (might have the wrong person completely!)

Hei there ?Duncan, yes it is the very same frame / place / and person!!! 😀

I was living in Oslo for a few good seasons, and one very long winter so can sympathise with your flooding prob. Although personally falling icicles were more more of hazard as the spring kicked in. Higly reccommend the riding around Oslo, if you get a chance to travel!

All the best,

J

Oxymoron - mail me and I can go into depth of what we did.
Crispedwheel - both sets of bars on the 853 and the XC9 are both 685mm with 17deg sweep, the seven Ti bars I ordered direct from the states

Thanks Candodavid - hopefully deciphered your email address 😀

Thanks Candodavid - I thought those Seven ti bars looked a similar width to those I currently use. Just checked out the prices, pretty reasonable - definitely moved to the top of my wish list!

Bars arrived within 10 days from states

Hei there ?Duncan

Ian.

Lovely bike, Candodavid - one of the highlights of the show, for sure.

Hei there ?Duncan

Ian.

Curtis v.nice indeed, and also appreciated those Seven ti handlebars with a jolly amount of backsweep. Was liking the Royce sticker one of the frames too...an kinda cool 'best of British' build

Thanks for the comments, will let you know what it's like when I get it