Steel frames, cut to one rider.

Every frame is drawn around a fitting, brazed by hand in Sheffield, and finished to order. Twelve builds a year.

Start a build See the frames
A lugged steel bicycle frame held in a workshop jig, partly filed.
A brazing torch heating a lug joint, flux glowing at the seam.

Three frames, built the same way

A road frame, a randonneur, and a track frame. Each one is drawn from your fitting measurements rather than picked from a size chart, brazed with silver at the lugs, and aligned on a surface plate before paint.

There is no carbon option and no stock geometry. If either of those is what you want, a larger builder will serve you better and faster.

Road

Reynolds 853 main triangle, tapered steerer, clearance for 32mm tyres and mudguards. The frame most people come here for.

Randonneur

Low-trail geometry for a front load, integrated dynamo routing, rack and guard mounts brazed rather than bolted on.

Track

Stiff rear end, short stays, horizontal dropouts. Built for one gear and no brake mounts unless you ask for them.

Repair and respray

Dent removal, dropout replacement, and full strip-and-repaint for frames built here or elsewhere. Quoted after inspection.

A fitting comes first, always

Two hours on the fit jig before a single tube is cut. If the numbers say a stock frame would fit you well, we will tell you that and you will not be charged for the session.

Book a fitting

What is included

Tubing

  • Reynolds 853
    Air-hardening steel, main triangle
  • Reynolds 725
    Stays and fork blades
  • Silver brazed
    Lower temperature, less distortion

Fit and finish

  • Two-hour fitting
    On the jig, before drawing
  • Wet paint
    Any single colour, two-tone by arrangement
  • Surface-plate aligned
    Checked before and after paint

Terms

  • Around 16 weeks
    From fitting to collection
  • Deposit on drawing
    Balance on completion
  • Frame and fork
    Components sourced separately

Twelve a year, and that is the ceiling

One person builds every frame here, so the book closes when it is full. Waiting is normal and the date you are given at the deposit stage is the date we hold to.

If the list is closed when you write, we will say so in the reply rather than taking a deposit against a slot that does not exist.

A frame resting on a steel surface plate with alignment gauges set against the rear triangle.

Start a build

Tell us your height, inside leg, and what you want to ride. We reply to everything within a week, including to say the book is closed.

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