Customising Bicycles
If you want your bike to stand out from the crowd, have a lighter bicycle or just want it to match your clothes, then we can help. We have experience in taking a bicycle, finding coloured matched components and putting them together to our clients' tastes. We have a reputation of finding extremely rare components.
We can also semi-modify bicycles to meet your demands; turning a mountain bike in to a street warrior bike (a hybrid/racer ~ have a look at the Firefly, below), for example.
Remember that we charge for labour (click here to see the prices) and for parts. We aim to find parts at the best value for money but, be warned, some parts can be quite expensive. However, we can get most things and, if you want to push out the boat, we can find specific, top of the range components. So, if you really need a pair of pink Crank Brother's Candy pedals, we can probably get them (there might even be a pair in stock).
We can also semi-modify bicycles to meet your demands; turning a mountain bike in to a street warrior bike (a hybrid/racer ~ have a look at the Firefly, below), for example.
Remember that we charge for labour (click here to see the prices) and for parts. We aim to find parts at the best value for money but, be warned, some parts can be quite expensive. However, we can get most things and, if you want to push out the boat, we can find specific, top of the range components. So, if you really need a pair of pink Crank Brother's Candy pedals, we can probably get them (there might even be a pair in stock).
Customised bikes from scratch
We can get hold of new frames. One of our suppliers does a great range of Aluminium frames but they only come in Blue, Red or Silver and even then, the colours depend on the type of frame. We can look around for you to see if we can find one to meet your needs. However, it should be noted that getting a frame repainted is very expensive. We will send out most frames for repainting, as we do not have the facilities to do this ourselves. So, if you really want a purple bike, we can do it but it will cost a lot more.
Carbon frames tend to be very hard to repaint and requires specialist knowledge and facilities. As yet, we have not been able to find a reliable option for this work but we are looking; so, give us an email.
Carbon frames tend to be very hard to repaint and requires specialist knowledge and facilities. As yet, we have not been able to find a reliable option for this work but we are looking; so, give us an email.
Examples of customised bicycles ...
Firefly

The firefly themes is very simple; red and black. Coloured bicycle parts are becoming more and more available but it is too easy to make a bike look like a Cartier watch (too much "bling"). We know that Firefly themed bicycles are not subtle but we hope that we have held back on making them over-the-top.
The first part of the transformation is simple (red handle-bar tape, red and black gear and brake cable outers and so on). But red wheels really set the bike off. Finding red tyres (or cool mixed colour tyres) is harder than you would think.
We aim to find quality products to transform your bike. We use very specific suppliers, who specialise in high quality coloured parts.
The first part of the transformation is simple (red handle-bar tape, red and black gear and brake cable outers and so on). But red wheels really set the bike off. Finding red tyres (or cool mixed colour tyres) is harder than you would think.
We aim to find quality products to transform your bike. We use very specific suppliers, who specialise in high quality coloured parts.
Silver Machine

Tipping our chapeauxs to Hawkwind, we have put together a mostly silver (with some black). These bikes tend to be single speed or three-speed Sturmney Archer bikes for commuters and the fixie crowd.
However, a friend is going to be riding one (a converted Raleigh 531 frame) with a three-speed Sturmney Archer as a 24 hour endurance road bike. It even has a silver saddle.
Sadly, we don't have a photo at the moment, but one will be put up soon. However, in your mids eye, think shiny. Even silver handle-bar tape, silver gear & brake outers and silver Look pedals.
However, a friend is going to be riding one (a converted Raleigh 531 frame) with a three-speed Sturmney Archer as a 24 hour endurance road bike. It even has a silver saddle.
Sadly, we don't have a photo at the moment, but one will be put up soon. However, in your mids eye, think shiny. Even silver handle-bar tape, silver gear & brake outers and silver Look pedals.
Atherfield

Named after the yellow door on our workshop, the bright yellow street-pursuit bicycle has many yellow custom features. The rear blue aero-wheel points to the bikes point - it is designed for straight line speed, hence it being a low-pro, with the ability to turn (if really required), hence the wide-straight handle bars.
The frame is a rare Emporer monocoque, steel , mountain bike frame. We are waiting for some yellow bladed spokes for the front wheel.
The sport of street-pursuit is fairly rare - it is the street version of track-pursuit but with some minor differences (it is carried out on roads, in parks and on grass tracks, for example).
The frame is a rare Emporer monocoque, steel , mountain bike frame. We are waiting for some yellow bladed spokes for the front wheel.
The sport of street-pursuit is fairly rare - it is the street version of track-pursuit but with some minor differences (it is carried out on roads, in parks and on grass tracks, for example).