Custom carbon in the UK

letap73
letap73 Posts: 1,608
edited September 2014 in Road general
I remember seeing posts with regards to Wyndy Milla bikes and realising they were not custom built in the UK. In fact at the time there were no custom frame builders of Carbon in the UK that I recall.

However, it appears that there are two out there:

The one man band:

http://www.craddockcycles.co.uk/

The already established operation branching into Carbon - (boasting a 650g frame!)

http://www.nervebikes.com/

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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Very few carbon frame manufacturers in the UK.

    I know that a particular UK bike brand is due to launch a UK-made carbon road bike/frame in the coming months.

    I think the price is set to be around £1500 frameset and they're going to be made in the Midlands.
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,317
    letap73 wrote:

    The already established operation branching into Carbon - (boasting a 650g frame!)

    http://www.nervebikes.com/

    Oh yes... a 650 grams frame made by a man in a shed... what can possibly go wrong? :wink::mrgreen:
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    ugo.santalucia wrote:

    Oh yes... a 650 grams frame made by a man in a shed... what can possibly go wrong? :wink::mrgreen:

    Apart from the obvious the fame not fitting through the shed door LOL
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  • letap73
    letap73 Posts: 1,608
    JSCL wrote:
    Very few carbon frame manufacturers in the UK.

    I know that a particular UK bike brand is due to launch a UK-made carbon road bike/frame in the coming months.

    I think the price is set to be around £1500 frameset and they're going to be made in the Midlands.

    Really -which one?
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    letap73 wrote:
    JSCL wrote:
    Very few carbon frame manufacturers in the UK.

    I know that a particular UK bike brand is due to launch a UK-made carbon road bike/frame in the coming months.

    I think the price is set to be around £1500 frameset and they're going to be made in the Midlands.

    Really -which one?
    Moda should be launching it at Cycle Show in Birmingham next month.
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  • LegendLust
    LegendLust Posts: 1,022
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    letap73 wrote:

    The already established operation branching into Carbon - (boasting a 650g frame!)

    http://www.nervebikes.com/

    Oh yes... a 650 grams frame made by a man in a shed... what can possibly go wrong? :wink::mrgreen:

    it's actually made by an Italian in a shed
    Selling my Legend frame
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  • LegendLust
    LegendLust Posts: 1,022
    JSCL wrote:
    Very few carbon frame manufacturers in the UK.

    I know that a particular UK bike brand is due to launch a UK-made carbon road bike/frame in the coming months.

    I think the price is set to be around £1500 frameset and they're going to be made in the Midlands.

    Is it a monocoque or tube to tube custom?
    Selling my Legend frame
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  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
    My Wyndy was made by Sarto. I'm incredibly happy about this.
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    LegendLust wrote:
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    letap73 wrote:

    The already established operation branching into Carbon - (boasting a 650g frame!)

    http://www.nervebikes.com/

    Oh yes... a 650 grams frame made by a man in a shed... what can possibly go wrong? :wink::mrgreen:

    it's actually made by an Italian in a shed

    It's OK for an Italian to make a carbon frame in a shed - that's the work of an artisan.

    If an Englishman makes a carbon frame in a shed then he's a bodger!
    Faster than a tent.......
  • mikemcdermid
    mikemcdermid Posts: 8
    would that make me a bodger

    I used to Build F1 cars (nose box monocoque tub wings barge board underfloor steering bulkhead) and also certain bits of fighter planes that dodge radar, bits of submarines

    but if i make a bike in a shed (which i do its just 1000 sq ft) would this prior experience get me a dispensation from being a bodger,
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Are the frames bespoke / fully made to measure an individual or are the frames "off the peg" set sizes.
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  • kingstonian
    kingstonian Posts: 2,847
    mikemcdermid wrote:
    would that make me a bodger

    I used to Build F1 cars (nose box monocoque tub wings barge board underfloor steering bulkhead) and also certain bits of fighter planes that dodge radar, bits of submarines

    but if i make a bike in a shed (which i do its just 1000 sq ft) would this prior experience get me a dispensation from being a bodger,


    If you build me a bike then no, you are an artisan, sir.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,317
    mikemcdermid wrote:
    but if i make a bike in a shed (which i do its just 1000 sq ft) would this prior experience get me a dispensation from being a bodger,

    Not if you build a 650 grams one... :wink:
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  • FatTed
    FatTed Posts: 1,205
    according to Cycling+ http://www.bamfordcycledepartment.com/
  • racingcondor
    racingcondor Posts: 1,434
    Grill wrote:
    My Wyndy was made by Sarto. I'm incredibly happy about this.

    And so you should be :wink: .

    Closest two I can think of are the Condor Leggero being tube to tube hand built in Italy (not the UK I know but it is still 'artisan' built) and while I don't know where they put them together Comtat are selling themselves as this.

    http://www.comtat.co.uk/about.asp

    Got to say I wouldn't trust a 650g frame built by anyone less well known for quality carbon than Enve, Stork, Lightweight or AX Lightness. Even AX (who push the boundries in ways Enve seem unwilling to) struggle to get that low -

    http://ax-lightness.de/en/cycling/bike-components/frames/vial-evo-frameset/
  • Sussed out
    Sussed out Posts: 189
    Go for a WyndyMilla, gorgeous bicycles.

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