Bespoked

[Jabba]

Might be off-topic but probably fits here better than elsewhere.

Just back from the Bespoked Handbuilt Show in Bristol. Been trying to go to it for years and finally made today and what a show it is.  The Engine Shed is a small venue but it packs in a lot of beautiful bikes, of all flavours.

Baum and Llewellyn from Australia had some drool inducing race bikes and tourers. Reilly Cycleworks from Brighton, yummy titanium, along with Wittson.  Keim from France had 2 very interesting wooden bikes.

Unfortunately AVD weren't there so couldn't talk with Karl about my Windcheetah, boohoo.

Did see Mr Teethgrinder himself, Steve Abraham, at London Cycle Couriers talk looking very chilled out and enjoying life.

Drew Buck was also sighted looking at this:



Wonder if this is his next PBP steed?

Last day tomorrow, get along if you can.

[Jabba]

A few more photos from today's Bespoked


Talbot frameworks track bike, fantastic paint job.


Engineered Bikes 'Donda'


Italian frames displayed from Daccordi


Beautifully detailed chainring from Cloud 9 Bikes


The bike the above chainring was attached to...


Road bike from Talbot Frameworks


Gorgeous tourer from Swallow


Interesting addition to the Llewellyn


Gorgeous copper and silver from Meteor

[antokelly]

can't see the photos. 

[Blodwyn Pig]

^^^WHS

[yoav]

I'll just use my imagination.

[antokelly]

me neither

[halvis]

Here are my pics from the show -

2016 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/blissed/albums/72157665000784283

2013 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/blissed/albums/72157633251193497

enjoy

[yoav]

Aha! Nice pics. I don't think I'll ever want to carry 2 full beer kegs on a bicycle, no matter how well built

I went to Bespoked a couple of years ago and saw some lovely bikes and spoke to their excellent builders. What's gets me is that I hardly ever see any of their work on the road. I have a Shand, which I love, yet I've still to actually see another one in real life, as opposed to shows and online.

[halvis]

Thanks.

Shand's are beautiful, they must spend hours on those welds.  I quite fancy the Stooshie.

I have never seen another on the road either come to think of it.

[Rupert]

Went again yesterday to see what was new.  good to have a chat with Chris King while looking at his new colour R45 hubs.  Then had a look at some very nice Titanium framed bikes (cant remember the make!) that appear to have been fillet brazed.  They were'nt of course, but were tig welded then 'cleaned' up to look like fillet brazing, I then nearly fell over when I heard the price of £8500 for just the frame and forks.   

[mattc]

http://www.bespoked.cc/ticketsvenue.html

Anyone going this uyear? Calling veterans:

I can only do Friday or Sunday (AUK volunteering  ); is either preferable?

[mattc]

So I'm hopefully going to be there on Friday.

If you can't make it, but are around for a beer in the evening (any Brev Cymru riders in town??) then speak up

The talks look quite good:

14.00   Sustainability in the Cycling Industry

Panel discussion with Chris King, Islabikes/Imagine Bike Project, Shift Cycling Culture  & The Bristol Bike project.



15.00  Custom Fit with Bike Science and Lake Shoes

The custom shoe fit with manufacturer Lake shoes and Bike fit expert Andy Sexton of Bike Science.

 
16.00  Long Distance Racing/Riding and the Art of Travelling Light

Former round the world record holder Vin Cox chairs a discussion on all things fast and far with Rob Quirk of Quirk Cycles, Katherine Moore from GCN, Nathan Hughes Restrap luggage founder and Paul Errington the man behind Grinduro.

 

17.00  The Steel Bicycle Project Launch

The International Bicycle Engineering Research Group (IBERG) is a collection of engineers and scientists who promote the technical aspects of bicycle engineering and generate new knowledge in this field. At Bespoked 2019, IBERG will launch the steel bicycle project (TSBP), and in our presentation we will showcase some initial test results from the project and discuss previous research carried out in bicycle engineering.