Hubcap Cycles (ex GROVE, sweet bikes!)

yo-eddy · Jun 18, 2009

John Upcraft (what's in a name

) Another former Grove apprentice making very claen bikes.
http://hubcapcycles.com/

mtbfix · Jun 18, 2009

Nice! What does tubing and paint cost these days? Those ain't cheap but I guess you'll never come across another on the trails.

yo-eddy · Jun 18, 2009

mtbfix":1crdnbxl said:
Nice! What does tubing and paint cost these days? Those ain't cheap but I guess you'll never come across another on the trails.

Labour/Craftmanship are NOT cheap, his prices compare very well to other custom builders )and most of these guys are NOT in it for the money).
Dollar is low at the moment though

neilll · Jun 19, 2009

some more....these are a lot older I think...found them on my memory stick with all my Grove Porn

Pretty obvious who taught him to make frames

sancho · Sep 25, 2009

mtbfix":2p228nye said:
Nice! What does tubing and paint cost these days? Those ain't cheap but I guess you'll never come across another on the trails.

I met John today at a local bike shop (he is building me a fork). Super nice guy.

One of the shop employees had his Hubcap 29er there (I think it was Jim's frame in the photo gallery on his website). I was really impressed--superb craftsmanship and lots off attention to detail. I didn't ask him about prices, but John said he uses whatever tubing you want so I imagine they may vary somewhat.

dorsetbikeloving · Sep 25, 2009

I really like these, not come across them before but they are a little different and i really like the paintjobs. Thats what you get with a smaller company though, a little individuality!

sancho · Sep 27, 2009

Some pics of the fork John made for me (from the Hubcap blog):

http://hubcapcycles.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... -fork.html

Hubcap Cycles (ex GROVE, sweet bikes!)

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