Recommendation for UK-based builder of 29er frames?

orange71":16mvik91 said:
DM":16mvik91 said:
orange71":16mvik91 said:
no French could be good. That's 24Pouces isn't it?

24Pouces on here is French?
Maybe he knows some good builders, then?

he *is* Julie Racing Design :D

Oh. :LOL:
Maybe I missed that announcement :cool:
You learn something new every day on retrobike!

To be honest, I think his bikes are in a totally different league to the other builders you were considering (I saw a Mercian MTB once :shock:) What's Kris' waiting list like, though...?
 
I'm sure you've got all angles covered (no pun intended) but I always thought some of the Solitudes had unusually steep head tube angles. Lee made for Solitude, I'm sure he's fine, just spec exactly what you want.

I'm having a custom Roberts made at the moment, not sure if Chas has built any 29er's, maybe worth a phone call (they aren't too quick on email response btw, I always phone). Columbus has the new 29er Life tubes out now, and Roberts like using Columbus..
 
DM":1bx69oaf said:
orange71":1bx69oaf said:
thanks Steve Shand is the guy who has had to back out due to relocation hence this post in the first place unfortunately.

I'm onto Rourke :D

:roll: Oh yes, you wrote that originally - Damn my reading skills :oops: :LOL:

Does it HAVE to be British?
Kris at JRD in France will take on almost anything you can think of:

http://julieracingdesig.canalblog.com/

http://julieracingdesign.com/

There's also Le Cadre:
http://www.lecadre-bicycles.com/wp/

and others.

:eek: I had no idea either, the work looks absolutely fantastic!
 
kaiser":3asqlmhm said:
DM":3asqlmhm said:
orange71":3asqlmhm said:
thanks Steve Shand is the guy who has had to back out due to relocation hence this post in the first place unfortunately.

I'm onto Rourke :D

:roll: Oh yes, you wrote that originally - Damn my reading skills :oops: :LOL:

Does it HAVE to be British?
Kris at JRD in France will take on almost anything you can think of:

http://julieracingdesig.canalblog.com/

http://julieracingdesign.com/

There's also Le Cadre:
http://www.lecadre-bicycles.com/wp/

and others.

:eek: I had no idea either, the work looks absolutely fantastic!

Yes, some amazingly beautiful work - that's given me more food for thought anyway...... ;)
 
Yes super lanky but not going for long cranks. 175 is fine for me. I should have updated this really - I have settled for Edelbikes. Francois is the guy there and the deposit went down this week :D His English is superb, I love the stuff he's done already, it's right up my street, he's listened to what I am after, and the build is scheduled in for April delivery :D Can't wait.

I was wrong BTW julieracingdesign is Kris le Rouge not 24pouces :oops: :LOL:

I was tempted to go with them but the waiting list was a year.
 
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