Pegoretti - because I'm worth it?

[ededwards]

I'm clearly suffering from some sort of New Years Eve fever but on my ride today I started to think about getting something special in 2012, measured up, custom. Pegoretti sprung to mind but wondering what experience others have had with them? And, if Pegoretti, then which model? Which finish, Faema?

And what of alternatives - I must consider Roberts, Mercian, Jackson surely? And what of newer arrivals on the scene like Feather? And it gets worse - how about IF or one of the US boutique builders?

Obviously this is just idle thought but any sage advice/suggestions would be much appreciated.

 

[cchris2lou]

email Hilts , I am sure he had one made a few years ago .

I think you should get a newer carbon machine , you have plenty of lovely steels already .

 

[willhouse]

Ricky Feather and Tom Donhou do awesome stuff. Just check out the bespoke bristol website and have fun looking at the fabricators websites.

I think you stand more chance of getting something special from a small company, rather than the bigger more established players.
I've visited and spoke to more than one traditional builder now who have been at it for years, and it seems they are not interested in something which doesn't quite conform to the norm, where Tom and Ricky ooze interesting design features.

Tom Donhou

Ricky Feather

 

[monty dog]

Depends on whether you are lusting for a modern bike that uphold the values of traditional craftsmanship but in a up to date design or whether you just want a new bike built in the traditional way? In the former category there's lot of interesting bikes including Pegoretti, Speedvagen and the multitude of Columbus XCR / Reynolds 931 models. I was given a copy of book for Christmas which has a picture of one of these:
http://www.tommasini.it/eng/steel-frame-xfire.php
Regardless of the fact that the paintjob is the same as my custom polished ti Colnago, this in my mind is a great blend of a new frame built with artisan values. My 50th is approaching and given the waitlist for some XCR frames I may have to place an order soon?

 

[Old Ned]

If you want to go British (and why not?!) then take a look at what Kevin Sayles is doing at Woodrups. I can foresee his frames becoming the modern day equivalent of Ephgrave, Hobbs, Chater-Lea etc. Lovely craftsmanship.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevin_sayles_bikes/

 

[kaiser]

Couple of other builders

http://www.englishcycles.com/


http://www.baumcycles.com/


both make cracking looking bikes, but Feather must be up there

 

[Midlife]

Old Ned

Funny you should mention Kevin Sayles.........he built my Jackson frame in the mid 1970's

It's so good I'm sending it back to him to check it over and offer help and advice on how to bring it back to it's former glory..

All I need is to find a good frame box

Amazon / e-bay ?

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... highlight=

Shaun

 

[jonnyboy666]

having spent some time chatting to Tom at Demon i'd say have a chat with him, he's very set on geometry for road stuff but he likes to do interesting projects. he builds using reynolds tubing, and depending what you want he makes the lugs himself, it's also a one man operation so you know he is actually building the frame for you as opposed to an employee being overseen.

here's a couple of pics, i realise some of these are fixies but it's more to show the quality of his work.

 

[Elev12k]

Decades ago British government steered towards a service orientated economy. Now there are start ups appearing from people who want to make a living with a proper job ...and there come you Ed who asks us whether you should have a Pegoretti built ?! :shock: Ed, this is your chance to save yourself and the world the burning fuel, polution and other effort to have a frame flown in from the other side of the continent or -worse- shipped in in containers from the other side of the world.

This is 2012. Buying from the local small entrepreneur could be your good intention for 2012.

Happy 2012!

 

[bikenut2010]

A friend of mine bought a Perg, waited ages, now doesn't like it and want's to sell it...only ridden a few miles, DA group I think...PM for contact if you are interested, size... it's a 56 if I recall ?