ON YER BIKE: For a classier ride, you are better off going bespoke
10:00am Tuesday 21st June 2011
By Honour Tomkinson »

LAST Friday, in the pouring rain, we ventured down the M4 for the launch of the first ever Bespoked Bristol.

It’s the event for custom handmade bicycle makers to showcase their wares, and is a real treat for bicycle nuts.

Held in a trendy little venue called Paintworks, it featured the like of Condor, Downland cycles, Villiers Velo, Brian Rourke and many other custom frame builders. I thought I had died and gone to heaven.

Being the launch, however, and with Saturday and Sunday being the real show days, not every exhibitor had decided to stay to talk to we trade visitors, preferring instead to knock off early and sample Bristol’s nightlife. … more