Isen workshop: adventures in batch production (or not...)

Had my first spin out on some gravel wheels/tyres on my Isen last weekend when the sun came out. Somehow forgot about the weeks of rain beforehand, so most of my planned route through the forest was way too boggy and muddy to get through.

Learnt road cleats were a unsurprisingly a terrible idea, as was the tight range road cassette, but was great fun anyhow. Looking forward to some more off-road riding this summer!

What is that ratio? 53/39 and 11/25?

Yep almost, 12/25 at the back. I've got some road wheels that I normally use, so that ratio works well for the most part.

The plan was to be able to swap out the wheels really quickly, leave the chain and not have to adjust the rear mech too much for doing some gravel rides.

I can’t wait to take mudguards off mine and take it round the Forest of Dean

Mine is running free with no 'guards

Got it out in the lanes last night and it was a delight.

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New fades/model inbound.

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Shimano direct mount caliper brakes only for that authentic #dbad #content ?

Spot on!

I have to say, now that I've seen them in the flesh, Isen have some of the sickest fadez in the business, and are beautiful bike.

New model coming. We have your winter bike sorted with the all road, now we have a silly sunday best road bike, complete with direct mount BB brake, T47 shell, sick candy fades and our modular gear boss system. Bike pictured was 6.8kg without computers, bottles etc...

We are going to do another introductory batch, another piss up in a brewery and another selection of comedy fuck ups to do with materials. Will update when we are opening the book and pricing once Caren is talking to me again.

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Why isn't she talking to you?

ISP! sweet.

Also we will be offering an ISP upgrade for the all season, as well as a choice of #sickcandyfadez at no extra cost, as well as the wankily named 'shadow edition' for those who want a less shouty feel to their London steel.

I'll post more pics and details once I feel a bit less spaced from bespoked, so maybe 2021?

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Partly as we now both hate bikes, partly as I mixed up our hotel rooms and she nearly lost all her clothes when the cleaners threw them out after I said I had booked out. Also, it was slightly tongue in cheek.

Lightweight wheels for sell?

Oh dear, so we won't see any bike again till 2025 then?

Aha, seat tube heatsink for the ISP frames. Nice.

I think you are a bit heavy for them bro, its a useage requirement, not a brand name.

We plan on just communicating through @ad441.

"adrian, can you ask caren if she has seen my welding mask?"

"Adrian, can you tell Matt that maybe it was left in the hotel room with all my stuff that he had thrown out whilst I was working at bespoked."

"Adrian, can you tell Caren that........."

What's the advantage of an ISP?

Looks cool and doesnt adversely effect anything else. Beyond that........ looks cool.

Fucks resale value so more people buy at RRP

She was awarded all the credit for the sickfadez at Bespoked and has thus taken the prize money ($$$S!) and gone partying

Oh yeah, that too. However did I mention how cool it looks?

Although on a serious note we can re-extend them fairly cheaply, and are probably going to do that thing where you can buy into the warranty as a secondary buyer, like Parlee do.

I dont care about the credit, I just want the cash. Hopefully there will be some cash at some point. Also, no prizes at bespoked anymore, we just get paid in exposure.