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Hunter Cycles and many others do them

Well yeah but American attitudes to weapons are obviously not the same

It also very much did not look like a toy - I genuinely think you could get into serious trouble with the law carrying that around

Will respect that you don't want a debate though! Really I was just looking at this thread to check if you had any more cool middleburn bits

£25 WZRD Bikes fillet brazed slingshot, raw lacquer. New.

I was expecting this to be some bike component not an actual slingshot.

Serious question - what do you use a slingshot for?

Also, what is the forum stance on the sale of weapons?

I'm not accusing you of being some sort of assassin but it seems an odd thing to take on a bike ride?!

Starting a thread to collect info on this. It is a vague and very long term goal of mine to have a fleet of Bristol made bikes. Surely likely to be missing some so grateful for any suggestions

Argos Racing Cycles - essentially a classic British road bike framebuilder, dating from the 1970s and still going strong. Based in St Anne's. Lots of these still around second hand, with which I might eventually make a lovely audax/ functional road bike from. Obvs as they're still going you can get anything you like if going new and custom.

Overburys - defunct builder of classic mountainbikes back in the 1980s, these played a big part in the development of the UK MTB scene so I'm told. Based out of a shop, now shut, on Ashley Road. The framebuilder Andy Powell previously built road bikes branded with his own name. Although the bike shop continued into the 2010s, I think they had stopped making frames in the early 90s. Some frames available on eBay occasionally, I can see myself getting hold of one of these for conversion to urban grocery getter duties.

Starling - high end steel mountainbikes. Very fancy and good looking (for a modern mountain bike anyway). Only been going a few years I think. Am I right in thinking these are made in St Werburghs? Doubt I'll ever own one of these as I'm not a proper mountainbiker but they do look wicked.

Rodford Built - hand made, very unique cargo bikes. Not very expensive all things considered. They look a bit agricultural but in a cool kind of Mad Max way. Might end up getting one of these if we have a second kid.

I was also going to add Clandestine, who make extraordinary instagrammable utility bikes a bit reminiscent of Velo Orange but handmade (with prices to suit), and custom stems and racks etc. Fabulous looking bikes, but as well as requiring a second mortgage, they are unfortunately no longer based in Bristol but Devon, so may not count unless you find an old one

What else am I missing?

He probably has a fair few spares if he's done that 'dozens of times in the last 4 years'

Dozens = minimum 24 times?

Early Rider balance bike and pedal bike

These look fabulous, and agree on components. Ritchey bars! Maybe pushing it on price though and can't see many second hand.

Currently a squish 14 can be had for £250 new so that's in the lead I think, if I can't find a decent cnoc/frog nearby second hand

Thanks, super helpful

Trek, giant etc all seem to be in the region of 9kg for a 14 inch wheeler compared to 6kg ish for Isla / frog / squish. Obvs weight isn't everything but I'm assuming it's a reasonable proxy for overall quality. So from limited research it does seem the small specialist brands are still offering something the big guys aren't.

Will look at Dawes and Raleigh too though

I'm sure someone handier than me could make that work and look professional, but I'd rather buy something made by a professional

Lord Finchley tried to mend the Electric Light
Himself. It struck him dead: And serve him right!
It is the business of the wealthy man
To give employment to the artisan.

In this case I'm not wealthy and the artisan is SKS but I think the point holds

Elegant solution but for me at least they're not wide enough, max width is 60mm.

Now loads of the bigger brands have good options.

Any suggestions? I'm researching at the moment for a Christmas present for my nearly 4 year old - Hoy, Frog, Isla and Belter is my list so far but none are big brands

GB not wide enough as far as I can see

Not going to re-radius, I find fitting mudguards hard enough as it is

Out of interest did you re-radius the honjos that snapped?

Found some discounts on the SKS Style at the mo, so going to try a pair of those and if they still wobble problematically or if I can't stand the aesthetics, will save up for honjos and pray they don't snap

Nice, definitely better looking than the stock photos

Toddler life etc....

Can relate

Just seen this - very encouraging, doesn't look as ugly as I expected. Any side on photos?

so it's actually the lack of strength of the bottom struts X the wobbly plastic

Yeah precisely, plus also the narrower-than-recommended clearance meaning that when it does wobble, it hasnt got far to travel before hitting the tyre

Thanks all, will look at spare struts

Honjo still calling to me though, just want to be sure they wouldn't crack

Bridge Club

Fabulous bike imo

Is this the only issue you're trying to solve

Yeah just this. The rear mudguard does it a little on major bumps but the front is much worse. It's actually towards the bottom of the mudguard where it happens though, the whole thing twists from behind the fork bolt, and the stays do nothing to prevent it moving side to side.

Stiffer stays would surely help but they'd need to more or less replace the existing ones which I'm not sure is possible. Either that or increase the clearance, so it would have to move further to make contact with the tyre. I don't know whether 2mm each side increase, from going up a size in Bluemels would be enough.

Perfect, £55 from there, I can put up with some spam for that saving

Bit of a dilemma for me. Currently running 65mm Bluemels on top of 27.5 x 2.25 tyres on my Bridge Club and while they fit, there is too much side-to-side flexibility, and every time I hit a bump, the front mudguard in particular swings to the side and hits the tyre, making an unpleasant and slightly worrying noise. This is possibly also because, while they do fit over the tyres, the tyres are fatter / clearance smaller than SKS recommend. @Haistelija you've got similar sized tyres under the same Bluemels, do they work ok for you?

The frame will happily take much fatter mudguards, but if they are still just as wobbly, I worry the same problem will occur. So that rules out just replacing with 69mm Bluemels for £40, which are in any event only 4mm wider.

I could go for 75mm Bluemels Style for £55. These are both significantly fatter, and possibly going to be less flexy due to the stays being a single rod that is bent around and clipped in place, rather than each side having its own straight rod held in place with the traditional fiddly grabber things? They are aesthetically very challenging though.

Alternatively I could spring for metal mudguards, which would surely be stiffer. I've used Velo Orange and Gilles Berthoud in the past very happily but they don't make any fat enough. I'm not prepared to do any re-radiusing. PDW do 650Beast in 65mm for £120ish but a) they are seemingly out of stock everywhere and b) I'd still technically be exceeding the manufacturer recommended max tyre size, which for the PDWs is 2.2".

So, that brings me to the the £190 Simworks/Honjo 74mm. This is obviously far more than I'd like to spend on mudguards but if they are gonna do a brilliant job and last forever, I could stomach it. But @Skülly says he's broken two pairs and Simworks themselves provide an extremely un-reassuring article washing their hands of any responsibility for cracks.

So what would you do if you were me? Stick to plastic, cheap and v ugly with Bluemels Style? Or go for Honjo and risk the world's most expensive mudguards cracking in short order?

Top tagging

Also more evidence that the bikes in this thread are the best on the forum

Anyone seen any good helmet bargains? It's time to replace my Poc omne air which has been great... I paid £50 for the last one when wiggle was dying, and don't want to pay £120 for a replacement which seems the going rate now

Your bikes are always cool, but this is perfection

Stealing this idea for my allotment shed, thank you very much

Think I can picture what you mean - like a towel rail? This is ingenious but also high levels of faff

Pegboard accessories seem to come in a million different standards and rarely sold individually - so far bungee is winning

Perfect

I want to hang up bike helmets and panniers in my bike locker. What's the best kind of hook or other solution for attaching to these holes? Potato (large) for scale.

First thought is little buckle straps

@jellybaby I used Frame Express for a 69x89cm internal frame. MDF and plexiglass. Quality is ok. Think IKEA style. But obviously a lot more expensive than IKEA because of custom. Came to £90 delivered. Not sure what a proper wood and glass frame would come to but I'm guessing more