Spanner TiBride – the first 'prototype' Have you ever thought – “Hey, all these UK micro bike brands are just some bloke in a shed ordering frames from China and then making up some marketing bull to flog em”? Well I did too, and just for a laugh I thought that if they [...] 
You might remember Adrian’s radical prototype from a few months ago, where he set out to build a 29′er with the shortest possible chainstays – well, he’s back again with V2! Lighter, slimmer and stiffer; Adrian learnt a lot from his first frame and tweaked his design for 'V2' Adrian caught the frame design [...] 
I thought the other day that we’d not caught up with our favorite French microbrands recently – so here we are. Even if their frames might not be to your taste there are often examples of finishes and other options that you might not have considered before.
H-Bicycles – Horton First off let’s check out [...] 
Johnny contacted me back in April as he was looking for something a bit different and had approached XACD for a Newsboy style road frame. His order didn’t go quite as smoothly as some so I thought it would be a good one to share with the rest of you. Looking for something [...] 
Some of you might be wondering what this Darkside Tupperware content is doing here, well…. As well as Mountain Biking I also like to dabble in the dark arts and do a bit of Triathlon (the sport for gadget freaks with Attention Deficit Disorder). Having signed up for IronMan UK this year I thought it was [...] 
And now for something completely different. Just in case you were worried frame design was looking a little conservative at the moment, here comes Adrian to save the day: OK, safe to say I've not seen one of those before! E-stays allow radical short wheelbase design and check those custom adjustable dropouts. One good [...] 
I was cruising the forums over on Singletrack World a little while back and spotted Josh’s post about a 29′er he’d had made by XACD. Not wanting to miss documenting someone else’s experiences I got in touch to find out more. Here’s the post that started it all off: Evening.. I am very very [...] 
Martin's first XACD frame – now running as a fully rigid singlespeed.
Martin recently got in touch with me to let me know about an XACD frame that he had made a little while ago and about his plans to have ‘frame 2.0′ produced. I asked him about what he had [...] |
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