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 [...] 
Someone at Lynskey draws the short straw and has to Fully Polish a frame – you end up with a mirrored 'chrome' look. The options for finishing off a titanium frame can be a little confusing – particularly as different people can call them different things. Let’s have a go at sorting [...] 
After Brant found me on Twitter (Hello, and thanks for the mention!). He reminded me of his experience with forward facing slots on extended seat tubes – ie, like the White Lines, ‘Don’t do it!’. I realised that I’d not mentioned it yet and thought it worthy of a few words… Seat clamp [...] 
All cables run along the top tube with a neat cross over near the seat tube. So now you’ve got the angles and measurements all sorted is that it? Blimey no, this is a custom frame! All the little things that someone else normally deals with are now your responsibility. Where the cable [...] 
Custom means you really can change anything – but how do you know what size and thickness of tubing to use? Titanium bikes started off with tubing sizes similar to steel frames which made them very light but also gave titanium a bit of a flexible reputation! XACD is pretty old school if you [...] 
Trying to work out the geometry and critical dimensions of your frame is the hardest part of getting your own build done. 'Love You Long Time'; Oh dear… The best starting point is measuring up a current favourite bike – and then maybe factoring in the latest trends from magazine reviews and manufacturers spec sheets. [...] |
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