What a project this mixed material singlespeed was!  We first started speaking about this project with Julian 4 years ago, since then we have made in a cross bike which he has been smashing for 3 season now.

The conversation started with “could you make me a bike made from wood with a little steel through in for good measure” I was taken back a bit, as steel was my material of choice at the time. But i really wanted to give this a go because i love the idea of pushing my boundaries of what i can do.

Fast forward 4 years and the project was becoming a reality.

The make up of this machine.

I have always had a soft spot for ISP and i feel Carbon is the best material for the Job. Enve made up a tube for this. The wood was done by Sebastian Cox who is a master craftsman in his field . He used English Ash for the top tube and seat stays. The rough shape was cut out of a single piece of wood. The next step for him was to build a jig for the radius, then he steam bended it to make sure it met up in with the headtube and dropouts. The last step was shaped shaping profile which he did by hand. We used a Columbus tapered headtube with internal bearings. The Down tube is a a Columbus HX which is big and stiff. The bottom bracket is and eccentric for getting the tension on the chain. The Chain stays are made form Reynolds 853. The dropouts are Paragon machine works. We used these because by  just change the derailleur hanger we can change the singlespeed set up to a 1 x11 system.

All in all we are stoked to how this singlespeed turned out

She also picked up an award at Bespoked 2018