Custom Bikes & Tech! | Bespoked Handmade Bike Show 2024

The 2024 Bespoked Manchester Handmade Bicycle Show is being held in Victoria Baths. Bespoked is Europe's largest annual exhibition for custom bikes and features artisan frame builders of all styles, with the aim of promoting the art of frame building. Anna Cipullo went along to take a look at this year's tech that was on at the show!
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⏱️ Timestamps ⏱️
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - TJD / Ted James Design
02:20 - 18 Bikes
03:47 - CDURO Bikes [Feat. Prototype Carbon Intend fork]
05:32 - Portable road bike?
05:48 - CRAFT BIKES
07:35 - BTR Downhill bike
09:55 - Howler
11:26 - Some cool lights
11:40 - Wizard Works
11:51 - Dawley Cycles
12:42 - SAVONY
13:45 - SEIDO
14:45 - Clandestine
16:00 - Shand
17:49 - Auckland Cycle Works
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[@gmbntech]

What did you think of Bespoked 2024?

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

It's like the car industry of the early 1900's. Bespoke stuff for rich hipsters. Fun to watch 😂

[@lopon12]

BURF WON!!

[@VerthNeel]

Wonderful.

[@3clubforever]

Looks awesome, but I can’t afford anything there. However some of the features may eventually make their way into more affordable mass produced bikes.

[@CDuroBikes]

We really appreciate you coming to talk with us at the CDuro stand. This is the first time we've shown the CDuro in the UK at a bike show. It's had a great reception, and the Bespoke show is such an amazing event and venue. We have found it so inspirational to be among such a passionate group of bike enthusiasts and producers.

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

Hey, no worries! Keep doing what you're doing. Innovation is key in our industry.

[@TheAngryHusky]

That Howler Fenrir!

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

I know! I think that bike could be sold in bike shops. It looks so good

[@winklertribe5268]

Thanks Anna! For sure if I got a titanium bike it would be raw!

[@3clubforever]

I think the dawley was the best looking full suspension bike I’ve ever seen.

[@lightningshredder5605]

That carbon bike looks so similar to my steel single pivot. Looks fun!

[@mbelfry]

That BTR 😍

[@pd4174]

CDuro looks amazing

[@darthmaul77]

Best video ever on this channel ! I freaking love titanium !

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

Hahaha thanks 😂

[@darthmaul77]

@@AnnaOnTheBike My pleasure.

[@AndrewBroadbent-dr8wb]

Feather bikes are beautiful. Thanks for the vlog.

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

Agreed. Sadly he didn’t bring any mountain bikes this year though

[@dogmatika7]

Thumbs up for BTR!

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

They won Beat In Show!!! A DH bike!! Woo!! 🎉

[@BTR-Fabrications]

Thanks!

[@jeep1962]

Sem dúvida um dos meus favoritos....queria muito poder ir pessoalmente conferir essas bikes.....parabéns

[@jackiegammon2065]

Love the titanium bikes! I too, would want the polished or raw finish as well Thanks for sharing!!

[@Guido1970]

Dawley ❤

[@joehoeper4648]

Excellent coverage - I love these shows!

[@gmbntech]

Thanks for watching 🤙

[@RudyTwentyTwo]

Love them all 😊

[@skinheadjc]

Big thumbs 👍 up for BTR, buf ouf of the bikes shown id def want to own the Dawley t16.....

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

Dawley’s bike was such an understated beauty

[@SergejGrabun]

I liked that Dawley FS!

[@craigelliott4338]

My favourite thing right now is rebuilding and customising bikes... just about to finish a carbon trek mtb jump build.... looks so sexy

[@gmbntech]

Send it in to Top Mods! 👉 globalcyclingnetwork.com/upload What's your next project going to be?

[@craigelliott4338]

@@gmbntech will do!

[@dannyk3718]

Great walk through bespoke ....I ride an a good ole aluminium Laufey and I love how stiff frame handles, But I really love love to get on a TJD feel the compliance of a steel frame with modern geometry ....Thanks for giving me a case of the "me wanty's" Anna lol

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

Me wanty a TJD too! 😅 A steel gravel bike with a Laufy fork and lots of bottle bosses would be the dream

[@aphtonyjim]

For me it would have to be the Scottish built bike with the belt drive and geared rear hub......belt drive and gearboxes are the future.🤘💪

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

They’re reasonably priced too, which helps 🎉

[@BGWordneemig]

lOVE IT!

[@Xgecko66]

That carbon loop bike could easily and possibly cost effective as well made by a robot

[@ondrejuher3931]

I think it actually is partly made by robot. See their YT channel, there is a video of robot working on the bike.

[@rottieshepcalibre9156]

I bet none of them are press fit BB 😂 The steel full squish and the titanium hard tails. 😍 hell yeah

[@ericbeech2652]

Interesting.

[@KP-ol3tc]

Can't wait to see Mad Max lookin bike Danger is working on

[@ceriway380]

If i won the lottery I have them all ,brilliant.

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

Hahaha agreed

[@ericbeech2652]

18:40, isn't that where a scene was filmed on peaky blinders? Where they bought a horse from the auction?

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

Oh! Good knowledge! 😅

[@utube091116]

XLnt!

[@JeffMTBinVA]

How long before there is a BSB booth (Blake Sampson Bikes)? Interesting to see so many going with the gearbox. #ASKGMBNTECH Why does a gearbox drive train use twist shifting instead of traditional cable or wireless technology?

[@WheelieBealie]

@gmbntech I've had a Curtis AM7 with a Pinion gearbox for the last four years, have sent it into the bike vault many times but never made it on there so gave up trying! You're very late to the Pinion party 😉

[@DZig]

The raw Ti bike for the win.... Funny, you walked by the Atherton display, and didn't include them.

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

18 dipped a set of hope cranks in sodium hydroxide and left them raw. I would do that too. My man 😂

[@18bikesltd]

on the ebike? They're actually the Hope's in Silver Ano.

[@45graham45]

Don't know about Cerakote. I had some Unite pedals that were coated with it & it lasted about 3 hours of riding before wearing off. Now they use standard anodising instead on their pedals.

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

From what I gathered at the show, if it’s air-dried it’s no better than paint, but if it’s heat-cured it is much tougher.

[@rule3036]

Cerakote good anti corrosion quality......but it chips off, which is why not used on vehicles much.

[@davidbeukers6762]

1991 wants their elevated chainstays back

[@elizabethpoley6882]

Who made the yellow and orange bike bags that were on the Clandestine bikes?

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

I believe they were Wizard Works

[@johnssmith4005]

My pipe dream MTB is a Raw Titanium 2021 Mondraker Summum with a custom DH Pinion Gearbox and 300mm of suspension font and back 😅

[@gmbntech]

That would float down the trails 😅

[@David-qx8jm]

Mmmmm ti frames lookn sweet. Great job my lady. Keepemcoming

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

I would legit own that ti Craft bike 🤤

[@robertmcfadyen9156]

8:15 Should have had a custom steel alloy made to order .

[@craigbest8644]

Small wheels definitely for the win, can do without the idlers tho, too fussy

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

I dunno, I reckon a high-pivot steel susser would be a a raging bull on the descents! 😅

[@craigbest8644]

@@AnnaOnTheBike I just don't like the aesthetic of them

[@HighCo3]

Custom Bikes and no one ist carbon?

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

There was one in the video! Plus there was a gravel bike made from recycled carbon off-cuts, but we didn’t have time to show it. This is a show for handmade bikes, so there will be very few carbon bikes there

[@willrbc]

CDuro was feature at 3:47

[@rogerd9405]

I'm not trying to stir the pot or anything but... what is with the British infatuation with steel full squish? I mean, those bikes gotta weigh about the same as an ebike. Plus, steel rusts. You'd think that in Britain where it rains all the time, they'd make bikes out of anything else but steel.

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

I owned a steel full-suss for a couple of years and it was a delight. It wasn’t much heavier than my current carbon enduro bike. Tubes can be skinnier because they’re stronger, so they can be comparable. Also, the paint never chipped so I never had an issue with rust, but even if you did, a steel bike can be sanded and repainted easily. I’m not saying it’s the best material, but it has different pros and cons to others. 😊👍

[@privat3920]

The BTR Gasser with 4130 steel? I highly doubt it. My Pinner is 853 and 631. I am sure that the Gasser will have the best quality Reynolds

[@AnnaOnTheBike]

It will be a mix of steel tubing, but yes, he said he likes working with 4130 for most of the bike

[@privat3920]

@@AnnaOnTheBike Now I'm curious. I'm going to write to you so you can explain it to me. Maybe it's because it's a DH frame. But in the UK? They already have the T45 which is perfect for DH and quite light for the material it is

[@BTR-Fabrications]

​​@@privat3920hey mate. I used a lot of 4130 in this frame - ST, ST brace, head gusset and the front stays on the swingarm are all 4130. Rear stays are from Deda. The top-tube and down-tube are from that company but it brings me shame to say that these days. The weight of steel doesn't change because of the grade. It's the tube profile that will define that and you can get 4130 and T45 in pretty much the same profiles in the UK. Often, it's the available profile or stock availability that will be the deciding factor.