Too many people ride bikes designed for someone else. At Spoon Customs we combine perfect fit, fabrication and finish, to create a better bike, designed for you and the riding you do.
In 2015 I ran away to the mountains, to make a better bike. A bike that would climb all day, respond instantly and descend like nothing else. A bike so good you’d dream about it when you weren’t riding it; the kind of machine that would inspire you to ride more; going further and faster than you’ve been before. The first three years we spent riding, testing our ideas, whilst building a team that could deliver the standards of fit, fabrication, and finish that we knew we needed.
Today, we build award-winning bikes one at a time, designed for the sort of riding you do. Designed using our own progressive geometry, fitted to match your physiology, fabricated by the world’s best craftspeople, and finished to standards that can’t be found in the mainstream. The mountains created the environment needed to test and develop our ideas. Today, they provide the inspiration for everything we do. The sense of freedom and adventure we feel in the mountains is built into every bike, product, and idea we have.
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When you design bikes for the rider, something special happens. Fit, ergonomics, weight distribution, response and handling hit the front of the list of priorities. Marketing, sales and this seasons fad slip off the list. The result is a better bike.
“The fastest bike I’ve ridden in years”.
Peter Stuart, Cyclist Magazine.
We don’t spend money on race teams, influencers or glossy adverts. But that doesn’t mean our bikes aren’t race-worthy. We’re one of the only custom builders in the world who has gone for UCI approval for our highest performing bikes.
We use the right materials, in the right context, and build to the highest tolerances. Our design process starts using you as the input, not someone else. We deliver to your brief, not a number and we take our time to get it right, at every stage of the process.
Spoon Custom owners say it best.
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Spec your dream bike
Send in your fit data or book a fit session in Surrey or the Alps. Talk fabrication, finishing kit, and paint and then we get building.
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We build your bike
We arrange delivery or collection from Surrey or the Alps.
Have you ever had a tank slapper? It happens way more often on motorcycles, with similarly terrifying results, so I thought I’d share some thoughts on how chassis and suspension design can impact or improve the issue, with some practical ideas from motorcycles.