Ironbridge Bicycles made by Bicycles By Design based in Coalport, near Ironbridge, Shropshire have recently won the prestigious Cyclist Magazine Choice Award at Bespoked, the UK’s leading handmade bicycle show.
Bespoked, held at Brunel’s Old Station, Bristol on the 7th-9th of April is an internationally renowned handmade bicycle show with artisan bicycle makers exhibiting from all over Europe.
Sponsored by Cyclist Magazine, one of the UK’s most prominent cycling magazines the event is attended by thousands of cycling enthusiasts interested in the design, innovation, manufacture and craftsmanship of handmade bicycles.
The Cyclist Magazine Choice Award is voted for by internationally renowned cycling Magazine…Cyclist and is awarded to a bicycle which embodies the heritage, ethos and craftsmanship of handmade bicycles.
Pete Bird from Bicycles By design commented: “It’s amazing to have won the Cyclist Choice Award with Ironbridge Bicycles, which is a new project for us! Ironbridge Bicycles are a celebration of UK handmade bicycle design and manufacture, echoing the heritage of the Ironbridge Gorge and mixing craftsmanship with contemporary bicycle design methods and componentry.”
‘Ironbridge the bikes are exceptionally well crafted, but it’s the Ironbridge ethos that resonated with Cyclist: take decades worth of frame building knowhow from the guys at Swallow, distil it into a range of beautifully designed frames and share the task of manufacturing around independent UK frame builders. The long term benefit for the local handmade bicycle industry could be huge, and the rider-consumer will reap the rewards. Just look at that brake bridge.’ – James Spender, Cyclist Magazine judge.
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