18 Bikes- Custom Builds on Santa Cruz, Scott, Maverick, Pace, Nicolai, Cotic and more!
Those who've visited our shop will already know that we basically keep stock of frames and bits for builds, along with a wide range of
demo bikes for people to try.
Each bike is built to spec for that customer so you get exactly what you want, rather than a brand-managers choice of parts! There's obviously room for complete bikes in our range, see Genesis for hardtails, or Santa Cruz for their build packages, which are somewhere in between! Then again, you've clicked on Custom Builds, so maybe have a looksie here too?!
We keep stock of leading frame and component brands and can obtain pretty much anything else- including other frame brands. If you're looking for a build- why not contact us for a quote.
Our pricing is very competetive and includes all frame preparation, wheelbuilding, assembly and setup- get the bike perfect! We'll gradually add more and more photos to this page (when we remember!) to show the types of bike we've been working on! This is by no means an exhaustive list! Bigger pictures are available on our Flickr Site
Please note- these are examples of previous builds for existing customers, not bikes which are in stock. As it says above, each bike is built to spec for you, so they're not here ready to ride away on!!
Pace RC405 Custom Build - Looking gorgeous in the Ano Pewter finish, with a few red highlights- built with Sram X9, Rockshox Revelations, Hope wheels and brakes.
Cotic Roadrat Custom Build - Yep, a popular one, another Roadrat! Notice with the unusual (very versatile) Butterfly handlebar-plenty of position choices for the commute!
Cotic Roadrat Custom Build - This sits between the Singlespeed and full geared setup, based on the off the peg bike- again with rack and guards.
Cotic Roadrat Custom Build - Another Roadrat, here with the standard Singlespeed setup+ rack and bits.
Cotic Roadrat Custom Build - The first of a little batch of Roadrats- here with gears and discs for the hills!
Santa Cruz Heckler Custom Build - And the Magura Thor features again, this time on a Heckler- again, using a Santa Cruz build kit.
Santa Cruz Blur LT2 Custom Build - One of the first batch of Blur LTs, our first build with the new Magura Thor fork. Ace!
Santa Cruz Heckler Custom Build - Here we had a play with the standard Santa Cruz build kit- a few extras including that gold chain!!
Nicolai Argon Custom Build - Rohloff, Pikes, Easton, Hope- perfect!
Scott YZ Custom Build - One for the dirtjump lads here- watch out for this one round the locality!
Pace RC405 Custom Build - Looking lovely in the white, with matching DT XMC130 fork- here's another one that used a few existing/pre-loved parts.
Santa Cruz Blur LT2 Custom Build - Our first of the new Blurs- Ano Black, Small, X Kit with a few changes, along with some ltd edition Red Hope Mono M4s!
Cotic Soul Custom Build - Custard (the best colour, for sure!) with XT, Magura Menja and Mavic/Hope tubeless wheelset. The eagle-eyed will notice no brakes, we used an existing set from a previous bike.
Pace RC405 Custom Build - Using the Pace chassis pack- XMC130 fork and EX1750 wheels, built with Shimano XT, Hope Mono Minis and Thomson kit.
Cotic Soul Alfine Custom Build- More hub gears again, Shimano Alfine here! Hope brakes, DT rims, Easton kit to finish it all off.
Santa Cruz Juliana Custom Build- Another one using some existing parts, along with some new shiny bits! SC Juliana/RockShox Reba/XT Kit/Hope brakes
Cotic Soul Custom Build- Again, having waited on Shimano Alfine stock, this is Matt's own bike- Magura Laurin FCR, Hope brakes, big Peak friendly tyres and daft big DMR bars. He's very very happy, to say the least.
Cotic Roadrat Custom Build- A spot on commute bike, after a loooong wait for some Shimano Alfine bits. Hub gears, discs, great -a low maintenance workhorse
Santa Cruz Juliana Custom Build- Another one using some old, some new here- Magura Menja, Hope Brakes/Wheels, Shimano XT/LX and a Charge Ladle to finish! I like white bikes, for sure.
Cotic Soul Custom Build- Magura Laurin FCR, Hope Hoops and brakes, Sram X9, finished with Thomson and Easton bits- sweet!
Pace RC405 Custom Build- Taking advantage of the Pace "Chassis Pack", we've finished this build off with Hope Brakes, Shimano XT running gear, Thomson and Easton. This shows off the lovely Anodised Pewter finish too!
Santa Cruz Heckler Custom Build- This was another semi-custom build, we took the X Build kit from SC, added the All-Mountain upgrade and upgraded it with XT chainset, King headset, HEL braided hoses, Acros Bottom Bracket and some other little swaps. Nice!
Cotic Hemlock Custom Build- A big n beefy one for the Peak. 6" front and rear, with Fox RP23 shock and Magura Wotan. Full XT along with Hope Moto V2 and Pro2/DT wheelset.
Santa Cruz Juliana Custom Build- What a tricked out ride! Sram X0/Shimano XTR/Hope Straight Pull Wheelset/Hope Mono Mini Pro/Easton/Thomson/Schwalbe. We'll be sad to see this one go!
Cotic Soda Custom Build- A really nice one here, Sram X0, Hope brakes and wheels, Easton, Thomson and Continental! Lovely!
Cotic Soul Custom Build- Custard again, Shimano XT, Revelations, Hope wheels and brakes, Thomson, Easton, sweet!
Cotic Roadrat Custom Build- A geared one this time, Ultegra, Thomson, Hope, Truvativ. I like!
Maverick ML 75 Custom Build- One of the bargainous builds, with a swap to full XT and Juicies.
Cotic Soul Custom Build- Second of a matching pair here- spec as below! This is a Small, Custard.
Cotic Soul Custom Build- First of a matching pair here- XT/Hope/Easton/Revelations. This is a Large, Black.
Santa Cruz Nomad(s) Custom Build- A very nearly matching pair here- Lyriks/X9/Big Rotors.
Santa Cruz Juliana SL Custom Build- Gold, ace! A few new bits along with some pre-used. Sweet!
Santa Cruz Heckler Custom Build- standard X build kit, AM upgrade and swap to a Magura Menja fork. Lovely ano silver finish.
Santa Cruz Superlight Custom Build- again, only a few changes from the standard build kit- fork swap etc. Very very very nice colour too! Fox, Hope, Avid, X0, Thomson....
Santa Cruz Blur XC Custom Build- not a fully custom build, but a few changes from the standard X0 build kit- Chris King headset , Fox F100, saddle swap and lockon grips here.
Surly Conundrum Unicycle-definately a mad one, uses the same mad rim/tyre as the Surly Pugsley. Difficult to ride, to say the least!
Cotic Bfe Custom Build- The bigger brother of the Soul, larger diameter tubes and will take a longer fork. Shown here with XT/XTR, Hope Motos, Magura Laurin, Thomson and Easton.
Cove Hustler Custom Build- Not a stock brand for us, this Cove was however no problem! Mavic/X0/Fox/XTR and Raceface finish this off nicely!
Scott Genius MC10 Custom Build- For this one, we took apart a standard 2007 Genius MC10, and rebuilt it with even nicer kit! Full XTR, Crossride SLs, Fox TALAS RLC, Carbon Ritchey post. Stunning.
Cotic Soul Custom Build- A Large one this time, rebuilt with a mixture of new and used parts- a great way to reinvent that tired old steed.
Cotic Soul Custom Build- and the little version too! Coincidentally enough, also with some new and some re-used parts. Wicked little hardtails these two!
Scott Boulder Custom Build- It's not always £3000 full-sussers and nichey steel hardtails here, we'll build to any spec. Here, a small disc hardtail was needed- no-one had any off-the-peg stock, so we built one up!
Kinesis Racelight T Custom Build- A lightweight tourer here- ful Ultegra, custom built wheels, Ortelib luggage- should last for years of travelling!
Nicolai Argon FR- This was for
Over the Edge Biking in gorgeous Austria. This is used as one of their hire bikes, along witha Helius FR which I cant find a photo of!!
Santa Cruz nomad Custom Build A true giant of a bike here, XL, in Ano Slate, full XT, Hope, DT, Easton, Pace and SDG. It was raining that day, so here's an indoors picture.
Cotic Soda Custom Build The posh, 3/2.5 titanium version of the Cotic soul. Silver wheels, X9, Truvativ, Rockshox Revelations all looking sweet here!
