A warm welcome awaits at the Bicycles by Design showroom, where we display and sell frames and bicycles from experienced and trusted manufacturers. We offer a range of fitting services on these brands and stock a select range of accessories to equip your bike, including child trailers and tag-a-longs. Our assembly workshop offers a range of repair and servicing options, plus bike and wheel building.
Custom is typically our standard, as the majority of bikes we build and assemble aren't off the peg, it show's as we don't keep a stock of bicycles to sell like some other bike shops. However, we do have a range of demo bikes that you can ride before you buy. We are set up this way, as we feel bicycles are very personal and should be tailored to you, hence why we also do made-to-measure frames.
Matching British custom, it started in a shed... Hand building the first Swallow frame from there our passion grew and our frame building skills & knowledge with it. Over 35 years on Swallow frames are still hand built on our premises, in a variety of steel tubing using a mix of modern and traditional methods.
Our workshop is prepped and ready for your pride and joy, and our expert team of mechanics will take great care in making sure your bicycle is in tip-top shape for your next ride.
We've built a fair few wheels some have been ridden around the world (literally), some raced, a lot used on tandems and one pair used for the Paris-Roubaix sportive and are still running round and true on Rob’s favourite fixie.
We use our experience and knowledge to find you the correct fit. By adjusting our sizer, whilst monitoring your body posture to find the most optimal fit by balancing comfort and performance.
For those of you that want a full ‘hands-on’ experience, we offer frame-building courses as well as wheel building courses.
Got an old frame? You may like to have it renovated or refurbished, brought up to date, or mended or maybe just a new colour. If so, we would like to hear from you and help restore your frame.
From Stock Bicycles to E-Bikes, Cycle to Work Scheme’s to Ride Before You Buy, we have you covered with all our other services.