A bespoke handmade bicycle
...with a silver hallmark.

Made by renowned frame builder Peter Bird. Each bicycle frame is built exclusively for its owner, so a limited edition comes as standard with every Swallow.

Swallow Handmade Bicycles

Handbuilt
Steel

Lead Time

6-8 months

Framesets

From £2400

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There will not be another one like it: a truly unique frame that will fit you and respond to your riding style like no other.

Pete has been making bicycles since 1979 and is among the UK's leading frame builders.

Based in Ironbridge, Shropshire the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and a UNESCO World Heritage site...Swallow Bespoke Bicycles echo and celebrate the arts and crafts of this historically significant area.

Limited edition comes as standard with a Swallow frame: every Swallow frame has only been built as a one-off personal bespoke frame.

The design and style can be modern or traditional, it can be whatever you want, and that’s the key thing, it’s your choice.

We will of course talk you through the entire process, of building a bicycle frame that is unique to you. A bicycle frame that is a "keeper" for life!

To see a collection of the unique Swallow Bicycles, visit our gallery.

Silver Hallmark

The only thing that each Swallow frame shares apart from exacting quality and workmanship is a solid silver head badge and a hallmarked solid silver number plate.

Your frame number is unique, as the Hallmark date letter stamp shows the exact year your frame was finished before painting.

Pete only builds a limited number of bicycles per year, which means that this is truly a bespoke product!

A one-off frame

You can be sure that your frame is as individual as you are.

It will reflect your nuances and style, forming an integral part of your riding experience as if it were part of your own body. But it will retain its own personality, willing you to go further or faster, when you are digging deep in your reserves on a long climb or miles from home.

Twin in another timezone

While each frame is a one-off, we have created identical twins.

One client, a Saville Row tailor, liked his frame so much that 5 years later he had another made exactly the same so that he could ride one at home and the other in New York for when he was working there.

While another had two identical frames built at the same time, one to ride in London, keeping the other to ride at his Spanish mountain villa.

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Cyclist Magazine

Pete was the youngest Reynolds 753 approved Master Frame builder and the first to introduce bike fitting in the 1980s for all of their customers – a service they still offererd today.

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A bespoke handmade bicycle...with a silver hallmark.