Custom Frame Builders List by State/Country

[William]

Originally Posted by Velocipede

William,

You are forgetting two builders in Italy.

Bixxis - Owned by Doriano and Martina De Rosa. Doriano made the frame Eddy Merckx used in 1976 to win Milan-San Remo. He was only 16 years old.
www.bixxis.com/en/

Grandis - a family owned 90 year old frame builder. One of the oldest frame builders in the world and still under the same families control. It's the second oldest continuously operated and family owned bicycle company in the world.
www.cicligrandis.it/ENG/index_ENG.htm

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Thank you for there information.



William

[Coffee Rider]

Another one to add is Kansas builder, Julie Pedalino: https://www.pedalinobicycles.com/

[shrimp123]

Originally Posted by theboucher

333Fab/Max Kullaway moved from Seattle to Marin county, CA.

hell yeah... and i have almost narrowed him for the next all-road build. My first chat with him had a very good vibe.

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by Coffee Rider

Another one to add is Kansas builder, Julie Pedalino: https://www.pedalinobicycles.com/

wow!

some very cool and unique work going on over there. i like.

[Coffee Rider]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

wow!

some very cool and unique work going on over there. i like.

It is truly a combination of art and function. I feel like the cosmos is going to lead me to have a bike that Julie either builds or decorates. Right now I'm contemplating a BIXXIS as the next metal bike I commit to and I haven't gotten far enough along to really ask about some form of collaboration. Then again, there's something really appealing to me of having one person do pretty much everything in terms of the build.

[Cgeisler]

ciclibarco.com: Barco in Veneto, Italy. They've made bikes for other badges forever; doing their own work, under the Barco name, now.

[Cgeisler]

Austin, Texas: chumbausa.com

[slowpoke]

California

Erik Billings in Oakland, formerly CB Cycles, now Billings Cycle Works

http://www.billingscycleworks.com/
https://www.instagram.com/billings_cycle_works/

AR Cycles in Sacramento - fellow member 8aaron8

http://arcycles.weebly.com/
https://www.instagram.com/arcycles88/

And Raphael Cycles has closed

[Dodgerboy]

Great info here! Holy cow, California!

[William]

List updated!

Thank you for the information! Please contiue to let me know about new builders, shops moving, and shops closing (hopefully not many of those).





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[William]

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[Tychom]

A few missing French builders:

Vagabonde https://www.vagabondecycles.com/
Atelier des Velos https://www.atelierdesvelos.com/velos-bikes
Cyfac https://www.cyfac.fr/
LaFraise https://www.lafraisecycles.fr/
Cycles Pierre Perrin http://www.velo-sur-mesure.fr/home-bis/
Cycles Daniel Cattin https://cyclescattin.fr/
Avalanche Cycles https://www.avalanche-cycles.com/
Jolie Rouge Cycles http://jolierougecycles.fr/
Levacon http://www.levacon.com/


And two in Japan:

Samson http://samson-strada.com/
Watanabe http://sw-watanabe.net/


Also, Meerglas are under France but should be in Germany.

[mstateglfr]

Originally Posted by William

List updated!

Thank you for the information! Please contiue to let me know about new builders, shops moving, and shops closing (hopefully not many of those).

TET Cycles in Iowa is perma-closed as the owner passed away a handful of years ago.


One to add is Jeff Bock in Ames IA. He had built lugged and fillet frames, forks and racks since the 70s, paints in house, handles restorations, and holds frame building classes too.
https://www.facebook.com/JeffreyBockCustomCycles/
https://www.thespoken.cc/tag/jeff-bock

[d_douglas]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

wow!

some very cool and unique work going on over there. i like.

Wow, to my point in the Kirk thread about impossibly detailed lugs, this stuff is amazing. Not really my bag, but simply incredible craftsmanship.

[prototoast]

Originally Posted by d_douglas

Wow, to my point in the Kirk thread about impossibly detailed lugs, this stuff is amazing. Not really my bag, but simply incredible craftsmanship.

Julie Pedalino is no longer building bikes: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJeywpCnJ-f/