• Report from British handbuilt show

    From AMuzi@am@yellowjersey.org to rec.bicycles.tech on Wed May 20 15:40:40 2026
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    https://journal.brooksengland.com/
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  • From Mark J cleary@mcleary08@comcast.net to rec.bicycles.tech on Wed May 20 16:42:43 2026
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    On 5/20/2026 3:40 PM, AMuzi wrote:

    https://journal.brooksengland.com/
    Just the looks of them don't do much for me but I see bikes like racing machines and these are much more than that. Sturdy stuff though take a beating.
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  • From Roger Merriman@roger@sarlet.com to rec.bicycles.tech on Wed May 20 22:18:40 2026
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    Mark J cleary <mcleary08@comcast.net> wrote:
    On 5/20/2026 3:40 PM, AMuzi wrote:

    https://journal.brooksengland.com/
    Just the looks of them don't do much for me but I see bikes like racing machines and these are much more than that. Sturdy stuff though take a beating.


    ItrCOs about the looks mostly, or wanting to have certain traits such as bar end shifters, though that bike to be fair looked useable, the MTB
    absolutely no way itrCOs going to be able to push those Minions tyres with
    that frame geometry, very much looking like a bike for the showroom than hacking about in the woods which is rather sad really!

    Roger Merriman

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  • From zen cycle@funkmasterxx@hotmail.com to rec.bicycles.tech on Thu May 21 06:13:20 2026
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    On 5/20/2026 6:18 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:
    Mark J cleary <mcleary08@comcast.net> wrote:
    On 5/20/2026 3:40 PM, AMuzi wrote:

    https://journal.brooksengland.com/
    Just the looks of them don't do much for me but I see bikes like racing
    machines and these are much more than that. Sturdy stuff though take a
    beating.


    ItrCOs about the looks mostly, or wanting to have certain traits such as bar end shifters, though that bike to be fair looked useable, the MTB
    absolutely no way itrCOs going to be able to push those Minions tyres with that frame geometry, very much looking like a bike for the showroom than hacking about in the woods which is rather sad really!

    Roger Merriman


    A lot of these bikes are exactly that Roger - made for display to show
    off the builders skills. But unless you go to the show, it all depends
    on who is reporting. If you were to rely on The Radivist, you'd think
    all that was there were bikepacking bikes:

    https://theradavist.com/2026-bespoked-uk-selects-01


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  • From Roger Merriman@roger@sarlet.com to rec.bicycles.tech on Thu May 21 12:35:44 2026
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    zen cycle <funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 5/20/2026 6:18 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:
    Mark J cleary <mcleary08@comcast.net> wrote:
    On 5/20/2026 3:40 PM, AMuzi wrote:

    https://journal.brooksengland.com/
    Just the looks of them don't do much for me but I see bikes like racing
    machines and these are much more than that. Sturdy stuff though take a
    beating.


    ItrCOs about the looks mostly, or wanting to have certain traits such as bar >> end shifters, though that bike to be fair looked useable, the MTB
    absolutely no way itrCOs going to be able to push those Minions tyres with >> that frame geometry, very much looking like a bike for the showroom than
    hacking about in the woods which is rather sad really!

    Roger Merriman


    A lot of these bikes are exactly that Roger - made for display to show
    off the builders skills. But unless you go to the show, it all depends
    on who is reporting. If you were to rely on The Radivist, you'd think
    all that was there were bikepacking bikes:

    https://theradavist.com/2026-bespoked-uk-selects-01



    To be fair though clearly intended to show off builders skill and style,
    they do look useable, the one MTB in the last link didnrCOt.

    Roger Merriman

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