Rusby cycles’ founder has just headed west from london to bristol. His home has changed but the talent’s remained
A PLASTIC BAG GOT STUCK IN MY REAR DERAILLEUR and bent just about everything on the back of my bike. I was pretty pissed off and searched for someone to repair the damage. I visited Oak Cycles workshop in London, which inspired me to do the repair myself and combine two things I loved – cycling and ‘making’. That inspired me further to become a framebuilder. I still haven’t fixed that dropout.
BEFORE THAT I STUDIED SCULPTURE AT ART COLLEGE, had a few jobs, and then installed artwork in galleries and grand houses in London. Experiencing this side of the art world killed my love of sculpting.
THERE WEREN’T MANY FRAMEBUILDING COURSES AROUND and I had little money, so I was mostly self-taught, using a few basic books, crappy YouTube videos and lots of experimenting. This was okay to a point but I learnt a lot more when I shared a workshop with Ryan [McCaig] at Oak Cycles and Matthew [Sowter] from Saffron Frameworks.
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Jake Rusby
Rusby cycles’ founder has just headed west from london to bristol. His home has changed but the talent’s remained
The American Dream Lives On...
The Red Hook series is the most competitive and prestigious in the world of fixies, and in 2016 one man dominated. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the man who trumped them all – Mr Colin Strickland…
Journeys Of A London Bicycle Courier
Jon Day's cycle geography chronicles his time connecting business and opportunity from his tired old saddle. With day's superb essay now in paperback, urban cyclist celebrates with this exclusive extract...
Caren Hartley
From a small workshop in South London, Hartley’s had a big impact on the UK framebuilding scene.
A Life Less Ordinary
Juliet Elliott’s a Red Hook regular with a story to tell. Meet the former model and snowboard professional whose powers of persuasion match her pedalling prowess
Eyeing up Big Brother
They spent their early years restoring bikes... Now they’re creating vintage bikes of their own.
