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Starling Cycles wants to reward its most loyal customers, especially the riders who have been with the UK brand since the very early days. They also want to keep as many frames on the trail as possible AND support a good cause; in this case, Ride Bristol.

So, the Bristol-based framebuilders have created a trade-in scheme that most benefits its old-school, early-days customers. They can send back their old frame and get a new one for whatever price they paid for that original, old-school frame. In the latest video from Starling, Joe breaks it all down.

You can also read about it on the Starling Cycles website.

Tailwind Cyclery just announced its made in the UK stainless steel Bag Stopp, a minimal support for various handlebar bags. The support bar is 240 mm in length and features threaded mounts on each end. The height and reach of the support bar pictured is 80 mm x 80 mm from the fork crown. The Tailwind Bag Stopp retails for £65. Roll on over to Tailwind Cyclery for more information. 

La Chouette in Paris has teamed up with the UK’s Brother Cycles to design a singlespeed city bike called The Swoops! Let’s check it out…

East London’s Stayer Cycles offers a Framebuilding 101 class now, and this video showcases one of the students, Louis, who is building their first frame. Read on for more information about the class…

UK-based Wizard Works brought back its highly reflective Wiz Viz collection for winter riding…

Cotic just unveiled its all-new BFe (£699 frame). This new model slims down Cotic’s BFe lineup, replacing both the BFeMAX and the BFe275…

Starling Cycles‘ singlespeed 90 mm travel full suspension bike just got a makeover. The Beady Little Eye V3 now comes with all of the V3 features found on the Murmur, Twist and Swoop frames. It’s a real one-of-a-kind and is Joe from Starling’s favorite bike of all time…

The Cotic Escapade, the all-road gravel bike John reviewed last year, now comes in a UK853 model and is made in the UK.

This is the best Escapade Cotic has ever made. The bike is supple, tough, and light Reynolds 853 tubing carefully crafted into the perfect ‘life-bike.” The UK853 is handmade in the UK with a choice of a la carte’ colors, for rough roads, gravel smiles, and everything from the daily commute to your big adventures.

See more at Cotic.

Inspired by the work of Tom Ritchey and the very first production mountain bikes in California, the Stayer Cycles stAyTB project is a collaborative effort with 2nd Life Bikes. The stAyTB project consists of a frame, fork, bullmoose bars, day rack, wheels, headbadge and other bits and bobs all beautifully and somewhat singularly fillet brazed and fashioned in Leytonstone, East London. Let’s check it out.

The G Line is the first Brompton to ride like a full-size bike across multiple types of terrain—from the city to gravel tracks and beyond. And it’s still designed around the folding chassis that made Brompton famous. This line of Brompton features new geometry, 20” wheels fitted with custom-made Schwalbe tires, hydraulic disc brakes, and an internally geared Shimano 8-speed hub.

Petor Georgallou got his hands on a new G Line ahead of today’s launch and, today, offers all the details of the versatile folding bike. Check it out below!

John and Josh love their Mumurs and others here at The Radavist have lauded Starling’s steel single pivots. To help get ya rollin’ on bikes, the UK framebuilders just announced complete bikes. To commemorate these slick builds, Triscombe local Toby Downs takes the Mega Twist on a proper flogging. Check out more info below!

Wizard Works’ latest release, the Forres Full Frame Bag, was just announced this morning. It’s hard to go past your frame triangle as an ideal place to carry stuff; heavy things don’t alter your bike’s center of gravity, and there’s no need to fuss about with racks. No bottle cages? No worries! Forres is bladder compatible with hydration hose port on the non-drive side.