Edit: posted mainly for the pretty innovative aerodynamic design concept of the bike 
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The first round of Dave Romeās photos from the SPOKEN show in Sydney this past weekend is now online. The usual drool-worthy stuff from Prova, a cool foldable cargo bike from Foldee, and Iām sure a few of you will be into the Kumo RADonneur as well.
And in blatant self-promotion news, the bike Iāve spent an immense amount of time on designing and fabricating for this yearās show is highlighted in there as well. And it even qualified to be the front page photo. Who would have thought?!
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ā¦and my own blatant self promotion. Haha. It was agreat weekend and so many amazing bikes. Itās mind boggling to see each year.
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Clearly a very handmade prototype to test the viability of the ānewā 32" wheel size for XC.
I love the creative way theyāve made a standard 29er fork fork with the larger wheel by adding a CNC machined adapter on the fork leg.
Not the tidiest work with the adhesive. Itās strange to me that they didnāt bother to wipe it off for a clean bond line. Once itās all put together and sitting there curing in the jig you have a lot of time to do the cleanup.
Judging by the angle at which the seatstays join to the dropout, I suspect theyāve used an existing rear triangle/swing arm and bolted & bonded the machined dropouts onto it.
Itās good to see that theyāre doing their homework in terms of testing geo to dial things in.
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Love that stem solution! Now you can have the limited steering angle of a double crown without having to run a double crown!
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I can see this crushing more than one sternum lol
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Tunk Hike-Use on the Radavist today.
Not really a bike Iām that keen on personally but very interesting to see the tubing profiles/spec provided for the full sizing range. Might be a handy reference for anyone starting out with a simple light duty road/all-road bike.
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Such a beautiful design!
Good onya for fronting up and getting these made! Maximum respect.
I guess these forks will be Artefact only? Or maybe if some hobby builder on this forum asks really nicelyā¦
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I suppose it would be beneficial to sell as many of these as possible to pay for the investment of the design and tooling 
I wouldnāt mind one if I ever build a light, fast road bike
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Great article on Escape about Chris Blandford and his plans for a framebuilding school!
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ā¦and for those who havenāt seen it, Chrisās visit to Reynolds featured in The Radavist this week. This is Reynolds: A Visit to the Factory in Birmingham ā Chris Blandford | The Radavist | A group of individuals who share a love of cycling and the outdoors.
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Great looking bike but holy feck the comments. There is a segment of our little corner of the world that just hates the boutique/small bike brands. 
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Thereās a BBC documentary about the Taylor brothers (that feature in that film above ^^). Itās worth trying to find.
Edit : Found it : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALNsQpCL8LY
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Iām surprised by the price! Itās more affordable than our local custom framebuilderās āmost affordable" road bike frame from Columbus spirit.
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Converting to Aussie dollars mine with a shock is cheaper than theirs without a shock. So hard to figure out pricing sometimes. Iām pretty sure they get theirs made in Taiwan. Nothing wrong either that as it means they offer it a a good price point for Ti
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Wow thatās pretty wild, Iām impressed that you can get your price even better than that one considering the level of custom stuff you offer on a full suspension frame!
That local shop, Jaegher, charges ā¬4750 for a spirit gravel frameset and ā¬9950 for an XCR road frameset with 3D printed parts.
In Aussie dollars thatās $8500 and $17800! Iām sure they are absolutely excellent frames but the prices are pretty ridiculous.
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Jaegher make beautiful bikes and were an early inspiration for me. still are. Pricing is such an individual thing and a lot depends on your resources and materials cost. etc.
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