Links
Here's our collection of links, from brands, suppliers and other points of interest!
Locals
Woodbine Cafe - The legendary local bikers cafe, with bike friendly B&B and top notch flapjack!
Vertebrate Graphics - Local design, graphics and publishing house- publishers of a brilliant range of guide books and maps too!
Dark and White - Run the local tarilquest leagues (maybe see you there?) as well as various other outdoors events.
Edale Mountain Rescue - They might pick you up off the side of a hill one day, although we hope they'll not need too! Give what you can, please!
Pear Tree Farm - the Old Cart Barn - over in Rowthorne - check out some other parts of Derbyshire and the Peak! Pear Tree Farm offers a luxury 5 star converted barn providing self catering accomodation for up to 4 people!
Twitchill Farm Cottages Self catering cottages in Hope, with a pool!
Eco-eco - Eco, fair trade clothes and household shops - just down the road in Hope.
Shop
Santa Cruz Bikes - really nice hardtails and full suspension from the American suspension maestros
Cotic - Uk designed steel hardtails and full sus that are perfect for the Peak District or UK in general. Roadrat is proving popular, with Alfine options!
Nicolai - One of the few manufacturers to make everything in house, designed for Rohloff and attention to detail second to none!
Genesis - 853 complete bikes long with ace off the peg single speed and hub gear versions
Magura - Superb suspension and brakes from another German specialist
Ragley - Much loved (and hated?!) Brant Richard's latest project - hardtails in most materials!
DT Swiss - Our favourite spoke choice and now some really nice forks, also make some decent hubs and rims, along with a sweet spoke tension meter.
Hope Technology - Lancashire lads making brakes, hubs, and alsorts of little bits-great to complement a UK made frame!
Chris King - the hubs and headset to own, unbeatable quality! We strive to be as eco-efficient and friendly as them too.
Thomson - Posh seatposts and stems, very neat machining features. Nice.
Sombrio mens and ladies - cool casual and riding clothes designed in Canada
Endura - Slightly less controversial designs from Scotland
Magazines
Mlehworld - Mountain bike site with videos, photos and reviews built around a friendly and open minded forum. Sometimes NSFW
Singletrackworld - Website of the superb Singletrack magazine, just don't believe everything said on the forum!
BikeMagic - Useful webzine and reviews site
Framebuilding
Reynolds - UK based tubing manufacturer, offering the legendary 853, along with new 953!
Columbus - mmmm, Italian. Offering silly light steel tubesets and parts. Same company as Cinelli and 3T-nice finishing kit!
Henry James - Lugs, Dropouts, Crowns, BB Shells. Also makes/distributes framejigs and tooling.
BikeLugs - Kirk Pacenti designs and distributes his range of lugs-this includes a set to suit compact frame angles, and stainless options!
Ceeway - UK based framebuilders resource, very comprehensive range of parts. Also the UK distributor for Columbus.
Frameforum - Probably the best source of information for anyone interested in custom frames
Tooling
Anvil Bikes - Don and the crew make some beautiful framebuilding tooling, as used here at 18!
Park Tools - Pretty much the nicest bike prep tools around, Si dreams of a Master Toolkit almost as much as a Campag one!
Miller Welding - Miller provide bombproof welding gear, superb build quality, see here for the Dynasty 200DX, as used by our good selves.
Gas-Arc - We use their regulators, torches, hoses, Flashback Arrestors and hose check valves. All made in the UK!
Holidays
Mountain Biking Spain - Based in the Almanzora valley this Anglo-Spanish partnership specialises in the introduction and coaching of beginners and more experienced riders in the highly addictive and exciting sport of mountain biking.
AQR ( A Quick Release) - With connections to Cotic, and a rental fleet to show this. Based in Luchon, French Pyrenees
Bike Industry
BikeBiz - Great news site for public and trade alike, we'd definately have taken a lot longer to setup if it wasn't for Carlton and the BikeBiz team!
BikeForAll - An essential resource for anyone who's into riding, or thinking of trying it. Huge links/contacts section.
CTC - Despite the name, this charity does huge amounts of work to promote and improve cycling for everyone, not just tourers! Their mission is to make cycling enjoyable, safe and welcoming for all. Definately worth the membership fee.