“If you can’t climb, you may as well quit the framebuilding business and get a job as a beautician” – Ricky Feather -August 2014. The latest issue of Cycling Plus Magazine (March 2015) is out now and we are in it ! In August 2014 we invited custom framebuilders Ricky Feather , Jack Rusby, James Craddock…
Category: Alpe d’Huez Cycling Challenge
So which hand built bike frame builders were up for our Alpe d’Huez framebuilders Challenge: Ricky Feather (Feather Cycles) Among British framebuilders Ricky Feather needs little introduction. Founder of Feather Cycles and based in North Yorkshire Ricky has been building exquisite head turning frames for a number of years. As well as framebuilding he is…
There is something very special about Alpe d’Huez and its infamous climb, it is not just that our hero’s of Le Tour have battled up it or that it is magnificent in its own right, it seems to me that part of its charm is that it is accessible. Anyone who wants to ride it…