ABOUT BESPOKED

OUR MISSION:

To celebrate and elevate independent bicycle makers and build culture around the craft of small-scale bicycle manufacture.

Over the last 13 years, BESPOKED has become Europe’s largest and best-attended celebration of handmade bicycles and their makers, attracting more than 7,000 visitors from around the world. The three-day event creates a unique opportunity for the public, industry, and press to discover independent makers showcasing some of the finest bicycles, components, and accessories in the world.

The diverse and talented framebuilding community is at the core of what makes BESPOKED an ineffably unique show, and our team strives to make sure it remains accessible to every framebuilder. Whether by supporting new builders showcasing their first bikes, providing low-cost sustainable staging, offering collaborative scholarships to help encourage inclusivity, or freezing stand prices, we aim to encourage participation (while keeping it attainable), as we support independent makers and help foster a flourishing framebuilding community.

BESPOKED EXISTS TO CELEBRATE, ELEVATE, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF INDEPENDENT FRAMEBUILDING

THE TEAM

Organised and directed by former framebuilder Petor Georgallou (of Dear Susan Bicycles) and compadre (and one-time framebuilding intern) Josh Bullock, BESPOKED champions independent framebuilders and artisanal makers. We also rely on – and are indebted to – a talented team of volunteers who help photograph, organise, build, schlep, feed, and contribute in countless ways to bring each event to life.

There are so many epic stories and often personal relationships that come with the territory of hand-crafting bicycles, which is a real antidote to the current era of anonymised mass production. The BESPOKED team is proud to foster the opportunity to delve deep into independent framebuilding culture so that visitors can meet some of the world’s most highly regarded makers, and also, quite often, become friends, too. We can’t wait to see you at the show.

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