Hand Made Bike Frames
Kumo Cycles is a one man frame shop operating out of Braidwood NSW and Canberra, run by me, Keith Marshall.
An avid cyclist and metal worker, I have been building handmade bicycle frames since early 2011.
My love of the hand built frame, and drive to start building them was triggered by many things: partly due to the fact that I am 6 foot 4, narrowing down off the shelf frame options, partly due to the fact that I have an incurable desire to build and create and partly due to inspiring trips to Japan where I ogled handmade frames by the likes of Nagasawa San, Cerubium, Vivalo and many others.
This Japanese inspiration and aesthetic is capitulated in my business name: Kumo, Japanese for cloud represents the qualities that I like to instil in my frames, I like to create something that will glide across the road as a cloud does in the sky. The qualities of steel, especially the high grade lightweight steels that we have access to today allow me to do this, to create a bike which integrates seamlessly with the rider for hours in the saddle.
The lightening depicted in my logo represents the beginnings of the frame, forged in flame and the sun-hot arc of the TIG welding machine.
Due to popular demand I am now (as of December 2011) offering my handmade frames to the public, please feel free to visit the frame gallery and facebook pages to see what I can do, and if you like what you see please feel free to contact me at kumocycles@ gmail.com!
An avid cyclist and metal worker, I have been building handmade bicycle frames since early 2011.
My love of the hand built frame, and drive to start building them was triggered by many things: partly due to the fact that I am 6 foot 4, narrowing down off the shelf frame options, partly due to the fact that I have an incurable desire to build and create and partly due to inspiring trips to Japan where I ogled handmade frames by the likes of Nagasawa San, Cerubium, Vivalo and many others.
This Japanese inspiration and aesthetic is capitulated in my business name: Kumo, Japanese for cloud represents the qualities that I like to instil in my frames, I like to create something that will glide across the road as a cloud does in the sky. The qualities of steel, especially the high grade lightweight steels that we have access to today allow me to do this, to create a bike which integrates seamlessly with the rider for hours in the saddle.
The lightening depicted in my logo represents the beginnings of the frame, forged in flame and the sun-hot arc of the TIG welding machine.
Due to popular demand I am now (as of December 2011) offering my handmade frames to the public, please feel free to visit the frame gallery and facebook pages to see what I can do, and if you like what you see please feel free to contact me at kumocycles@ gmail.com!
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