First of all, I hope everyone is doing well doing well with everything we have had going on the past year.

In all honesty, I thought it’d be the end of Feather Cycles last March. It had been a fairly quiet couple of years and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a touch worried. As it happens, I have had the busiest year I have had in around 5 years or so. I say this in more of an extremely grateful and relieved way than in a braggadocios one. I have been thanking my lucky stars. As with so many small businesses, I was entitled to no Covid-19 support from the government and so to say I am thankful to those who have ordered over the past year would be a massive understatement.

The test for me has actually happened more recently due to the shortage of bike parts available, and I’m probably speaking for every builder and shop in the UK when I going this up. Once again though, my customers have been super understanding and incredibly supportive through this.

As a result of this, I have had to implement a bit of a change to the ordering process for new builds. Things aren’t changing entirely, but if you are interested in ordering a build this year I will very happily talk you through the changes I am having to temporarily make in order for builds to run smoothly. Please call or email me if you would like to chat about a bike, and I will do the explaining and answer any questions you may have.

Aside from business, one of the highlights of the past year for us here at Feather HQ is that we finally adopted another dog. Rusty came to us from Bulgaria via Wild At Heart Foundation and has been an absolute diamond of a little brother to our rescue collie Skye. He’s a super cheeky one and fully thinks he rules the roost, so fits in perfectly with us.

In more important bike related news, there are going to be some way overdue updates to the website in the next week or so. Starting with James’ stunning modern classic. Click the image below to see more and read about James’ build.

For now, I will be keeping the lugs crisp and the fillets smooth.

Take care out there people!