The world of bespoke frame building has consolidated in the last decade to a solid and interesting part of the worldwide cycle industry. We spoke to leading UK builder, Richard Hallet back in 2018 and wanted to catch up with him to see how he was faring in 2021.You can read about Richard’s work and see the bikes herehttp://www.halletthandbuiltcycles.com/https://www.bespoked.cc/hallet.htmlWe also recommend you tune into the pervious pod where Richard discusses his particular techniques in framebuilding. https://www.cycle-systems.co.uk/podcast-with-richard-hallet-master-framebuilder/Richard is also a veteran tech journalist and we discuss the bike industry of 2021 from this viewpoint also. Richard currently writes for https://www.cyclinguk.org (formerly the CTC).He is also the author of a superb book, The Bike Deconstructed. https://www.bookdepository.com/Bike-Deconstructed-Richard-Hallett/9781616892289

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