A gleaming No22 jewel in West Central Street - the last run-down street in Central London. Or as we like to call it - home.
"Bike-fitting & custom bike design at the highest level are predicated on a fundamental judgment of an athlete's arc"
The Bike That Jack Built!
Jack took the old Cyclefit maxim of "buy well, buy once" to its logical apotheosis.
The brief was a custom titanium bike of outstanding aesthetic virtue, that would be as happy clinging to the slopes of The Col Galibier as a single-track in Epping Forest or Yorkshire. The fit and geometry would have to allow jack to hugely ramp up his fitness (he has) and training load and still feel exciting.
Anticipating The Arc
Bike-fitting and custom bike design at the highest level are predicated on a judgment of an athlete's arc. Where are they destined? How committed are they? Will they look the same in twelve or eighteen months as they do today? Where is the bike's bullseye - ahead of them, on them or able to chase them back down the performance curve?
With Jack the judgment was easy. His sporting history, relative youth and ambition dictated this dream-bike had to nudge ahead as an incentive. a destination.
We are very proud to feature Jack's custom No22 Drifter with a Cerakote finish.
"As happy clinging to the slopes of The Col Galibier as a single-track in Epping Forest or Yorkshire"
3D-printed ti stem - made in-house at 22
Welds this precise are a statement of intention & integrity.
"Welds this precise are a statement of intention & integrity. A line in the sand."
"Cerakote Ceramic (one micron thick) custom-finish"
3D-printed ti dropouts
No22 fork, full internal routing, CK hubs
"A gleaming No22 jewel in West Central Street"
We will almost certainly never see another bike like this one. A true one-off
Even the ti bottle-cages are customised
Ti seatpost is made in-house (of course)
Technical Spec
| Frame and Fork | Full-custom No22 Drifter - custom-butted 3AL-2.5V titanium. Carbon No22 fork |
| Finish | Cerakote - ceramic-based (one micron thick) finish - |
| Stem/Headset/Spacers | Crowned fully bespoke 3D sintered titanium stem Machined and EDM cut titanium spacers and dust cap, No22 Headset |
| Groupset | 2024 SRAM Red AXS with |
| Seatpost/Seat-clamp | No22 handmade-titanium |
| Wheels | Enve 3:4 with Chris King hubs - handmade at Cyclefit. Conti GP5000, 28mm (tubeless) Gravel wheels also supplied . |
| Handlebar | Enve AR Carbon |
| Saddle | Fizik Aliante Adaptive |
| Bottle-cages | No22, titanium, customised too match Cerakote finish |
