Hot on the heels of The Club Room,  Frameforum is pleased to annouce another new forum!

The European Handmade Bicycle Exhibition will take place in  the German town of Schwäbisch Gmünd, on 8th-10 May.   The town is well served by road and public transport links and is close by to Stuttgart Airport, a major European hub. Visitors from both inside Europe and overseas should have no problem getting there!

You can keep  to date with what's happening in the EHBE News forum,   and any questions you may have about the show, you can ask in the EHBE Q+A forum.

Frameforum's new forum section, "The Club Room",  is beginning to take shape.

Club Members now have a brand new feature; "BikeCAD for the Web".

This great new addition has been developed by Brent Curry of The Bicycle Forest.

Brent is the mastermind behind both the original BikeCAD, and its more powerful stand-alone cousin, BikeCAD Pro.

It allows members to design, save and re-open frame designs; save rider dimensions, preferences and special instructions;

simulate the position of a virtual rider on a virtual bike, plus many more invaluable tools for framebuilders,

experienced bike shop staff and bike fit specialists.

BikeCAD is the first of  a number of special features for Club Room members.

To visit the forum, click  HERE

Reynolds, the original butted tube company, are celebrating their 110th year of producing bicycle tubes by releasing - in limited quantities - a new version of their groundbreaking tubeset, Reynolds 531.

531 was introduced in 1935 and went on to revolutionise framebuilding. It soon became the benchmark for all other tubesets to measure up to. Even today, its properties are still used as a point of reference when discussing how todays' bicycle frames should perform.

You can read all about it in the Reynolds' Monthly Newsletter being sent out to all their customers. Also included is Reynolds' feedback from recent bike shows, including NAHBS , as well as responses to some of the questions they receive from framebuilders worldwide.

If you didn't receive a copy of the Reynolds Newsletter, download or view by clicking HERE

Here's one for Frameforum members in London and the South East.


April 10th, 2008 is the date of the Mosquito Open House which will run at Islington's Mosquito Bikes emporium from 3pm - 8.30pm.

The idea is to bring together in the shop as many suppliers as possible to give visitors the opportunity to meet the people behind some of the fine bicycles in the Mosquito range.

According to the gang at Mosquito, the inspiration was born during a trip to Italy and a memorable evening with Dario Pegoretti.

Dario has been keen to visit London for some time and the idea of combining the trip with a 'Mosquito party' (as he is hoping it will be!) greatly appealed to him. Mosquito then thought it would be nice to get as many other suppliers along as possible, so here is the confirmed list:

• Dario Pegoretti (with Pietro if he can be persuaded). Dario needs no introduction; he is unquestionably one of the worlds finest framebuilders and a true gentleman.
   
• Joe Ingram from Independent Fabrication (Joe came over last summer and had a great evening with a group of customers in a local pub).
   
• Recep from Fixie Inc - Recep is co-owner of Fixie Inc and has been keen to visit London where he knows the Fixie Inc range has had a great reception.
   
• Chris Hewings from the American Bicycle Group - Chris looks after Litespeed and Merlin in the UK and knows everything there is to know about the range and the art of titanium framebuilding.
   
• Caroline Goward from Scott - Caroline is responsible for Scott in the south of England and as a rider herself is a great person to speak to about the Scott road and mountian bike range.
   

Mosquito have a few other people lined up but are keeping quiet until everything is confirmed.

In addition to meeting supliers, visitors will have the chance to avail themselves of some Mosquito hospitality and peruse the full 2008 range including new additions Gunnar, Crumpton and Ibis and summer clothing from both Solo and Swrve.

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www.mosquito-bikes.co.uk

(With thanks to Road Cycling UK)