Bespoked Bristol 2015 By Steve Makin Back in its rightful place at Bristol this year’s Bespoked show brought together an amazing collection of bicycle related beauty. It is akin to entering Aladdin’s Cave for anyone with a need for a bicycle fix, a very big Aladdin’s Cave full of other people with the same need. […]
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Bespoked – Best in Show!
Wildcat Gear are really pleased to report that the judges at 2015 Bespoked, Bristol awarded us ‘Best in Show‘ in the category ‘Cycling Goods and Design Show‘. Bespoked is an amazing show full of the most desirable and finely crafted bikes and accessories, so it’s an amazing honour to have been picked out for […]
Bespoked 2015: The UK Handmade Bicycle Show
Bespoked The showcase for some of the world’s finest frame builders and a range of exquisite hand made cycling goods. As many of you will already know we pride ourselves on our quality hand made products and thus are very excited to exhibit some of our newest arrivals at Bespoked again this year. Due to […]
Gravel Grinding – Welsh Style
Wildcat Gear and Bear Bones Bikepacking are pleased to bring the gravel grinder style event to Wales for 2014. The Wildcat Grr-avel 100 and the Two Ton ‘O Gravel offer up two varied routes on the remote gravel roads of mid-Wales. Whether you choose the 100 or 200 mile route, you’re assured of a real […]
Highland Trail Race – A Gear Review
As you may have read on websites elsewhere, this year was the inaugural Highland Trail Race – a 440 mile ITT in a style similar to that of the great US races such as Tour Divide and Colorado Trail Race. No entry fee, no prize and definitely no support. You’re on your own (albeit with […]
Bespoked Bristol Photos
Here are our small collection of Bespoked Bristol photos from last month. It was a privilege to go knowing that our gear would be on display on a number of stands, even if we didn’t have a direct presence there ourselves for the whole three days. The large hall was packed with people and the […]
Bespoked Bristol 2013
We’re quite excited to be heading off to the Bespoked Bristol Handmade Bike Show next weekend (13 April). Whilst we’re not exhibiting ourselves, we’ve been working over the last few months to kit out three different frame builders with gear for the show. The first of these is DMO Frameworks, which is the creation of […]
Tour Divide: Interview with Kevin Cunniffe
I met Kevin during the Welsh Ride Thing in 2010. We sipped whisky in the Claerddu Bothy and chatted about the bike adventures we wanted to do. At the top of Kevin’s list was the Tour Divide. When Wildcat Gear was still in its infancy, Kevin contacted us to make a frame bag for him for […]
Bear Bones 200
This is the first of a short series of reports that look back at some bike packing events that have taken place in this country and abroad, where our gear was used. We’re always interested on how our gear holds up in the toughest conditions. This year was the first year that the Bear Bones 200 […]