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When the time comes for a new bicycle, do you go for a mass-produced carbon bike from one of the big corporations, or something handmade for you in metal by an artisan builder?

The mass-produced bicycle is likely to be more technologically advanced, with frames created from high-performance materials and designed by computer modelling. By contrast, the handmade frame is likely to be a simpler affair but will be built to your exact needs and specifications, and will be unique to you.

Or there’s a third option. Sturdy Cycles’ titanium bikes have the beauty and individuality of a custom-built artisan frame but are so sophisticated that they include technologies out of reach to the global mega-brands because of the restrictions of mass manufacturing.

What’s more, the construction method here allows Sturdy Cycles to create bikes at a rate

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