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ere, inside a compact and unassuming industrial space, lie the sort of machines that couldn’t be dreamed of a decade ago. We’re at Atherton Bikes, where a young design team works on every stage of the Atherton production, from design to fabrication. Massive investment, partly from crowdfunding, has brought this cutting-edge technology to the Welsh countryside and with it comes faster build times and more sophisticated detailing in the complicated manufacturing processes. Many of the engineers came from the brand’s original roots at Robot Bike Co., and with Oscar Franklin as our