Fearnley-Whittingstall fondly remembers bikes bringing him a lot of freedom as a child. “As kids, we practically lived on bikes when growing up in Gloucestershire. We moved there from London around 1970, and for me [aged about five], it was like moving to the biggest playground in the world with its fields and country lanes, and my sister and I learned to ride bikes very quickly. I had a Raleigh Chipper [smaller version of a Chopper], then my mum and dad bought me a second-hand bike with the Sturmey Archer three-speed gears, and we used to spin about on those all day in the summer holidays,” he recalls.
Fast forward a few years and Fearnley-Whittingstall’s reconnection with bikes came by chance after bike designer and builder Darron Coppin, founder of Sven Cycles, read a press release for the 2016 Bespoke handmade bike show (where Sven Cycles has picked up a number of awards) asking for
