Beloved British frame builder taking orders for a 'Final 50' custom bikes before closing down

Yorkshire-based Feather brand to shut up shop after 16 years

Feather Cycles performance steel custom road bike
(Image credit: Feather Cycles)

Custom steel frame-builder Ricky Feather has announced he will be crafting just 50 more bikes before hanging up his tools, with the pressures of running a small business taking their toll.

He has run Yorkshire-based Feather Cycles single-handedly for 16 years, and although he says his hand has been forced, he is determined to go out on his own terms by building what he's calling 'The Final 50'.

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James Shrubsall

After cutting his teeth on local and national newspapers, James began at Cycling Weekly as a sub-editor in 2000 when the current office was literally all fields.

Eventually becoming chief sub-editor, in 2016 he switched to the job of full-time writer, and covers news, racing and features.

A lifelong cyclist and cycling fan, James's racing days (and most of his fitness) are now behind him. But he still rides regularly, both on the road and on the gravelly stuff.

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