Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist custom painted collaboration bike viewed from the side, featuring a quote from legendary cyclist Mathieu Van Der Poel.
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist custom painted collaboration bike viewed from the side, featuring a quote from Beryl Burton.
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist custom painted collaboration bike viewed from the side, featuring a quote from legendary cyclist Mathieu Van Der Poel.
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist custom painted collaboration bike viewed from the side, featuring a quote from legendary cyclist Mathieu Van Der Poel.
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist custom painted collaboration bike, featuring a quote from Mathieu Van Der Poel
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist custom painted collaboration bike viewed from the side, featuring a quote from Beryl Burton.
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist collaboration bike, featuring a quote from Beryl Burton.
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist custom painted collaboration bike, featuring quote from legendary cyclist Beryl Burton.
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist custom painted collaboration bike viewed from the side, featuring a quote from legendary cyclist Mathieu Van Der Poel.
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist custom painted collaboration bike viewed from the side, featuring a quote from Beryl Burton.
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist custom painted collaboration bike viewed from the side, featuring a quote from legendary cyclist Mathieu Van Der Poel.
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist custom painted collaboration bike viewed from the side, featuring a quote from legendary cyclist Mathieu Van Der Poel.
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist custom painted collaboration bike, featuring a quote from Mathieu Van Der Poel
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist custom painted collaboration bike viewed from the side, featuring a quote from Beryl Burton.
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist collaboration bike, featuring a quote from Beryl Burton.
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist custom painted collaboration bike, featuring quote from legendary cyclist Beryl Burton.

Forwards x HMC Custom Bike Build

For the first time, you can take any Handmade Cyclist design and apply it to a carbon frame - gravel, road, MTB or CX - and have it built into your dream machine.

The Handmade Cyclist is partnering with Forwards, a Southampton-based indie bike brand quietly taking on the big boys, to create unique, high specification carbon bikes featuring our artwork.

Handmade Cyclist handles the design. Forwards builds the bikes.

And the best bit? You choose the Handmade Cyclist design you'd like - from a killer quote to a legendary landscape. You spec every component.

The end result: a ride that’s completely, unapologetically yours—at a price that’s anything but silly, with complete builds starting from £4750.

We’ve kicked things off with two builds, which can be seen in the gallery here:

  • A rich Morley blue Beryl Burton-inspired Forwards One road bike
  • And a head-turning red white and blue, Mathieu van der Poel themed Forwards X gravel race bike

We sat down with Forwards founder Ian Crocker to discuss his inspiration behind starting the brand and his goals for the future. Read the full interview here.

Interested in finding out more? Submit an enquiry below and we'll get back to you.
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist custom painted collaboration bike, featuring a quote from Mathieu Van Der Poel
Forwards Cycles x The Handmade Cyclist collaboration bike, featuring a quote from Beryl Burton.

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