‘Does that take 160mm forks?’ ‘Is that 160mm travel?’ ‘Can I fit 160mm forks?’ These are questions that we hear/read at BTR almost daily, and you know what? No; no it doesn’t/no it isn’t/no you can’t. Let me expand. I am frustrated by these questions, but I’m not bitter or angry about them- they’re valid … Read more
All of the buzz about BTR Fabrications at Eurobike 2015! Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock recently, you’ll have seen a lot of excitement in bicycle media recently about Eurobike- new product launches, awards, new ranges, etc, etc. Eurobike is a major show for most of the bicycle industry, and this year it was … Read more
Moving to our new workshop in Frome has been a pretty big step for BTR. We have both have held down jobs and worked in The Shed in the evenings and weekends until now. We had minimal overheads so it was easy to get set up, but it has become very difficult to keep on … Read more
What’s new in BTR Shedlife? It seems like ages since Ive written anything here…I guess that because it has been ages…oh well! Better late than never, right? Here goes… We’ve been rather quiet over the past few weeks on Facebook and Twitter. Not because we’ve been sitting twiddling our thumbs or watching videos of cats; … Read more
It’s been a fair old while since Ive been to Moelfre, last time would’ve been back in 2005 when I was still riding for Muddyfox! I was pretty excited to go back and send the Belter down the track. Tam was away doing some work in Cardiff, and the plan was to pick him up … Read more
Another quality event lined up this weekend in the form of the Aston Hill Root Canal race. The race is on the ‘Root Canal’ track- thats the 4-2-3 to those of us who haven’t been to Aston Hill for a while- and theres free practice on Saturday the 8th and on race day until 10am. … Read more
A hardtail with a sixty one degree head angle?? Thats crazy! This is something we hear fairly often about the Belter‘s geometry, but it isn’t really crazy, and here’s why: It’s standard fare nowadays for full suspension downhill bikes to have 63° head angles- they’ve settled on this number to achieve a balance of neutral … Read more
Porc is a weird one. Whenever there is a race there it’s a good one, but it’s always so hard to get excited about racing there. This time was different however, it was the first race we as BTR Fabrications have officially sponsored and put a stash of prizes up for, it was also the … Read more
Dirt Magazine Belter Review I reckon its quite rare that anyone would get terribly excited about a grey package in their letter box, but there I was, grey package in hand…so excited I could sh1t. DIRT’S HERE!! Rip it open, contents page….’Wear and Tear’ – that sounds like us, P138 GO! Sure enough, on page … Read more
