Woodguards

Simon's bike at the Pedal on Parliament wearing a pair of skinny woodguards in mango wood.

Getting inspired by Leta Sobierajski to try new screen printing techniques on our Formica undersides. Undersides is such a weird word...

Photo by expert frame builders Kinetics who added hardware and mud flaps to these bespoke guards in Mango wood + Black and Sycamore + Turquoise http://www.kinetics-online.co.uk

We're exhibiting as part of Yorkshire Festival 2014 at this brilliant exhibition @ The Civic, Barnsley. The exhibition design is by Eleven Design so we think its going to be S W E E T.  The exhibition will examine the spectacle of the Tour De France, its history, its language and several Yorkshire riders who have ridden it. With an emphasis on the influence of cycling culture on contemporary design, the exhibition will explore technological advancements and the best in innovation, presenting particularly unusual and pioneering examples such as woodguards. Notable exhibits include a vintage Tour bicycle ridden by Greg LeMond, frames by Italian bicycle frame builder Dario Pegoretti; vintage jerseys and shoes from notable cycling celebrities and the best in contemporary bicycle design from the likes of Ben Wilson, Mark Sanders, Biomega and Philippe Starck.

"It’s almost entirely UK designed and made. Something we’re super-stoked about. The overall design was ‘brained’ in Chelmsford. The metal work was fashioned in Croydon by Jon Davis at Fresh Fabrications; the wooden porter rack, belt-guard and mudguards – with built-in wiring for the rear light – were crafted in Edinburgh by Simon Muir at Woodguards; also from Edinburgh and courtesy of Rebecca J Kaye came the colours and graphics; Gary, Mark and the guys down at Argos Racing Cycles in Bristol did the colouring-in; the wheels were laced and trued in Preston by Adam and the boys at trials specialists Tarty Bikes; Mark put all the bits together at Milk Bikes HQ and then, last weekend these gorgeous images were taken by Julia Jarmulska in Chelmsford.”

Rad photo taken by Headset Press at this years Bespoked - see their full gallery here

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Photography Stuart McClay

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Woodguards on a 1957 Raleigh Lenton Sports Mk III by Freshtripe for Bespoked Bristol 2012 Photo:  Freshtripe 

£170 since they're so fancy (including delivery in the UK)

(Wooden mudguards, Wooden fenders, Wood fenders, Wood mudguards)

Woodguards designer Simon competing at the 3 Peaks Cyclecross race 2013, Yorkshire. 87th out of 650 competitors and Simon completed the course which is 38 miles long, and includes 5000 feet of climbing in under 4 hours. The 3 peaks are Ingleborough, Whernside and Pen-Y-Ghent