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SWARF CYCLES CONTOUR

Price: £2,250.00 (frame w/Cane Creek DBcoil [IL] shock) / From: Swarf Cycles, swarfcycles.co.uk

In comparison to the other two on test, our third bike comes from a much smaller outfit. Founded in Dorchester in 2011, Swarf Cycles is currently a one-man show that is owned and operated by a chap called Adrian Bedford – a man who, prior to making bikes, worked in the military aerospace industry designing air-to-air refuelling systems. With an obsessive testing ethic and a keen eye for attention to detail, Bedford made the decision to go full-time with Swarf Cycles in 2014.

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