Price: £6,299.00 From: Hope Technology, hopetechhb.com
Hope Technology has always been delightfully cavalier over the years. Started initially after Ian and Simon began getting orders for the disc brakes they’d made for their own bikes, the company has grown organically since then. With no external investors to answer to, Hope has ploughed a distinctive furrow of UK-made brilliance. If the designers wanted to do more night riding, they just designed and built lights and figured that if Hope’s own staff wanted lights, or flat pedals, or complete wheels, it was reasonable to expect that customers would want to buy them too. And it turns out that the customers agreed.