Each of our frames is hand-finished by each of our first-time frame builders. Once the flax fibre i

Hands on bamboo. This is what frame building actually looks like.

Once the flax fibre lugs are wrapped and cured, the finishing begins. Here, someone is hand-sanding a junction to smooth the transitions between lug and tube. The grey surface is either primer or a base coat, ready for final colour.

This step takes patience. You're removing material to create clean lines, but remove too much and you compromise the joint. The skill is knowing when to stop, feeling through the sandpaper when the surface is right.

The blurred hands suggest movement — this isn't a posed shot but a capture of actual work in progress. The workshop setting, out of focus in the background, is where all our frames come to life.

First-time builders often find this stage surprisingly satisfying. There's something meditative about hand-finishing. After the technical precision of aligning tubes and wrapping fibres, smoothing surfaces is almost relaxing.

The visible bamboo nodes at top and bottom of frame remind you what's underneath. Natural material, shaped by hand, becoming something rideable. Every frame that leaves a workshop carries the marks of whoever finished it — invisible to most eyes, but present in every surface.

This is the part that machines can't replicate. The human touch that makes each frame individual. 🖐️