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	Pashley The Pashley factory in Stratford upon Avon has been designing and building bikes since 1926. Pashley are commited to building excellent quality hand finished cycles and their attention to detail has earned them the enviable position as Britain's most exclusive cycle manufacturer, with sales to discerning customers in over 50 countries. Their Poppy model takes the British Traditional Upright cycle in a fresh new direction. Pashley website
	Yakkay One of the most innovative and exciting brands in the bike helmet market. Yakkay produce helmets for people who don't want to wear helmets. Three years in development, winning several design awards along the way, their super-slimline stylish commuter helmet has more in common with a hat than a regular bike helmet. Yakkay Website
	New! Skeppshult Skeppshult have been producing bicycles in their factory in Sweden for 100 years. They have the Swedish royal mark and pride themselves on combining high quality componants and hand-finishing, producing bicycles that last a lifetime. Skeppshult website
	Bobbin Glorie/Fairground Our signature piece, the very jolly Bobbin Glorie/Fairground is handbuilt for us in a lovely little factory in the Netherlands, in a small idyllic area where it is not uncommon to see the locals bobbing around town in wooden clogs. These friendly chaps sure do know how to make bicycles of the most supreme quality and beautifully joyful appearance. There are a number of factories making this style of bike in Holland, and we spent a rather long time searching out the kings of the dutch bicycle making castle. And here they are.
	Gazelle Royal Dutch Gazelle are the largest, oldest and most well-known Dutch bicycle brand, with 116 years of bike building experience and a Royal mark. They are regarded as exceptionally high quality, reliable rides. Many Gazelles are still going strong from the 1970's and beyond. They also have a 'responsible entreprenuership' policy on labour conditions and the environmental impact of their production processes. Gazelle website
	Dashing Tweeds A thrilling development in cycle clothing, combining visibility and old-school style! Dashing Tweeds create a high-end tweed fabric called 'Lumatwill'^'. A unique weave of wool worsted and reflective yarn, Lumatwill appears as tweed by day, but when car headlights hit it, a hidden grid of reflection beams back. Dashing Tweeds have developed their own range of tailored cycle clothing using this unique and intriguing fabric. Dashing Tweeds website
	Creme Eagerly anticipated, highly swooned over, these sleek, light weight dream machines are built in Poland for those of you desiring a more minimalistic steel framed bicycle. Hand made in Europe, and powder coated as standard, these beautiful models are worth a look. Creme Website

Exclusive! Moody & Farrell

When Eloise walked into our shop we had to ask 'who is this lady in stylish green cord cycling garb?' The answer was Eloise Moody, Costume & Bespoke Hatter! For the last few months we've had secret meetings with our favourite new designer and collaborated on a little range of quirky and theatrical cycle clothing. Our first products, the 'Hello Sailor' reflective cycle collar and 'Mr Ben' Bowler helmet and Sherlock Holmes style deerstalker helmet are now in available.

Moody & Farrell website

Nutcase

Nutcase make very fun, wacky helmets for those seeking to make somewhat of a statement on their commute to work. If you would like to transform your head into a canon ball, show a bit of patriotism with a union jack, or dazzle your fellow cyclists with Damien Hirst-like dots, then Nutcase are the brand for you.

Nutcase website

Sawako

This mega talented, lovely lady is a favourite friend of Bobbin. She started producing her beautiful, Japanese inspired helmets when she couldn't find anything in the cycle shops that quite fitted the stylish and feminine bill that she was after (sounds familliar). So along came her ace helmets that are now at the top of many a girl's wish list, launching her second range earlier this month. We are fans. Oh yes.

Sawako website

Brooks England

Brooks are a tip-top, verrrrry long established company, specialising in incredibly beautiful saddles and saddle bags. Based in the West Midlands, their handcrafted, high quality leather products have been a first choice must-have for cyclists for many a year (since 1866 to be precise). Ask anyone who has one of these timeless beauties on their bicycle and they will be sure to tell you they would now have nothing else supporting their posteria. They are the crowning glory of the Pashley (incidently just a stones throw away) bicycles we sell. If you want a slice of rural English charm on your ride, it's got to be a Brooks.

Brooks website

Basil

Basil make panniers and baskets that tick all of our boxes. Not only are they practical, reliable and sturdy enough even to transport small animals (anything up to the size of a badger we would predict), they look like the bags we would actually want to carry around proudly day to day. They also make the much coveted dotty saddle cover that seemed to be the number one stocking filler this Christmas.

Basil website

Fifi

Fifi is a super brilliant French lady who runs a quirky little boutique around the corner from the Bobbin HQ. She makes our Miss Bobbin Sashes, rides a Bobbin Bonnie bicycle, models our Mr. Ben bespoke helmet (very well you'll probably agree), oh and also lends us a needle when Ted loses a button off his coat. She's the best.

Fifi's website

Bern

Bern make hot stuff helmets for cool dude snowboarders and skate chaps. However, some of their helmets are also suitable for cycling, so we snapped them up quick smart. A rather nice feature to their helmets is the little peak at the front which protects your eyes from the sun (or rain if you live in England) which may help prevent you from crashing into the back of a routemaster. Here it is very nicely modelled by one of our very nice customers.

Bern website

Knog

Knog are an Australian company who make accessories that are not only super duper practical, but pretty darn cool too. We love their brightly coloured frog lights that look like pick and mix sweets and pull onto your bike with no faffy brackets.

Knog website

Globe

Globe are a sister company to Specialized, one of the largest and most respected cycle manufacturers in the world. Designed specifically for urban commuters, Globe bikes are cool, functional, and excellent quality.