The Frames

Although there has been an explosion in the development of new, high-tech materials in frame production over the last fifteen years, manufacturers of top-line steel bicycle tubing have not been standing still. On the contrary, there have been advancements in steel alloy technology that allow builders to produce frames with lower weight and greater durability than would have been imaginable just a few years ago. For each project, I choose tubes and stays from Reynolds, True Temper and Columbus to meet the ride and performance characteristics requested by the customer. 

Joining these steel tubes with hand-formed lugs and/or fillet brazing allows unmatched aesthetic beauty, a high degree of personalization and structural strength worthy of a lifetime of riding.

I produce each bike by hand. I miter tubes and hand-file the lugs so they can be joined together with the utmost precision. I then hand braze each bike using brass and silver utilizing the same methodical technique I first used more than 20 years ago.

When I finish construction of a frame, I send it to a highly respected local painter who has finished thousands of custom bicycle frames in his long career. I’ll relay your wishes to him and he will render them with perfect fidelity. I also do contract work with Joe Bell. Joe is a master frame painter who has been applying paint to bike frames as long as I’ve been building them. 

Each K. bedFord bicycle frame design is a blank canvas. I can build a bike with any geometry and to suite any taste and function – from high-performance race bikes to Randonee bikes that can carry massive amounts of cargo comfortably. 

Stay tuned to this website for more information about the individual bikes I build.