How involved are bike brands in frame production, really?

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Well, it depends on the brand.

The plan with this article initially was to write a tech question: “should you buy an open mould frame?”

However, having spent an hour each speaking to UKSI, GB Hope track bike and Pinarello legend Dimitris Katsanis, plus former third-party manufacturer turned Factor CEO Rob Gitelis, it felt like more of a deep-dive into the options than a Yes/No sort of question.

We discussed innovation, quality control, materials, factory conditions – and the basic “but I want one” argument.

This ~3,000 word feature is the product of about 5,400 words of transcribed quotes. There was a lot of stuff I wanted to leave in, but had to cut out to save from breaking the rules of internet attention spans. So you can bet that there’s more content coming on a similar theme.

Check it here.

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I'm an NCTJ Journalist and work at Cycling Weekly. Previous to this, I was the Editor at Total Women's Cycling. I've also dabbled in marketing and copywriting - having been Marketing Coordinator and Social Media/Content Editor at Evans Cycles. My first job was working on a local newspaper.  I've written for a variety of titles on a freelance basis, too. I got into cycling when I entered my first triathlon in 2010. I now race crits, road races, time trials, and do a lot of track training for not very much track racing.

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