J.G.B. Cycles is a new name in the of scene of handmade bicycle frames. A new name alright, but one with many years of experience nevertheless.
J.G.B. Cycles builds all its bicycle frames to its customers’ personal specifications. This makes each and every J.G.B. Cycles bike unique, the only one of its kind. J.G.B. Cycles offers a full range of bicycle types: race bikes, tour bikes, MTB’s / ATB’s, randonneur bikes (long distance bikes) and tandem bikes. High-quality chromium molybdenum tubes, made by the renowned brand Columbus from Italy, are the base material for all J.G.B. Cycles frames. Columbus tubes are being used by most highly reputable brands for decades and warrants a tight and stiff frame with excellent characteristics, specifically for each bike type.
It is an enormous misunderstanding that bike frames made out of a steel are much heavier that bike frames made out of aluminum. By using steel, bike frames can be made very light. This is the case because the wall thickness of the tubes may be thinner and still having the same or better strength specifications. Also in steel frame manufacturing, tube wall thickness may be thinner in the middle of a tube and gradually thickening towards its ends. These are so-called Butted Tubes. Besides excellent strength and weight characteristics these make a bike ride smoothly. J.G.B. Cycles builds frames for bikes of all sizes. From extremely small to extremely large. This offers you a bike that will not be available from the regular bike store. For extra large bikes, extra long butted tubes are used to keep the weight low and strength at its maximum.
Many of J.G.B. Cycles’ manufacturing equipment has been designed by themselves and has been built especially for and in cooperation with them. They have their own sand blasting installation that is equipped with a special filter system that not only makes the process of sand blasting easier but gets a far better result as well. The self designed and built sand blasting cabinet is large enough for treating the biggest of tandem bike frames. After the parts of a frame have been welded together, the frame is aligned on an alignment table that also has been designed and built under supervision of J.G.B. Cycles. Their many years of experience are translated into extremely practical tools that guarantee the highest quality available.
Once J.G.B. Cycles has made you a frame for your new bike, you can choose to have it build-up by a specialized bicycle technician or you may choose to do it yourself. J.G.B. Cycles does not only manufacture new bikes, specifically to its customers wishes, but one can also resort to J.G.B. Cycles to have used bike(s) repaired and or restored. J.G.B. Cycles supplies to the end-user but also to re-sellers that find themselves confronted with customer wishes that may not be fulfilled by the standard collection of different brands.
John G. Burger is the owner and founder of J.G.B. Cycles. He has extensive experience in manufacturing frames for race bikes, tour bikes, MTB’s / ATB’s, randonneur bikes (long distance bikes), tandem bikes, large and small bikes. John is also an active biker himself and does so, solo and tandem, with success. He has five national titles to his name and has ended in the top ten in many inspiring contests, among which the World Championship Masters in Manchester, United Kingdom. In his spare time John regularly bikes with visually handicapped people on a tandem from which he gets much inspiration and satisfaction.
