The UK Handmade Bicycle Show 2012 www.bespokedbristol.co.uk was based at Brunel's Old Station, basically part of the Templemeads complex. Waiting for The Guvnor to negotiate the one way system (he was within 10m a good quarter of an hour before he actually pulled up), I lounged outside on a wall in the sun, people watching. It was a battle between pretty girls with their floaty dresses and summer legs and bicycles. Steel bicycles. Although they were only Surly (frames not girls), the bikes won out. I'm not sure if that is necessarily a good thing to admit. Anyway, before I got the fury at a fixed conversion of a Corsa Extra, John arrived.
As we made to enter the venue we were stopped by a pleasant security guard - "have you got tickets?". I was affronted - didn't he know who I was? Clearly not, as he would have realised that I don't need anything as grubby as a ticket to gain entrance. Thankfully John said "our names are on the list" and we were whisked inside.
First impressions? Bigger than 2011. Much, much bigger. Click to read the full Bespoked Bristol report.
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