Anderson Custom Cycles 'Four Seasons' 953

Reynolds are working on a stainless blade, but it's still in development, so the next best thing is 725.

The ride of 953 is amazing. Absolutely superb. It's comfortable, its stiff. It's just the right blend of both. I was deliberately aiming the bike at every cobbled stretch i could find locally, charged over rough tarmac and along paths and never once thought 'Uh oh, that was a bad move'! They make tanks with this stuff - and it shows!

I've had people say to me 'You should have gone with titanium' but to get the same rigidity with ti, the downtube would have to be massively oversized compared to this frames' 31.8mm diameter. I wanted a steel fork, so a frame with big fat tubes would just look dumb. 953 is everything titanium tries to be - and then some! Classic looks, cutting-edge materials.

The build quality is probably some of the finest work I've come across in a long time - and I say this as a 753 approved former framebuilder!

David Anderson is one of the few builders left who can see a project through from start to finish - from the laying out the frame drawings to finally painting the frame. I would be happy to recommend his services to anyone who wants the best.