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It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our founder and friend, Mark Reilly. An apprentice of master framebuilder Ron Cooper, Mark's 30-year career spanned workshops including Omega and Enigma before he founded Reilly Cycleworks (initially as Nerve Bicycles) with composites specialist and longtime collaborator, Neil FitzGerald, in 2014. Mark cited steel builds for cycling pros Bjarne Riis, Brian Holm and Sean Yates among his favourites. Mark remained passionate about bike design and framebuilding through to the end. He will be remembered for his celebrated geometry and world-class frame designs.

Nice little piece about Karl Strugnell Karl Strugnell has come back to cycling after a break and is making a good go at it. But what about his bike? Specialist frame builders Reilly have built him a titanium work of art, which is also the perfect tool for his big return to the sport. Name: Karl StrugnellLocation: Kent, EnglandAge: 30Bike: ReillyGroupset: Shimano Ultegra  Wheels: USE carbon road 2.4 Clincher Pedals: Speedplay ZeroSaddle: Fizik Aliante Carbon Other: USE Bars & StemWeight: 7.4 – 7.6kg with cages and GarminCarbon may dominate the pro peloton but for some riders – those who are not dictated to by sponsors’ demands – wonder metal titanium is what you...

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At our sister workshop deep inside formula one land in Brackley, near Silverstone we produce the REILLY 600SL carbon frame. We run two Bridgeport milling machines to miter our carbon tubes. Carbon is very tricky to cut accurately and we use very special rotary saws. We also use the full set of tube mitring tools and jigs from Anvil tools in the USA, totally invaluable. Above you can see our Anvil seat stay mitering fixture, attached to one of our Bridgeports. Being custom made only we have a huge array of tubes to choose from and many different BB shells...