Today in Portland, Davidson Handbuilt Bicycles debuts the Hotspur frameset. In an age of single-season-use carbon frames built built for some Pro Tour rider and amongst the surge in intricately crafted, lugged steel, Bill Davidson makes his own statement: a bike is a rider’s tool that should acknowledge age-old lessons while not ignoring new technology.
The Hotspur is simply a bike designed to allow the owner to maximize his potential as a rider and to give an excellent service life. Though well established as a steel frame builder, Bill made the jump to include in-house titanium fabrication about a decade ago because he recognized the metal’s excellent qualities. Since then he’s kept an eye on carbon fibre, but to him it just hasn’t offered the durability and design flexibility of titanium. With the Hotspur, Bill has combined newly available titanium tube options and the best of the carbon fibre seat stays.
More on the Hotspur’s materials and design in later posts…
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