The ethos behind their custom build bikes is to use as much "waste" as possible to create something beautiful or functional or both. So components are often salvaged from unloved bikes or repurposed in some other way.

This build features a mixture of old and new parts including a custom, made-to-order, Stoker frame bag.

Components:

• Middleburn crankset (second-hand)

• Nitto MT-1 “Golf Club” quill stem (NOS)

• Vintage klunker bars (unbranded, likely Schwinn)

• Brooks B17 saddle (second-hand)

• Shimano XT RD-M760 rapid rise 9-speed rear mech (second-hand)

• Mavic SUP ceramic rims to Shimano XT hubs (second-hand)

• Schwalbe Land Cruiser 1.75” tyres, 26” (new) 
• ESI Chunky custom grips (new)

• Dia-Compe S66 brake levers (new)

• Tektro cantilever front brakes (new)

• Rear caliper brake (unbranded, new)

• Microshift MTB thumb shifter, 1x11 friction (new)

• Stoker custom frame bag (new)

• Condor bottle cage (new)

• Look Trail Fusion pedals (new)

• Tange MTB forks (NOS)

All included £1,500.00

Tucked away in a garage under a 1960s housing block in Camberwell, BABYLDN is on its way to becoming a South East London institution. 

Founded by Marlon Plein, its a community bike shop focused on education, lo-fi repairs, and custom builds. And for their latest custom build we gave them a tokyobike to toy with!

Marlon discovered a love of bikes almost by chance and is evangelical about the power of bikes to do good, with BABYLDN considered a vital social enterprise and a central hub for cycling culture.

BABYLDN runs an open-to-the-public community bike repair and spares workshop on Wednesdays and Saturdays (12pm–4pm), offering free / cheap bike repairs to the local community.