Ghat Cycle Works
Gravel & Tour · Bikepacking
Sizes S M LGears 1 × 12Weight 12.6 kg
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Every bike we build starts with the road it is for. Choose one to bring its bikes to the front of the stand.
Each bike is built to order in the size you choose. The geometry on every card is for the middle size; the sheet below draws it to scale.
12bikes on the stand
Gravel & TourBikepacking
TIG-welded steel · 29 × 2.2" · flat bar
For the ghat roads that turn to dirt after the last village. Mounts on every tube for bags and bottles, a long wheelbase that stays calm when loaded, and room for mud.
Gravel & TourTouring
Lugged steel · 700 × 40c · rack and mudguard mounts
A long, steady tourer for the coast road from Ratnagiri to Goa: low gears for the climb out of every river mouth, and a frame that carries a week of luggage without wobbling.
Gravel & TourGravel
TIG-welded steel · 700 × 45c · disc
Red-earth tracks, broken tarmac, the farm road that is not on the map. Wide tyres, a relaxed front end and a single chainring that keeps it simple.
RoadAll-road
Fillet-brazed steel · 700 × 32c · disc
One bike for the club ride and the shortcut through the coffee estate. Smooth fillet-brazed joints under a copper coat, with clearance for 32 mm tyres.
RoadEndurance road
Lugged steel · 700 × 30c · disc
Built for the 60 km loop to Nandi Hills and back before the traffic wakes. A taller front end for long mornings, and a lugged frame that soaks up Bellary Road.
RoadRace road
Air-hardened steel · 700 × 28c · disc
Low and long for the Sunday race out past the lake. Thin-wall air-hardened tubing, a short wheelbase and a stiff bottom bracket for the sprint.
TrackTrack
Lugged steel · 700 × 25c · fixed
A classic track frame with chrome lugs and a steep front end, for the velodrome and for flat, fast loops before sunrise. One gear, no brakes on the track.
TrackTrack
TIG-welded steel · deep rims · flip-flop hub
Deep rims and a gunmetal coat for city nights. A flip-flop hub, so you can ride it fixed or turn the wheel and coast home.
TrackTrack
Lugged steel · bullhorn or drops · fixed
A pursuit frame made long and low, in a black so deep the chrome lugs float. For riders who like their loops fast and their bikes quiet.
CityCity single-speed
Steel · 700 × 32c · single-speed
One gear, two brakes and nothing to fiddle with. A light single-speed for the office, the bakery and the long way home through the park.
CityCity
Steel · 700 × 35c · 3-speed hub
An upright commuter with a sealed three-speed hub, mudguards and a leather saddle. Built in Pune for Pune roads in the monsoon.
CityCity
Steel · 700 × 38c · basket mounts
For the market run and the school run: wide tyres, an easy step-over, mounts for a front basket and a rack, and gears for the flyover.
No bikes of this type on the stand right now.
Tell us where you ride, how far and how tall you are. We will suggest a bike to start with and the size we would put you on.
Answer where you ride to see the bikes we would start you on.
A size from your height is a starting point. Before we cut the tubes we ask for your inseam, or fit you in person in Peenya.
Choose a bike to draw it to scale. Stack and reach tell you how tall and long it feels; wheelbase, how calm it rides. The last bike you looked at stays as a dashed ghost to compare.
Sahyadri Bikepacker
Bikepacking · TIG-welded steel · 29 × 2.2" · flat bar
Figures are for the middle size. Every size has its own sheet, sent with your order.
A frame takes about three weeks from the first measurement to the box.
Your height, inseam and the rides you do go into a drawing like the one above, adjusted until the numbers fit you.
In Peenya the tubes are cut, mitred and joined by hand with brass or silver, one joint at a time.
On the alignment table every frame is checked and set straight before it leaves the jig.
In Kothrud the frame is painted, the wheels are laced and trued by hand, and the bike is built up and ridden once.
Anand cuts, mitres and brazes every frame, and holds fittings on Saturdays.
Sanika paints each frame, laces the wheels and builds the bike up.
Fittings and test rides are by appointment at either bench. Write to us with where you ride and how tall you are, and we will tell you where to start.
We have received your order and emailed you a copy.