NOPE! cycles

Perspective — Danny’s.

How fortunate some stumble upons can be. Browsing Instagram one day I saw a post from NOPE! cycles. A brand-new bespoke frame builder based just down the road from H&O HQ here in Stockholm! I slid into NOPE’s DMs, found out he had a name, Moritz, and we arranged to meet at his workshop.

So one sunny mid—February Saturday I took the scenic route to NOPE! HQ.  Here are a couple of scenes from that journey —

No they are not. No. Nope. NOPE!

“The aim was to build a modern and lightweight steel bike that can take on any other high-end road bike.”
— Moritz

The NOPE! 6.x was a project I loved the sound of. Waiting patiently through the rest the winter (of which there was a lot!) I kept asking for updates, checking in— generally pestering. At last, word on the wires was it was finished.

I was lucky enough to borrow the 6.x for a few days (eagle-eyed readers will have noticed the bike features in some of our photoshoots).

Steel is real. The bike rides beautifully.

Sensations — stable & planted, quick & responsive. So comfortable. And so quiet — a pleasant surprise when, like me, you’re accustom to the noises a carbon bike frame makes (not to say carbon makes a bad noise, you just notice the absence).

Final weight — 6.77kg. Impressive, especially for a 56cm frame.

Website — nopecycles.se
Instagram — /nopecycles
Facebook — /nopecycles

For workshop opening hours check NOPE’s Instagram feed.

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