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Bike Reviews
Richard Grigsby tests three entry level TT bikes, and Dave Yates Prima comes out on top "great build quality and finish, longevity and repairability"
Cycling Weekly's Luke Evans tests a Dave Yates custom built 631 frame "The fit's right, the colour spot on, the comfort exemplary" A Tech Talk special feature on M Steel Cycles "The first thing that strikes you
when you have a conversation with Dave Yates and Joe Waugh Ben Searle tests three of the best custom audax machines including Dave Yates own new lightweight 'compact' design audax bike. " a bike for those who thrive on carrying next to nowt" Cycling Today help you through the process of buying a custom bike, as Caroline 'Cazza' Griffiths sets Dave Yates a problem to solve. "Best of all, this frame is one in a million and it was made just for me !" Cycling Weekly commissioned Dave Yates to build a 26 inch wheel test frame which they called the 'Bunter'. Richard Hallett compares 650C v 700C. "For expedition riders and serious commuters, a bunter is the clear winner" Ben Searle tests four bespoke touring bikes including the Dave Yates Hosteller Custom. " The Yates gave us complete
confidence in all conditions, taking on roughstuff with ease, Richard Hallett explains why a fat wheeler is the way to go, for touring comfort and more besides. "We asked the ever-willing Dave
Yates of M Steel Cycles (motto; no design too strange) Dave Yates comes up with the business for time trials with his 653 - a bike Luke Evans is happy to call superlight "the Yates 653 Superlight is a cracker of a bike" Bike test of Dave Yates own Audax bike on which he subsequently completed the 1200km Paris-Brest-Paris , the 1500 km Land's End to John o Groats, and the 1400km London-Edinburgh-London " his (Dave Yates) bike taken as a whole says that he is one with an eye for a good tweak and a pretty finish. The rest of the bike is pretty good too, but you'd need to ride it a long way to know how good". Hilary Stone tests two personal bikes belonging to Dave Lloyd and Dave Yates "Dave Yates' frame was built more
than ten years ago from Reynolds 753
Interview with Dave Yates including "Typical working day" and "How to become a framebuilder". Robert Garbutt tests a Dave Yates Mountain Bike kitted out with (mainly) British components. "the Dave Yates frame starts out
with 50 bonus points before it has even been ridden. Add to this Paul Lyons looks at three very different £1,000 bikes for three very different styles of riding, including the Dave Yates Diabolo 731. "If we had to pick a favourite bike, it would probably be the Dave Yates. It's a clean lined, pared down bike that makes you think about what's really important in a bike. The 731 Diabolo frame handles as sweetly as anything we've ever seen at this price". Steve Worland tests 3 UK MTBs including a Dave Yates Diabolo. "The Diabolo is our idea of the
perfect 'budget' bike if you truly Test of a Dave Yates Diabolo mountain bike. "One of our test riders said this was one of the best bikes in its price range he'd ever ridden" "The Diabolo is a really exceptional frame" |
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