I ride bikes. I ride bikes in every situation where riding a bike is appropriate. "Care for a lift?" you say. "Naw man," I say. "I'll get there." And then off I go.

I take things a little to far, sometimes. My friends know it, and my grandparents expect me to tell them about bikes at least once a week. If bikes were a thing that you injected into your arm, I would be broke and homeless. As it is, I am just broke.

In my pursuit of life as a bicycle fanatic, I spent much of early 20's elbows deep in grease and bearings. I became a fairly competent wheel-builders, and by my modest estimate I think I have laced and tensioned somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 wheels.

But, I am just small bananas compared to some people. And I am not saying my love isn't as true as others, it's just I am not as skilled. My hands are only so nimble, and my skills only could take me so far. I knew this going in. But it will never stop hinder my love for a well built bicycle.

Such is the case of the focus of today's post. Rob English is a god among us mere mortals, and a true artist. You can see his work at englishcycles.com. It is a true pleasure just to browse his work.

One build of his caught my eye is pictured below. It's a steel custom built frame with a very slick set of components. The ENVE wheels are so fantastic looking, and the classically styled stem is just the perfect touch. The shifting is managed by Shimano's excellent Di2 group, and the headset is, of course, a Chris King.

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