Gypsy Cycles Custom Bicycle Frames quite simply came from Trevor's over half a century-long love of Bicycles, both road & mountain and the drive to have a perfectly fitting bike. This, combined with son Nick's inherited passion for pedaling things with two wheels, and his gift of mechanical aptitude, form the basis of Gypsy Cycles.

Our purpose is to provide the serious cyclist with that perfectly fitting bike frame, built using proven traditional methods with the latest in top-grade materials, specifically tailored to your riding style and favorite type of riding.

Riding is such a joy for us here at Gypsy Cycles, let us enhance that joy for you with a custom Gypsy frame!

Trevor Finch
There wasn't much a kid could do for bike riding in England during WWII since all metals had gone into the war effort; including Granny’s iron fence, so it wasn’t until after the war that Trevor acquired his first “wheels”. This clunker of a Tricycle with solid rubber tires was a beauty to him and he would kick ass around the neighborhoods, winning his first medal at the age of seven at a block party celebrating the end of the war.

After many years of wear on that old Trike, affordable two wheel bikes began to appear in the hardware stores. A gleaming black "Halford" caught Trev's eye. The frame was so big that wooden blocks had to be attached to the pedals and the saddle bolted directly to the top tube but Trev and his dad would sometimes ride 25 miles each way to the beach on Sundays.

During the 40’s & 50’s in England, bicycling wasn’t so much a pastime, hobby or sport but just a normal method of everyday transportation. There was no such thing as two cars in every garage or cheap gas for that matter! Biking was part of the culture and bike clubs were (and are still) a big part of the social scene.

Trevor joined the local bike club in the mid fifties. (See Trev Sez) and became a policeman, ending up spending many years as a bicycle cop while putting in 50 to 60 miles a day for a seven day stretch on his bike.

Coming to America in the early 70's he found cycling was quite a bit different and Trev seemed to be the only person in Boston commuting to work via Bike during the Winter of '71! Bicycles just were not the normal method of transportation that he had taken for granted in England.

After a few years in the States without very much bicycling due to business/marriage and all those excuses, Trev began doing Triathlons in '75 which once again had him back in the saddle.

For the last ten years Trevor has enjoyed racing bikes once again, both Road & Mountain with a tendency to favor Mountain Biking.

Trevor is constantly thinking and trying to figure things out, always talking bikes with anyone from beginners to other frame builders. Trev is always engaged in the pursuit of the perfect bike frame. With Gypsy Cycles, this translates into a thorough knowledge of the physics of frame construction and the transfer of man's meager amount of power into the pedals and to that back wheel.
 

Nick Finch
Born in N.Y., Nick first took off on a bike at age 3 and has been riding ever since. He rode his first 100 miler in Long Island on his 16th Birthday.

Nick started with home study after 7th grade (Oak Meadow School) enabling him and his dad to follow a less structured path with their environment and study. This allowed them to build houses on the east and west coasts, meet cyclists all across America, work with sailboats and rigging and most importantly, see this huge country and all its diversity. A great format for a youngster (of any age) to build ideas and contacts from.

Nick received his formal bike training at UBI with certification as a Bike mechanic as well as Bicycle frame building.

Nick has always liked to tinker with things mechanical and his hobbies include: cooking, photography, sailing, canoeing, paintball, snowboarding, surfing, riding up (and down) steep hills, & more.

"If we ain't building bikes we're riding them or doing some other fun thing"