Hand-built in London
by Rob Quirk.

Hand-built in London
by Rob Quirk.

Quirk Cycles is a bicycle company from Hackney, London. Engineered with intention. Built with character. For people who value how things are made, not just what they do.

Light blue Quirk Cycles Durmitor road bike in a workshop with dark wheels
Light blue Quirk Cycles Durmitor road bike in a workshop with dark wheels

Our story

Rob Quirk has designed and built bikes in Hackney since 2015, shaped by ultra-distance racing and a background in art and architecture. It shaped the way he thinks about objects and the relationship between people and the things they live with

Rob has always been interested in how things are made. Not just how they work, but how they feel, the materials they’re made from and the decisions behind them. These ideas now find their way into every Quirk frame that leaves the workshop. The result is a simple belief that performance and design are considered together.

Tried and tested

Quirk began when Rob started racing in events like the Transcontinental, Silk Road Mountain Race & Atlas Mountain Race. Each race called for a different frame built around the route and conditions. 

It was a process driven as much by curiosity as engineering, which has built the foundation behind every Quirk today: test, learn, refine and ride. 

Frame builder inspecting a polished metal bicycle tube in the workshop

Our approach

The goal behind each Quirk is to make bikes with character. Bikes that feel considered and bikes that people want to live with, not just ride. Every Quirk is designed with intention and has been refined through riding, testing and constant iterations. It is a process driven as much by curiosity as engineering.

Quirk bicycles are not created for a single type of rider for a single kind of day. A Quirk should ride just as well on familiar roads as it does somewhere new. The aim is simple: Quirk make bikes that you want to ride and live with.

Start a conversation, not a checkout.

Start a conversation, not a checkout.