Stayer is a small bicycle workshop in Leytonstone, East London.
We started Stayer over a decade ago building custom steel frames and handbuilt wheels.
Today our work is split between designing and manufacturing products like the CarryON, teaching bicycle framebuilding, and continuing to develop new ideas from our East London workshop.
We’re a small team, each with our own specialisms, but all working together to keep the workshop running.
Judith (yu-dit) leads wheelbuilding, illustration and customer communications, keeps much of the day-to-day running of Stayer on track, and looks after the website (which means I get to give myself the longest blurb and put myself first in the list ;))
Sam leads framebuilding, product development and teaching.
Willow is our framebuilder and TIG welding specialist.
Craig, from 2ND Life Bikes, is behind our social media and generally does quite a lot of… Craiging… in and around the workshop.
Nola and Edie are the workshop hounds, leading the Human Resources department.
Nosey (Nola the Nosebeast) is our old girl, and the actual boss here. Edie Fluff’s the baby giant. If you know, you know.
Buying from Stayer is a little different from buying from a large retailer.
We’re a small team designing, making and teaching from one workshop. We manufacture in small batches, many products are built or finished to order, and we teach throughout the year, so lead times are estimates rather than guarantees and occasionally they change.
When you get in touch, you’ll be speaking directly to the people running the workshop. The same people answering your questions are also designing products, teaching courses, manufacturing, packing orders, updating the website, developing new ideas and occasionally sweeping the floor. We don’t have departments to pass you between, because there aren’t any.
We’ll always do our best to communicate clearly, be honest about where things stand, and make products and courses we’re proud to put our name to.
Thank you for supporting independent manufacturing, independent education and our little corner of East London. We genuinely appreciate every order, every course booking and everyone who chooses to learn, build or ride with us.
Tell us what you’d like to build or repair, or simply let us know you’re interested in a future Project Week. We’ll recommend how many days you’ll need, discuss your project, and confirm suitable dates before you book.
News from Stayer:
new ideas, small-batch releases,
framebuilding courses,
and what we’re working on next.
