FRANCES CYCLES2026
PRICELIST
All framesets are fillet-brazed and assembled with tubes from a number of premier manufacturers (Vari-Wall, Columbus, and Tange. . . ) and fittings from Paragon Machine Works and other sources. Prices include frame and fork with brazons and features indicated, and a single layer powder coat.
Building for wheel sizes: 700c (622), 650b (584), 26” (559) and 20” (406). Thru-axle dropouts available.
Farfarer trailers are made with Tange Tubing. It is great.
Call or email to schedule a fitting or place an order:
831 469 3369 – muirjoshua@gmail.com
When placing a frameset order, I request ~30% up front.
Payment plan options available.
COLORS: You can find my current color list HERE.
Standard trailer color is black, custom colors available.
Standard Farfarer Trailer: $650.00
Clears up to 2.5” tire; Includes: 20”x2” tire, tube, QR wheel, load-bag, hitch & bushing
Fat Farfarer Trailer: $750.00
Clears up to 20”x 4” tire; standard 100mm axle spacing; longer frame increases clearance over bicycle rear wheel
Includes: 20”x 2.4” (fat tires are currently hard to come by), tube, QR wheel, load-bag, hitch & bushing (Tubeless-ready wheel available, see below)
Farfarer Trailer accessories and options:
Custom color: $50.00
Rack: $225
Good for: surfboards, ladders, other long stock. Keeps gear from interacting with the tire and supports the fender.
(includes integrated 3 5mm bosses each leg, fender mount and dowel)
Frances Alloy fender from Tanaka (20” x 58mm): $50.00
(fender keeps the water spray out of the trailer and is recommended)
Honjo95 fender: $70 (for fat version, 68mm wide, cut to length)
Rainfly: $140.00 Light rip-stop nylon.
Rear light: $35.00 Planet Bike USB rechargeable Super-Flash Mini
Mounts to trailer frame
Safety Flag: $15.00 All trailer frames have a flag mount, left side.
(right side mount available for left-side-driving-worlds. Ask.)
Tubeless Trailer Wheel: $250.00 Velocity Cliffhanger rim, butted spokes, 28 hole, Quality hub (Silver Shimano Tiagra); built in house
Complete trailer hitch: $125.00
(Hitch includes bushing and hitch-pin)
Oversized Hitch (for 34.9 seatpost): $150.00
Additional Acetal hitch bushing: $25.00
Hitch Pin: $25.00
Traditional Diamond Framesets:
(Stainless headtube reinforcements, add $200)
Thru-Axle drop-outs available.
Road Frameset or Cyclocross Frameset:
Starting at $2200, frame and fork
Call/email for options/pricing and cost of complete bikes
The Tourist Frameset: Built in the French Randoneur style, the tourist is light and fully equipped and at home on the road, dirt, or gravel. Available for cantilever or disc brakes, with clearance for wide tires and fenders. Includes a smallish front rack/bag support, light mount, light wire guides, and brazons for 3 bottles, rear rack mounts, and front low-rider rack mounts. Tubeset chosen according to rider and use-specifications. Light and lively.
Available for 700x(up to)42 (42-622), 650x(up to)50 (50-584) and 26”x(up to)2.2(59-559). Sizes listed accommodate fenders.
Frameset: $2700.00 (w/ front rack and all standard brazons)
Complete bicycle cost varies depending on buildup. Call/email for details.
Integrated rear rack: add $400
Low-rider rack panels: add $300
Bici Corta: Modeled after the Rigi split seat-tube design, but upgraded with clearance crimps, a bridge and reasonable geometry.
An ultra short-wheelbase fixed-gear bicycle.
Frameset: $2700.00
Complete bicycle: e-mail or call for details/pricing
Mixte step-thru: An upright and speedy all-arounder.
Frameset: $2700.00
Complete bicycle: email or call for a quote.
Cargo Framesets:
The Smallhaul: rated for loads to 100lbs* in cargo hold. Includes 2 headsets, cable steering system and load bag.
Frameset: $4000.00
Complete bicycle: roughly $7000.00+ -call/email for a quote
The Mixtehaul: rated for loads to 150 lbs* in cargo hold. Includes 2 headsets, cable steering system, waxed canvas bag from Strawfoot Handmade, kickstand and cargo platform.
Frameset: $3700.00
Complete bicycle: roughly $7000.00+ -call/email for quote
The Platypus (mid-gravity cargo): rated for loads to 80+ lbs.* Includes frame and fork.
Frame and Fork: $2600
Complete bicycle: call or email for quote.
*A note on load ratings: The weight assigned to the load rating is what I expect you can ride with decent handling: Greater loads affect the handling more. You may exceed the load limit(for instance, to give a friend a lift home on the Mixtehaul or the Platypus), just ride gently, and carefully.
Forks:
Pacenti PBP Crown with Paragon Machine Works QR dropouts: $400.00
Disc brake: add $50.00
Thru-Axle dropout: add $50
Fork brazons are extra
Other Crowns available
Small Parts, upgrades and options
*available with frame orders only*
*Small front rack: Includes light mount, light wire guides, integrated fender mounts. $350
*Rear pannier rack: Includes light mount, integrated fender mounts. $400
*Small under-the-saddle bag support: Includes light mount, integrated fender mounts. $275
Stems: I keep some stems on hand but mostly they're built to order. Building for threadless steerers: 1” and 1 1/8”. Quill stems available.
Bar clamps for 25.4mm, 26.0mm and 31.8.
Traditional bar clamp with flukes for 25.4mm bar: $275.00
Traditional bar clamp with flukes for 26.0mm bar: $275.00
Paragon 4-bolt gate clamp for 31.8mm bar: $300.00
Decaleur: Add $175. Integrated to stem(holds handlebar bag steady in conjunction with front rack)
*Ritchey Breakaway frame fitting: allows diamond frame to disassemble for travel. Add $350 to frameset price. Not for retrofit applications- new frames only.
S&S stainless frame couplings: Another option for frame disassembly for travel. Couplers may be installed in existing frames: call for price. Frame stripping, repaint and cable couplers extra. S&S travel accessories available.
*Headbadges: custom badge design in copper, stainless or brass, $200-$300. (price includes increased masking charges at paint)
*Lugs: If there is a lugset that works well with the frame design, I may be able to build you a lugged frame, but I don't like to
sacrifice good frame design for good-looking lugs. Lug prices vary.
Frances Cable Steering Pulleys: Includes 2 Aluminum pulleys, cable clamps and binder bolts. Available red anodized. $175.00/set
Frances alloy fenders: Sold as single fenders with hardware.
20” and 26”. For cargo bikes and trailers. Made in Taiwan by Tanaka for Frances Cycles.
20” alloy fender with hardware: $50
26” alloy fender with hardware: $50
Wheel-building
All wheels built with Wheelsmith or DT (and now sometimes Sapim) double-butted 14g spokes. Currently favoring the Velocity Cliffhanger rim. Many rims available upon request.
Wheel building Labor fee: $75
CALL OR EMAIL FOR QUOTE
Front dyno-hubs: (specify 6-bolt disc, centerlock disk, or rim brake, QR or TA)
Shutter Precision dynohubs - all models
Schmidt Son28, SonDelux and other models available
Brazons: Prices for features installed on Frances framesets.
For modifications to existing frames, add 50%.
5mm boss: $15 each (for bottles, racks etc, with star reinforcement except where unnecessary)
Front low-rider boss: $60 for the pair
4mm Boss: $18 each
Canti brake mounts: $80/pair (rear cable hanger: $30)
Front disc brake mount (ISO): $85 (not compatible with many dropouts)
Rear disc brake (ISO):
Low-mount disc dropout: $125
Pump pegs: $25 (specify location)
Repairs: I take repairs on steel frames.
For major repairs, the frame will be stripped and this cost added to the bill. Even better, you can do this before you bring it in (Call Powder-Coat-it in Capitola for stripping services: (831) 435-9558)
Dropout replacement: starting at $125
Main-tube replacement: $200-$350 per tube
Seat or Chainstay replacement: $200-$300 per tube
Basic Frame alignment: $75 (Add $50 if frame built up)
Fork Alignment: $50
Tear down and build-up does cost extra.