BEST OF BRITISH GEOMETRON

Longer. Lower. Slacker. If the last five years’ worth of bike design could be summed up in three words it would be these. Seemingly every new bike has been blessed (or cursed, depending on your point of view) with this dimensional trinity. They have become just as ‘essential’ as the latest suspension and drivetrain technology and given riders cause to study the geometry tables in as much detail when buying a bike as the spec sheet — something that has not always been the case.

Thanks (or blame, again depending on your perspective) for this can be attributed in large part to one small British brand — Geometron.

PORTER HAS BEEN RUFFLING FEATHERS FOR LONGER THAN MOST OF US HAVE BEEN RIDING

Tucked away on an industrial estate, within the grounds of a country estate, just outside Monmouth, Geometron HQ is a quiet and chilled out place. Calling it an office would give the wrong impression, it’s more of a well appointed workshop — the kind most of us dream about. Intriguing components and custom-machined chunks of aluminium sit on workbenches, frames are carefully being turned into bikes in the workstands and a large whiteboard is filled with Geometron’s plans for world domination. Views from the front door of