Lugwork is two framebuilders and one brazing hearth on the Coupure. We fit you, draw you a frame, and build exactly that frame — nothing off a shelf, nothing rounded to the nearest size.
Every Lugwork frame goes through the same four stages in the same order. You are in the room for the first and the last; the drawing comes to you in between.
01
Fit
Two hours on the jig bike with a tape, a plumb line and a pot of coffee. We measure how you ride, not just how tall you are.
Week 1
02
Drawing
A 1:1 drawing of your frame, every angle and tube wall written down. You sign it before a single tube is cut.
Week 2
03
Brazing
Silver-brazed lugs where a lug fits, fillet brass where it does not. Around 38 hours at the bench, one frame at a time.
Weeks 3–11
04
Paint & first ride
Wet paint in our own booth, then a build with your parts and a first 40 km loop out to the Leie and back with us.
Weeks 12–14
03 / Frames
Three starting points. Every one redrawn.
Road
Ronde
Low, quick and quiet. Built for the cobbled climbs south of Oudenaarde and the long flat way home.
Tyre
≤ 32 mm
Weight
1.82 kg
From
€3,450
Gravel
Kasseien
Long front centre, room for 50 mm tyres and three bottles. Stable when the road gives up halfway.
Tyre
≤ 50 mm
Weight
2.04 kg
From
€3,780
Randonneur
Avond
Eyelets for fenders, a dynamo light and a front rack that belongs to the frame. For 200 km brevets and Tuesday groceries.
Tyre
≤ 42 mm
Weight
2.21 kg
From
€3,920
04 / Riders
What riders say
“I had ridden a 56 for twenty years because a shop said so. Lugwork drew me a frame with a 612 stack and a 72° head tube, and my lower back has not mentioned it once since.”
HVHanne Verstraete Avond № 0311 · 31,400 km since 2022
41
frames brazed in 2025, each one by the same two pairs of hands
14
weeks from fitting to first ride, quoted before you pay a deposit
0
stock sizes. No S, M or L; every drawing starts blank
9 yr
average age of a Lugwork frame still on the road today
05 / Fitting
Start with two hours on the jig bike.
The fitting costs €180 and comes off the frame price if you go ahead. Bring the shoes you ride in and the bike you are leaving behind.
Road
Gravel
Randonneur