Bump...
Over the past three years I have apprenticed with and continue to work with Arvon and know that a few people who have posted here now ride custom Arvon cycles and have bought another... at 78 Arvon is busier than ever and I have been told I need to take over some of the rack building, am doing quite a bit of frame work, and at some point will take over the business which would extend that lifetime warranty.
Should clear up that I don't own that World Tourist... it is a shop demo and it gets around although we would sell it if it turned out to be a great fit from someone and our demo bikes tend to be a pretty awesome deal.
I now spend more time working from my own shop now that I have a brazing set up although the main frame work still happens out at our main shop... I do a lot of repairs and customization from here as there is a good demand for that.
Custom racks have been occupying my time of late... designed this for my Surly Pugsley.
Racks are a lot of work...
We also have some real internet out at the main shop now so things like images can be sent and received in a timely fashion although there is no phone in the main shop and when we have a torch in our hand we are not checking e-mail and will check messages when we take a break.