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If you’re a fan of riding up monstrous mountains, like to be reminded of that time you did or be inspired to do so, our good friend Stefan Amato has just created a couple of prints that will be right up your valley.
You may have noticed a few changes around here. Here’s the thing: we’re on the brink of a revolution. Actually, the revolution has already happened. Cycle EXIF has died. Long live Cycle EXIF . But it has already risen again. We are The Spoken.
For an Aussie, the winter frosts of rural England can be a shock. After the first few days of attending the comprehensive frame building course…
The Sea Otter Classic returns to Monterey, California in April for the 27th edition. It’s one of the world’s largest cycling events and features the…
It’s now been a year exactly since I travelled from Sydney to the UK to participate in Downland Cycles’ frame building course. My head is…
The Spoken went live seven years ago today, as Cycle EXIF, and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that has come along…
Great paint can sometimes take as long to apply as it does to actually make the frame it’s going on. And while it can hide…
Two worlds have been colliding for the past year, spawning a slow-motion collaboration between the traditional skills of Demon Frameworks’ Tom Warmerdam and Melbourne’s futuristic…
Cameron is a Graphic Design Teacher at TAFE Queensland. That might make you question how he was able to pull together such a top-shelf build as…
Happy new year to all the readers of The Spoken! Here’s hoping you all had a fun and safe festive season, and are now ready…
My time with Darron, Mog and Steve of Sven Cycles in Weymouth, Dorset, has drawn to a close. We’ve had a fun time hanging out…
Since I landed in the UK a week ago, it’s been a steep learning curve. Darron Coppin, Andrew ‘Mog’ Mogford and Steve have been showing…
It’s been a busy but exciting last few days at the Sven Cycles workshop in Weymouth, Dorset. I’m spending a few days with Darron and…
Weymouth is made out to be a seaside ‘town’, but it looks more like a city to me. It’s situated on an incredibly striking bit…
This will be one of those very odd posts on The Spoken that don’t actually feature a bicycle. Unless you look very closely for it.…
