Stelbel Ortica
The reinstatement of the Stelbel brand is a triumph for both classic cycling fans and fans of the modern steel racing bike. But there is…
Road Bicycles
Love high-performance road bicycles? Our selection of road bikes is a mix of customs and classics, perfect for those of you who love speed, agility and precision handling — on tarmac.
Six-Eleven NB’s Road
Culturally, Japanese have a deep respect and appreciation for products that are well made, especially when they are handmade by craftspeople who obviously create their…
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Handsome Cycles x MIA
These days, the design, color and effect that is applied to a frame plays as much of a starring role as the groupset or accessories…
Ocean Cervélo S2
The 2015 Tour de France was wrapped up by Mr. Froome & Co, for a second time now. No surprises there, but one team that…
Review: Donhou Bicycles Signature Steel
It’s already been over a month since Eroica Britannia which, I have to say, was one of the best weekends of my life. Seeing thousands…
Podia x Festka ‘Riding Behind the Curtain’
The official name of the Berlin Wall was the Antifaschistischer Schutzwall, or Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart. Physically, it was a monstrous barrier of concrete, barbed wire…
Parlee Z-Zero XD
It’s been just over a week since we were all blown away by the IMSHI Cycles bike built by photographer Eric Baumann, and especially by…
ERA Cycles Skull Road
The last bike by ERA Cycles was a primary-coloured tribute to one of the greatest professional motorcyclists of all time: Barry Sheene. The details incorporated…
Granule Frameworks Faster Road Bike
Tenterden is a small town in Kent that, in the early 17th century, was home to an honourable man by the name of Samuel Hinckley.…
IMSHI Cycles Di2 Road
Long-term readers of The Spoken should recognize the work of Eric Baumann. He has photographed some of our favorite bikes, many by Boston’s Royal H…
Donhou Bicycles Dazzle Road
As part of the UK’s 14-18 NOW programme, the HMS President, permanently moored at the Victoria Embankment, has been repainted with a coat of dazzle…
Stelbel Pista Inseguimento
One Italian marque that has arisen like a phoenix from the ashes is Stelio Belletti’s Stelbel. Founded in 1973, it has been resurrected with a…
Norwid Vättern
You can be forgiven for not having heard of a German frame builder by the name of Rudolf Pallesen. There’s not a lot of information…
Speedvagen Urban Racer
The city is the petri dish that has given rise to so many aspects of our culture, inasmuch as the outdoor environment is its antithesis.…
DeSalvo Custom Cycles Ti Grinder
Wikipedia tells us that the Ashland campus of the United Bicycle Institute houses the city’s second-largest solar electric generation facility which provides 60% of the…
