Big Forest Frameworks XL3
If you’re struck by the individual nature of the lugs on this green road machine, Robert Piontek of Potsdam’s Big Forest Frameworks broke the process…
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.
Victoire Cycles City Bike
Taking inspiration from a townie with double seat stays that Tom Donhou built a while back, Victoire Cycles constructed this gentleman’s bike with a similar…
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TEASER: Donhou Bicycles Signature Steel
During my recent visit to the United Kingdom, I swung by the workshop of Tom Donhou, in London’s Hackney Wick. It’s been a real pleasure…
Oregon Manifest 2014: TEAGUE x Sizemore
Taylor Sizemore’s entry for the 2014 Oregon Manifest competition is a quantum leap from his 2011 entry, which was closer to a traditional porteur. Only…
Oregon Manifest 2014: HUGE x 4130
The 2014 Oregon Manifest competition certainly looks a lot different to previous editions, which saw most entries taking the form of traditional porteurs and cargo…
Winter Bicycles Tool Series
Mass-produced bicycles do serve a purpose, there’s no denying. For a basic, off-the-peg machine that will get you riding quickly, a one-size-fits-all bike can’t be…
A-train Cycles City Cruiser
Most of the bikes that come out of Alex Cook’s Minneapolis workshop, A-train Cycles, are robust ‘cross and road machines built from stainless steel, but…
REPETE Reborn
Two fresh bikes from two completely separate workshops from the Czech Republic in one week… what is in the water over there? First the raw…
Cinelli Porteur
Many consider Paris to be the most beautiful city in the world. I am one of them. Today, it is a very modern city, cloaked…
Ben’s Field Cycles Commuter
The 101st Tour de France rolls towards its regular rendezvous with the Champs-Élysées tomorrow, which feels like a very short three weeks since I was…
Morvélo x Aroe
Back in the early 90s, when I studied Graphic Design, there was somewhat of a Sydney graffiti artist alumni in the year above me. It…
Dain’s Black Cat
Todd Ingermanson of California’s Black Cat Bicycles describes himself as a one-man dance party, and with Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats playing in the background,…
Sophie’s Zunow
A rare bird, is a Zunow. We’ve only seen one before on the pages of The Spoken — plumed with characteristically garish paint — but…
English Cycles Giles’ V3
The 2nd Annual Tour of Aufderheide was held last weekend in Westfir, Oregon. It was intended to be an adventurous ride through the magnificent West…
Kumo Signature Finish All-Roader
Kumo Cycles’s Keith Marshall will be significant presence at this weekend’s Pushies Galore show in Brisbane. He recently instigated a ‘Signature Finish’ line, which allows…
