Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

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.

Chapman Cycles Mixte

The same day that Sir Bradley Wiggins won the 2014 Amgen Tour of California, this mixte by Brian Chapman won an equally significant event: it…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Mark Nobilette Townie

The tradition of American frame builders is long and twisted, like the boughs of an old oak tree. There are many branches, some thicker and…

Caletti Cycles All-Road

Leaning up against my living room wall, waiting for a moment when I’m not riding, is an old Santa Cruz skateboard: Steve Alba’s Voodoo deck,…

Field Cycles x Enve Track Bike

ENVE manufacture some of the world’s finest carbon fiber rims and components. They’re based in Ogden, Utah, which is where they make 100% of their…

Chesini Prima

Never let it be said that Italians shy from grandiose opulence. One need only think of the extravagant fashion of Pucci and Versace, the cars…

A-train Cycles Stainless Racer

It would be interesting to hear from riders who have experienced the difference between carbon fiber and steel, especially stainless steel, over long distances. Which…

Lundbeck Cycles Continental

Simon Mottram’s and Luke Scheybeler’s Rapha brand has a lot to answer for: making us look at any other brand of kit with disdain, generating…

Saffron x Death Spray Custom

It’s the most inspiring thing to watch an artist at work, whether it’s a painter, a chef, a skater or any creative person who relishes…

Wan Gerin

While searching for information about Doug Fattic, one of America’s most respected teachers of framebuilding, it quickly became obvious how extensive his influence has been.…

Bishop Bikes Andrew’s Road

No matter how you try to pigeonhole someone, the fact remains: everyone is different. Different hairstyles, tastes and body shapes. You may be the same…

Eddy Merckx MX Leader 25th anniversary

At the 2014 Sydney Classic Bicycle Show one bike stood saddle and handlebars above the rest, even though it wasn’t part of the concourse d’elegance.…

Jim Bundy Spirit Road

2013 was a busy year for Wing Lau, a Sydney-based graphic designer: winning the Qantas Spirit of Youth Award for Visual Design & Communications, lauded…

Sven Cycles x Paniagua

In his tell-all book ‘The Secret Race’, the story of his tenure with Lance Armstrong and the US Postal team, Tyler Hamilton made reference to…

Airtight Cycles Möbius

The work produced by students of Koichi Yamaguchi is easily recognised, seemingly, by his one instruction: think outside the triangle. Steel is a malleable material,…