Saffron Frameworks SS Road
In June last year, a 31-year-old named Mike Hall arrived in Greenwich after riding around the world — a distance of 18,000 miles. He completed…
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.
LOOK 860
Quite a few examples of LOOK‘s early foray into monocoque carbon fiber frames can be found via the various online auction and forum channels, due…
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K. Bedford Customs
The waters of upstate New York’s Saratoga Springs must have a high creative content for custom frame builders: Ben Serotta’s band of brazers continue to…
A Yasujiro Nudity built by the Bicycle Store in Paris
Although the Tange International Co. of Japan has been through its share of ups and downs over a 90-year history, they still continue to manufacture…
Prefestka
If you attended the 2013 North American Handmade Bicycle Show, you may have encountered a track bike with a pink mirror finish that was more…
Mcfly Custom Prototype
The spirit of ingenuity and engineering is not dead in Belgium, as Antoine Hotermans illustrates with this homemade frame. Viewed as a collection of individual…
A-train Cycles Gravel Grinder
Alex Cook of A-train Cycles likes tools as much as he likes bikes. The Minneapolis builder recently invested in a Swiss made Interapid test indicator,…
KRES Strada
The Melbourne-based duo of Nik and Michael sure caused a stir when they released photos of their home-grown KRES Pista a few months ago, and…
Centurion Turbo TT
Despite a reputation during the 70s and 80s for budget bikes, the US-based Centurion brand featured a few highlights in their range, including the Centurion…
La Manufacturef Mixte
The years following the second world war saw a revival of the French constructeurs: dedicated riders who also fabricated frames with a holistic approach. Not…
Belt-drive Perfection: The Firefly Bicycles Ti Commuter
I’ve been greatly enjoying Firefly Bicycles‘ morning #bostonam jaunts on Instagram. They truly capture the more informal side of these bikes that seem so mechanically…
UCY Duomatic Porteur
One of the events at this year’s screening of the Bicycle Film Festival in Florence was Ciclosili, profiling the Italian flair for discerning aesthetics. It…
Santucci Cycles Legnano
Berlin’s Dan Santucci takes great pleasure in reinvigorating obscure European bicycles with a new lease of life, and it shows. Take, for example, what he’s…
Marc Jacobs x Panda Cycles Bamboo Bike
Fashion designer Marc Jacobs leads a pretty charmed life, to say the least. Born in 1963, he’s the head designer for his own fashion house,…
Donhou Cycles Leica Track
For some photographers, the name of Leica generates the same amount of passion and reverence as Colnago or Merckx does for some cyclists. There’s no…
