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.

Pony Bikes Rondell

Bicycle restoration can be a very rewarding experience, but sometimes it’s better to hand the job to a professional and let them deal with the…

Bishop Bikes NAHBS Track

After receiving well-deserved adulation at this year’s NAHBS, Chris Bishop’s green track machine has been photographed by the incredibly talented John Fabrizio, and he’s done…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Kinfolk Spring

Every morning on my morning commute I’m reminded of the season’s turning. It’s definitely cooling down in the southern hemisphere, while I’m continually reading updates…

Deus Ex Machina Rudge

The crew at Deus Canggu continue to regale us with tales of tropical adventures, buccaneering and discoveries of long lost wrecks from the days of…

Paino Strada

Justin Fox certainly has an eye for details, and style for miles. The restoration of his Frank Paino-built strada frame has been a voyage of…

Sizemore Todd’s Townie

Taylor Sizemore obviously takes as much pride in his photography as he does in his frame building—the images of his last build, the NY Commuter,…

Vendetta Cycles Mad Max

After exhibiting at this year’s NAHBS, Vendetta Cycles haven’t rested on their laurels. This weekend they’ll be making a splash at the San Diego Custom…

Sannino Pista

One of my favorite motorcycle blogs, The Vintagent, writes an irregular post titled ‘How You Find Them’, dedicated to those miraculous barnyard finds that inevitably…

Ira Ryan

One of the brighter bikes at this year’s NAHBS was this road frame by Ira Ryan, resident of the world center of the hand made…

Renovo R4

Portland’s Renovo Bikes, makers of the bicycle equivalent of wooden yachts, have scored a coup: they’ve just collaborated with Audi to enable a foray into…

Stanridge Speed Grey Flash

Adam Eldridge of Stanridge Speed has been very busy lately. After holding us spellbound with his Highstreet Pursuit, he’s been busy filling international orders and…

Ryan’s Kinfolk

As a younger man I had a deep appreciation for the craft and mysticism surrounding the art of the Samurai sword, or katana. Now that…

Vanilla Jered’s Commuter

There’s currently a four year waiting list for a Vanilla Bicycle, and it doesn’t seem to be getting any shorter. Not surprisingly, with efforts like…

A closer look at the Utopia Roadster

Stefan and his girlfriend were kind enough to brave the chill and shoot some photos of his beloved Utopia Roadster. I still find it fascinating…