Parlee Z1 Lion Rampant
While carbon fiber frames fail to stir within me the desire and admiration that classic steel Italian will, I will brake for a great paint…
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.
Olmo La Biciclissima
For my birthday this year I was given ‘A Race For Madmen — The Extraordinary History of the Tour de France’ by Chris Sidwells, and…
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Pony Bikes Hillbrick Track
While Australia certainly doesn’t have the same number of custom frame builders as, say, the US or the UK, there definitely exists some luminaries. Men…
Sizemore NY Commuter
Not sure whether it’s Hallowe’en looming but when I saw these photos of Sizemore’s latest project, a shiver ran up and down my spine. It…
Pereira Cycles Black Road
Usually the bikes on The Spoken are focused on the beautiful handmade frames that are constructed with a healthy dose of blood, sweat and tears.…
Colnago Sprint
There’s nothing that pleases me more than to see a fine example of Italian steel that’s getting used for what is was intended — riding.…
A Maserati for €3,000? Meet the Montante 8CTF bike
Leaving Spyker Aeroblades aside, collaborations between car and bicycle manufacturers are rarely impressive. BMW, for example, has produced some appalling bicycles — which is a…
IndyFab x Phil Wood
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of riding any Phil Wood product, you’ll understand the peace of mind and confidence they inspire. From 1971 they…
Chairman Ting x adidas
There’s a long tradition of multi-national sneaker manufacturers collaborating with artists as a way of appealing to youth markets. Of the major brands, however, adidas…
Two bikes from Death Spray Custom and Stevie Gee
When one has had their fill of custom track, randonneurs, and mountain bikes, there can appear to be only a few avenues left to the…
Colnago Crono Oro
Every once in a while along comes a bike that makes me gasp. It may be because of utter simplicity, or complete over the top…
Argonaut Cycles
There must be something in Portland’s water supply that inspires so many of its young sons to take up the torch and start welding frames.…
Primate Frames Road
Tarn of Primate Frames is one of Australia’s most innovative builders. A giant of a man, he naturally creates bikes that won’t disintegrate underneath him.…
Bianchi Conversion
Half of the romance of a bicycle is the simplicity of its design. Two circles and a couple of triangles, some minutiae like cogs and…
Horse Cycles
When I first laid eyes on the ‘Priest Sport’ from Brooklyn’s Horse Cycles, the first thing that sprang to mind was one of Picasso’s cubist…
