Philly Bike Expo 2017 Preview: Cicli Polito
The 2016 Philadelphia Bike Expo, held November 5-6, broke its exhibitor record with a 28% increase in custom frame builders showing their works compared to…
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.
Suave On The Pavé: Aaron’s Stelbel SB/03
Speed and style are two things that Italians do do better, and this Stelbel SB/03 is one instance where that point is perfectly exemplified. It…
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The Fox’s Tale: Jamie’s Breadwinner Cycles Lolo
Back in February 2017, Jamie sent me a message on Instagram to let me know that he’d built up his first bespoke bike. It was…
Branching Out: Renovo Aerowood
Our Technical Editor has been riding around on a wooden bike for the past couple of years now and personally thinks it’s one of the…
The Warrior Rides: Rogers Bespoke Ronin
In a charity shop about 25 years ago, I picked up Robert Shea’s Shiké novels, one of the most epic samurai novels you could ever…
All The Devils Are Here: Bombtrack Tempest
The catalog of models available from Germany’s Bombtrack has included some popular and versatile machines for the past couple of years now, like the road-going…
Baby Oughta Celebrate: Speedvagen Urban Racer Ready Made
In 2015 Speedvagen dropped a bomb on the custom bicycle scene with their Urban Racer. While it may not have been the most popular, it…
The 90’s Will Rise Again: Andy’s Cannondale R600
By guest author Rangga Panji of Pancalen Cycles. As much as the coveted ‘classic’ bicycles, the specimens from the last decade of the twentieth century…
Philly Bike Expo 2017 Preview: Bishop Bikes
The 2016 Philadelphia Bike Expo, held November 5-6, broke its exhibitor record with a 28% increase in custom frame builders showing their works compared to…
Big in Japan: Equilibrium Cycle Works Supernova
Japan is not the easiest country in which to establish oneself as a custom frame builder, but Vladimir Balahovsky is making headway, thanks to a…
All Meat No Filler: Saffron Frameworks Butchers Bike
This is the second bike Saffron Frameworks has built for Rad, and it’s very similar to the first, which was unfortunately stolen a couple of…
Alpine Aspirations: Spoon Customs Izoard RR
Last Thursday, at Brooks England’s B1866 concept store, Spoon Customs launched the first of their new production frames. The Izoard RR is a road rider…
Swerve With Verve: Brevet Cycles ‘V’
At last year’s Concours de Machine event in France, Sebastien Klein won the Rookie award with his randonneur. He came home to establish Brevet Cycles…
Ride The Roadventure: Podia CC x Genesis Volare 853
The Polish Podia crew successfully launched their Roadventures program this year, partnering with the UK Genesis brand to provide able machines for their participants. This…
Asphalt Angel: PLANE Frameworks Custom Carbon Red Road
Perth’s Plane Frameworks have been turning out some spectacular products lately, each one perfectly fitted to their customer. The West Australian workshop is certainly spearheading…
