Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

1988 GT Pro Freestyle Tour

By the mid-70s, bicycle motocross had grown from a bunch of neighborhood kids racing their Schwinn Sting-Rays around dirt tracks in empty southern Californian lots…

Hufnagel Porteur

Google Maps couldn’t actually calculate the exact distance from Whistler, B.C. to the region of Patagonia, South America. Let’s just call it a long way.…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Bridgestone XO-2

Before founding Rivendell Bicycle Works in 1994, Grant Petersen was marketing director for Bridgestone Cycle (USA). During his 10-year tenure, he created some highly innovative…

Feather Cycles Magnus Walker 911R

Porsche’s 911 or Neunelfer is one of the most iconic automobiles of the twentieth century. You don’t even have to like cars to recognize it,…

No Quarter Plum Crazy

There’s no mistaking the musical reference in the title of today’s bike. James Langton is a 19 year-old Leicestershireman who recently inaugurated an enterprise restoring…

The Vicious Cycle

10 reproductions of Spider Murphy’s 1975 white Pipeline Gun, reinterpreted by 10 artists in the Dutch style of Delftware. A series of bodysurfing handplanes in…

No. 22 Little Wing

Jimi Hendrix would have turned 71 on November 27th this year, had he not been admitted as an honorary member of the 27 Club. He…

Victoire One-Off Track

The latest bike to emerge from the Victoire Cycles workshop, based in Clermont-Ferrand, France, was built for their newest employee, Erwan AlaPhillippe. Erwan was hired…

Tomii Cycles 650B MTB

A lugged steel frame is a thing of immeasurable beauty, but a frame that’s well-fillet brazed can be breathtaking. It’s almost a shame to cover…

Levi’s® Commuter Collection

For most of us, the majority of our riding consists of commuting to work or mates’ houses. Or the pub. And while there’s an abundance…