Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Luxe Wheelworks Darkstar

Unless you’re an avid follower of pro cycling, you may not have heard of Justin Spinelli. Justin competed primarily on the road but has dabbled…

Biascagne Cicli Umberto Dei

Biascagne Cicli is a partnership dedicated to the restoration and art of the bicycle, located in Treviso, a city in the north of Italy. Treviso…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Hillman Pista

There’s an abundance of beautiful bicycles in Melbourne, due to the city’s topographic resemblance to a pancake. It has been home to a selection of…

Fast Boy Cycles Hill’s Tourer

Ezra Caldwell of Fast Boy Cycles is the unsung hero of the bespoke bicycle kingdom, for reasons other than his subtly tasteful frames. I won’t…

Budnitz Bicycles No. 2

You might not recognize the name of Paul Budnitz, but you may be more familiar with his incredibly popular designer toy, apparel and lifestyle label,…

English Cycles Di2 Custom

This is the second Shimano Di2-specific road frame by English Cycles that we’ve featured here, but Rob English hasn’t been resting on his laurels. This…

Stanridge Speed 29er

Not content with creating ultra-slick urban pursuit frames, a bicycle homage to the Vincent Grey Flash and academically correct porteurs, Adam at Stanridge Speed has…

Firefly Bicycles Ti Road

I’ve been waiting a while to feature a Firefly Bicycle on The Spoken, having avidly followed the evolution of the Boston workshop from it’s inception.…