Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

S and S Panasonic

While interstate and overseas travel continues to be more accessible, tourists wishing to travel with their bicycle must endure excessive fees for the transport of…

Courtois Cycles

This could well be the second ever example of a frame by French marque Courtois on the pages of the internet. For all my Googling…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

VANDEYK Nightstream

One of the most graphically arresting machines I’ve come across lately originates from a German company titled VANDEYK. Consisting of a highly skilled and technical…

Raphael Cycles

Raphael Cycles is an up-and-coming builder from San Francisco named Rafi who has been gradually establishing a clean portfolio, and this ‘Street Tracker’ is his…

Folk Engineered Stitched Bike

It’s a relief Marie Pasquariello of Folk Engineered Bicycles made the reference to the market of their ‘Stitched Bike’ being 65-year-old grandmas who knit, so…

Bishop Bikes Green Machine

While the rest of the blogging world celebrate the accolades showered over Bishop Bikes for their exemplary track-based creations, old-school mountain bikers may rejoice: Chris…

Co-Motion Americano

It’s encouraging to watch the resurgence of bicycle touring around the world, although like anything designed with reliability, quality and integrity in mind, it was…

LOOK ALP 464

Fazlan Adhill is a Kuala Lumpur-based 21 year-old graphic designer, photographer and filmmaker. He’s been working on some big projects and recently decided to reward…

Greg Curnoe Bike

This brightly colored machine is possibly the most fascinating bike yet featured on The Spoken. Created by an up-and-coming Canadian builder by the name of…

Gitane Expresso de Ville

Thierry Vincent is one of France’s most talented photographers, and while he’s usually more comfortable shooting exotic cars and motorcycles, he recently took it upon…