Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Speedvagen Urban Racer

The city is the petri dish that has given rise to so many aspects of our culture, inasmuch as the outdoor environment is its antithesis.…

DeSalvo Custom Cycles Ti Grinder

Wikipedia tells us that the Ashland campus of the United Bicycle Institute houses the city’s second-largest solar electric generation facility which provides 60% of the…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Argonaut Cycles Black Road

In many ways, we’re still learning about the possibilities carbon fiber offers the cycling world. Kestrel astounded us in 1987 with its 4000 model road…

Victoire Cycles Golden Bellevue

The Vergers Massif is an ancient section of rock that pokes out of the southeastern corner of France. By ‘poke’ we mean its highest point…

“I Feel The Need” Gravity Bike

Gravity bikes are somewhat of an enigma. No gears, not even a drivetrain to speak of. They’re usually cobbled together by enthusiasts at varying levels…

VPACE T1ST Gravel-Master

VPACE is a German brand whose portfolio is caught in a wonderful place between straight-up, purpose-built examples of Teutonic engineering, and completely free-styled creativity. Their…

Insight: Geekhouse x Cuppow CX

Marty Walsh’s Geekhouse Bikes may very well be the funnest custom bike brand out there. Instantly recognisable by their eye-searing paint schemes, they can be…

Klein Quantum Race

Tonight, I attended the 40th anniversary celebrations of Clarence Street Cyclery. While my earliest memories of the shop — one of Sydney’s oldest — was…

Craddock Cycles R1.7

There’s not too many carbon fiber bikes on The Spoken — or maybe that be rephrased. There’s not enough carbon fiber bikes on The Spoken.…

Insight: An afternoon at Cicli Spirito

On Saturday afternoon I dropped by Cicli Spirito, the workshop of Ben ‘The Maestro’ Kamenjas. Ben is a well-known personality around Sydney’s classic bike scene,…