Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

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,…

2015 Melburn Custom Bike Show

Get this: 2015 will be the 10th edition of the Melburn Roobaix. Over the last decade, it has grown from a clandestine alleycat race into…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

KRES Cycles & Apparel

If there’s one indication that Melbourne is Australia’s capital of cycling — and style — it’s the swathe of new brands offering a variety of…

2015 Sydney Classic Bicycle Show

The 3rd edition of the Sydney Classic Bicycle Show occurred last Saturday, the 28th March 2015. After three years, it’s a given that it will…

Baum Turanti

It was only yesterday that I was reminiscing about hearing Darren Baum speak at the first Australian Custom Bicycle Show and being so inspired about…

Kenevans Columbus Max Road x Skunkworks

Sydney’s Skunkworks Bikes, specialists in ultra-high-end upgrades and bicycle weight loss, have been churning out a long list of quality builds lately, including the whole…

Paconi Sparkle Road

There were some amazing bikes in Adelaide in January for the 2015 Tour Down Under. I’m not talking about the carbon fiber squads of team…

Review: BOgear Royd Bike Bag

My decision to head over to Adelaide for the 2015 Tour Down Under was a rushed one, and the decision to bring my own bike…

Review: Turn Zayante Cranks

This review has been a long time in the making — not because of laziness, writer’s block or through struggling to know what say, but…

Rogers Bespoke for Treadly

The world’s best professional cyclists have started to descend on South Australia’s capital city of Adelaide in preparation for the Santos Tour Down Under —…

Kerry Hopkins Aero Track

Liverpool is a suburb in south-western Sydney, home to ABC Cycles, a local bike shop that is home also to Kerry Hopkins, one of Australia’s…

Gear: Patebury Leather Tool Roll

The Patebury brand is formed from the names of Joram Salisbury and Cameron Paterson, two young Australian men who manufacture leather cycling accessories of the…

Kumo Cycles Moustache Ride

During November, thousands of men all around the world stop shaving their upper lip for 30 days as part of the Movember campaign. Millions of…

Baum Coretto by Above Category

As far as beautiful bicycles go, Baum Cycles are one of Australia’s greatest exports. The quality of workmanship and the spirit that Darren Baum imbues…