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You can be forgiven for not having heard of a German frame builder by the name of Rudolf Pallesen. There’s not a lot of information…
You can be forgiven for not having heard of a German frame builder by the name of Rudolf Pallesen. There’s not a lot of information…
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…
Superleggera is translated from the Italian as ‘super light’, but it’s also a licensed trademark of Carrozzeria Touring. Touring is an automobile coachbuilder established in…
If you’re struck by the individual nature of the lugs on this green road machine, Robert Piontek of Potsdam’s Big Forest Frameworks broke the process…
For a country that’s famed for excellent engineering, we only see the work of a handful of German custom frame builders. That’s all right, though:…
Last weekend’s 2014 Berliner Fahrradschau revealed a few surprises, as you’d expect from such a central European and bike-friendly location. If you looked closely, among…
The inventor of the ProFlex mountain bike, Bob Girvin, set the scene alight with his revolutionary frame and fork designs. A former aerospace engineer, his…
Before he started creating svelte custom bike frames, Ulrich Vogel worked as an architect. The two fields cannot be more distantly related, yet Ulrich manages…
With every passing season bicycles, and especially mountain bikes, continue to evolve — whether it’s a chainring that doesn’t drop a chain, a new linkage…
Eurobike has just finished up for another year and by the looks of things, there’ll be some interesting products filtering down through the bicycle market.…
Three years ago today, The Spoken went live—featuring an Indy Fab ‘crosser dressed in the color scheme of the Gulf Oil racing team. It was…
We’ve featured a number of Rapha’s superb Continental bikes here on The Spoken. The magnificent riding machines of VANDEYK Contemporary Cycles have also made a…
The story behind Hojmark Cycles‘ brand identity recently made the rounds of the world’s great graphic design blogs, with good reason. Ineo Designlab, a Danish…
Carbon fiber has a lot to answer for, not only for the increased tube diameter which offers a greater opportunity to slather garish company logos…
Fast, beautiful vehicles are a local specialty of Stuttgart, Germany’s sixth-largest city. Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Maybach are all produced there. Now the streets of Stuttgart…