Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life
The Bike at the End of the Universe: Gloria's Rogers Bespoke

End of the Road: Rogers Bespoke signs off

Six years ago in Adelaide during the Tour Down Under, we had the pleasure and honor of meeting local frame builder JR of Rogers Bespoke and photographing his first build. Today we feature what may be his last custom bicycle — for his fiancé Gloria.

The Warrior Rides: Rogers Bespoke Ronin

The Warrior Rides: Rogers Bespoke Ronin

In a charity shop about 25 years ago, I picked up Robert Shea’s Shiké novels, one of the most epic samurai novels you could ever read. I’ve read them both many times over the years and have thus developed a deep interest in the culture of feudal Japan. When Adelaide’s Rogers Bespoke released images of…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Rogers Bespoke Redux

The South Australian capital of Adelaide was named in honor of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to King William IV. It’s a proud, progressive and…

Rogers Bespoke Songailo CX

To be fair, we haven’t seen too many cyclocross bikes made by Australian custom builders. But it’s a sure sign that the sport is on…

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 —…

Rogers Bespoke Road

During the 2014 Tour Down Under, I had the pleasure of meeting local Adelaide frame builder James Alderson at Treadly Bike Shop and photograph the…

Rogers Bespoke

Adelaide’s Treadly Bike Shop played host to a number of colorful characters over the final weekend of the 2014 Tour Down Under. By the last…