It’s always refreshing to hear of a diehard cyclist’s first custom bike experience. Arnaud Pladys had been riding passionately for eight years before his dream bike came true at the hands of Czech builder, SingleBe’s Tomáš Kutin.
We’re big fans of the Czech custom bike scene here at The Spoken. It might not be the world’s biggest, but the quality of what small number of builders there are make up for it. Choceň’s SingleBe astounds us once again, with this Escher-inspired 29er.
Sometimes it’s hard to believe that under the flashy paint there is a bicycle frame that’s made entirely by hand. But the Czech builder Tom…
If there’s one thing that can be said about the Eastern European custom bike building community, it’s that they aren’t afraid of breaking tradition and…
The Czech workshop of SingleBe Bikes are what Tim Paterek would describe as a ‘comprehensive custom builder’, meaning that each bike produced is wholly singular…
When it comes to the custom bike scene, there’s plenty to talk about in the Czech Republic, what with the Podia crew, Festka, Rozzo and…
There’s some pretty inspiring bikes coming out of the Czech Republic custom scene these days, especially the off-road sector. One workshop that’s spearheading that movement…
Aside from a tailored fit, custom frame builders afford an adaptability to market forces that brands who rely om mass-production can only dream about. Case…
Bicycles and motorcycles have helped each other evolve since… well, since someone stuck an engine in a bicycle. Disc brakes, the threadless headset, triple clamp…
