Taylor Sizemore’s entry for the 2014 Oregon Manifest competition is a quantum leap from his 2011 entry, which was closer to a traditional porteur. Only five US cities were represented in this year’s competition: five design houses teamed up with a local builder to produce the ultimate urban utility bike. Sizemore Bicycles combined forces with…
If there’s one word to describe Taylor Sizemore’s bikes, it’s unconventional. From his commuters and track bikes to his ‘crossers and road bikes, clever details become apparent only upon closer inspection. They’re raw, with paint-brushed graphics, but like David Mashburn’s radical city bike, they exemplify the handmade quality and reveal a man who loves what…
Taylor Sizemore‘s mission statement is to create bikes that are simple, functional and unadorned, yet beautiful in their rugged purity. He built this big-wheeled Mega…
The Oregon Manifest is an annual competition that brings together some of America’s top framebuilders in a quest to design and build the ultimate utility…
Taylor Sizemore obviously takes as much pride in his photography as he does in his frame building—the images of his last build, the NY Commuter,…
Not sure whether it’s Hallowe’en looming but when I saw these photos of Sizemore’s latest project, a shiver ran up and down my spine. It…
