Hecho a mano en La Rioja is Reyes Soriano’s tagline, and it translates to ‘made by hand in La Rioja’. Reyes is a framebuilder who lives and works in La Rioja, one of Spain’s most important wine-making regions, and this is his ‘Gaslight’ model.
Spain’s passion for cycling has had a tendency for ascendency ever since the days of Federico Bahamontes, the ‘Eagle of Toledo’. To further prove that point is The Draft, a new custom bike boutique in Madrid — just have a look at their Comet Eater all-roader.
The klunker blazed the trail for modern mountain bike design and subsequent bikes were more purpose-designed and built, yet handmade in steel. After a few…
Back in 2011, a German company by the name of Acros launched a hydraulic groupset into the mountain bike world. At the time I was…
Barcelona is a city of color, and it has always been a center for Spain’s most talented artisans and craftspeople. Pau Tena, the owner, and…
Of the thousands of days in one’s lifetime, there are only a significant few that will perpetually be remembered for their magnitude. The word for…
The seventh Criterium Gijón — Spain’s fixed gear crit race — was held on the 29th of July, and it was the second year that…
Here’s a special report about a special bike. It was built in Barcelona for a Spanish customer who desired a tough, versatile bike for traversing…
One of the most likeable innovations to cross over to the world of the bicycle from that of the motorcycle has to be the belt…
We have different reasons for riding the bikes we ride. They fulfil certain requirements for stages of our cycling, and each delivers an individual experience.…
When Miguel ‘Big Mig’ Indurain won the first of his five consecutive Tour de France victories, in 1991, he was riding a bike considered by…
One of the great things about The Spoken is the exposure we get to bikes and builders we might not usually come across. Who’d have…
