After a relaxing festive season, it’s time for us to return to a new year of miles upon our favorite vehicle, and what better way for The Spoken readers to celebrate 2018 than with a big orange roadie, handmade by Alex de Kraker of Eindhoven’s St Joris Cycles.
S & S Machine are an unsung hero of the custom framebuilding industry. To count the number of bikes on The Spoken that have been fitted with their couplings, technically known as Bicycle Torque Couplings™, would be an outstanding feat. Here is yet another, an all-roader by Elian Cycles of The Netherlands.
My Wild Love is an outfit from Amsterdam that makes raucous steel frames in Treviso, Italy. While they started as a project to complete NOS…
The name of Herman Braun and Braun Cycles will not be instantly familiar to many living outside of The Netherlands, or if you were a…
As they say in the classics… Now for something completely different. There’s plenty of antique and vintage frames to be found in Europe — the…
With a distinct lack of hills in The Netherlands, it’s no wonder crit racing has become popular. RIH Sport Amsterdam is one of the main…
Google Nederland just released some very exciting news, which has been tested on the streets of the world’s cycling capital and the capital of the…
How many of you even knew that MTB beach racing was actually a ‘thing’? Along the European coastline, apparently, it’s quite a big thing, with…
How many of us sit for hours every day in front of a computer screen? We’re all connected — except for those who choose to…
For the bicycle tourist, Japan is a heavenly destination — one filled simultaneously with bright excitement and serene hideaways. You can pitch a tent just…
With the myriad of options for frames, accessories and apparel out there, it can be very daunting for a new cyclist to know which is…
The legend of St George and the Dragon, while adopted by the Christian tradition, is actually Eastern in origin, brought back by the Crusaders. He…
There are a lot of beautiful bicycles riding around The Netherlands, although most of them are heavy, built to withstand a nuclear blast and look…
A Classics season in full swing is a vibrant reminder of how cycling is a big part of European sporting life. Well, after football. Having…
There’s a little detail on the top tube of this Concorde Squadra that reveals the true origin of the Dutch marque: a brazed-on Italian flag.…
