Death Spray Custom x Morvélo
It’s a little known fact that Brush Script, a font designed in 1942 by Robert E. Smith for the American Type Founders, was used for…
Bike brands from the United Kingdom
Field Cycles x Enve Track Bike
ENVE manufacture some of the world’s finest carbon fiber rims and components. They’re based in Ogden, Utah, which is where they make 100% of their…
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Cotic Roadrat
There’s some truly beautiful cycling to be had amongst the dales of Yorkshire, as those lucky enough to attend the first two stages of the…
Saffron x Death Spray Custom
It’s the most inspiring thing to watch an artist at work, whether it’s a painter, a chef, a skater or any creative person who relishes…
Sven Cycles x Paniagua
In his tell-all book ‘The Secret Race’, the story of his tenure with Lance Armstrong and the US Postal team, Tyler Hamilton made reference to…
Saffron Frameworks Stainless Road
By the looks of things, the 2014 Bespoked show is going to be the best yet. Lee Valley Velodrome will play host to the best…
August Wheelworks 29er
This Friday heralds the weekend of 2014’s Bespoked Bristol — the UK Handmade Bicycle Show. It’s a grand event, not just for its recent stratospheric…
Stanforth Bikes Kibo
In 1985 two cousins, Nicholas and Richard Crane, rode their Saracen mountain bikes to the summit of Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro. Inspired by that epic…
Donhou Bicycles Mondrian
It’s rare to see a bare, unbuilt frame here on The Spoken. In fact, this is the first, but only because anything to do with…
The Bicycle Academy All-Star Lineup
From the press release: This year, The Bicycle Academy’s Somerset-based frame building school is on course for even better grades, thanks to the addition of…
Sven Cycles Rouge Noir Roadster
Haute couture fashion and the gritty workshop of a custom framebuilder may seem like worlds apart. But considering that both produce wearable art which is…
Bamboo Bicycle Club frame kits are here!
While there will always be a market for supermarket-quality, colour-coded ‘fixies’ with substandard bottom brackets, wouldn’t it be great if it was eschewed for the…
Munin Bikeworks
2014 is shaping up to be an exciting year for custom bicycles. More and more people are taking their cycling seriously and looking beyond the…
Craddock Cycles Road
Just shy of a hundred years since Harry Hetchins set up his London shop, selling handmade steel frames with the most elaborately carved lugs and…
Hetchins Bicycles: The Magnum Opus Millennium
“The Rolls Royce of bicycles” is an oft-used description of Hetchins, one of the most iconic British marques. The elaborately carved lugs and ‘curly’ stays…
