Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Field Cycles Gaff’s Fixed

Sheffield can rightly be considered the Steel Capital of the United Kingdom, with a history of steel production that dates to the early 19th century.…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Feather Cycles Di2 Road

A name can carry serious weight. Unless, of course, your name is Ricky Feather, ex-pro BMXer, turned custom frame builder, who creates bicycles that give…

Donhou Cycles Gravel Grinder

Unless you’ve been tramping or have agricultural or equine experience, there’s a good chance you won’t have come across a bridle path. England and Wales…

Feather Cycles Magnus Walker 911R

Porsche’s 911 or Neunelfer is one of the most iconic automobiles of the twentieth century. You don’t even have to like cars to recognize it,…

No Quarter Plum Crazy

There’s no mistaking the musical reference in the title of today’s bike. James Langton is a 19 year-old Leicestershireman who recently inaugurated an enterprise restoring…

Saffron Frameworks SS Road

In June last year, a 31-year-old named Mike Hall arrived in Greenwich after riding around the world — a distance of 18,000 miles. He completed…

Feather Cycles Cyclocross

Autumn has descended upon the Northern Hemisphere, heralding the onslaught of cyclocross season. Component manufacturers must rub their hands with glee at the thought of…

Donhou Cycles Leica Track

For some photographers, the name of Leica generates the same amount of passion and reverence as Colnago or Merckx does for some cyclists. There’s no…

Rusby Cycles Guy’s Road

Englishman Jake Rusby has, like Nao of Tomii Cycles and Eric Estlund of Winter Bicycles, re-directed his creative inspiration from fine art sculpture into sculptural…

detail Chrome Porteur

Some creative agencies send out direct mail ephemera to advertise their services, but East Yorkshire’s detail Design Agency prefer to restore classic Carltons. This is…

Field Cycles Mint Road

Last year, the Rapha Continental traversed a route around the Tōhoku region, devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. The catastrophic effects were…

Donhou Cycles Road / Tourer

Britons have always had an aptitude for excellence, and Tom Donhou is a perfect example of that national trait. So soon after barrelling down a…

Experiments in Speed

Here’s the full version of Experiments in Speed, a short film produced by Spindle Productions about Tom Donhou‘s quest to build a garage attempt on…

Field Cycles Cross / Classics

The British fascination with enjoying cups of tea at regular intervals can be a little much for foreigners to understand, but even a short visit…