Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Field Cycles Fixed Road

During the Industrial Revolution, Sheffield was synonymous with steel production and the sun rarely shone through the clouds of smog. Today, it’s one of Europe’s…

Donhou Bicycles Tigger

If you’re old enough to remember Tigger from A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh stories, the theme for this build from Donhou Bicycles will be easy to…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Feather Cycles x John Smedley

The Union Jack and bicycles are are making a fashionable combination this year, what with the ongoing success of Bradley Wiggins and Team GB’s domination…

Holdsworth #69551

Recently, British cycling is undergoing somewhat of a renaissance, due in no small part to the success of riders such as Victoria Pendleton, Shanaze Reade,…

Globe x Malarky x VNA

Very Nearly Almost is one of the world’s leading magazines on street art and graffiti and must be one of the longest in publication, having…

Roberts Strada

The husband-and-wife team of Jakarta’s Pancalen Cycles seem to have a constant procession of interesting machines pass through their doors, ranging from sassy mixte restorations…

Raleigh Colette

Buying or restoring a bike for a lady friend or partner is very much a hit-and-miss affair. Their sense of style and form is more…

Feather Cycles No. 50

We’ve all asked ourselves what we’d have built if we had carte blanche for the custom frame builder of our choice. Ricky Feather has gone…

Bob Jackson Olympus

It’s safe to assume that Dan Hunt is the most stylish of the Headset Press triumvirate. At least he has been since he built up…

detail Town Bicycle

Yorkshire’s detail Design Agency made a splash last year with a porteur they crafted from a careful selection of components. The result was glaringly brilliant…

Robin Mather Rapha Continental

The Rapha Continental riders continue to forge a legacy of stylish miles, documented with such cinematic excellence that the episodes exceed even BMW’s marketing masterstroke,…

Tokyo Fixed Dart

While I was on holiday in the UK recently, I had a chance to drop by Tokyo Fixed, one of London’s most well-stocked bike shops…

Donhou Bicycles Town Bike

Tom Donhou came to the realization that he was destined to build bicycles after cycling halfway around the world from his home town of Norwich…

On-One il Pompino

I’ve long been an advocate of the On-One il Pompino. It’s a solid, reliable workhorse whose steely, no-disc, full-fender, single-speed versatility appeals to retro-grouches like…