Pashley Guv’nor
Regrettably, Pashley is one of the last three ‘traditional’ companies to produce bicycles in the UK, the other two being Moulton and Brompton. The economic…
Bike brands from the United Kingdom
The Tweed Steed
The Tweed Run was inaugurated in 2009 by the London Fixed Gear and Single Speed crew, which since then has grown into a veritable institution.…
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Raleigh Team Panasonic Track
This Raleigh Team Panasonic Track was a high point of my morning commute to my workplace in The Rocks, Sydney. It turned into one of…
Feather Cycles Single Speed
The last three frames to emerge from the Yorkshire workshop of Ricky Feather have been a departure from his usual repertoire: we’ve seen a striking…
Claud Butler Ladydale
This is the second Claud Butler to be featured on The Spoken, and the second by Melbourne’s Andrew Blake. Andrew has a penchant for discovering…
Claud Butler
If you’re a resident of the United Kingdom, you may recognize the name of Claud Butler from a chain of bike stores. If you’ve any…
detail Porteur
Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery. But a porteur bicycle works to a certain formula, so if the underlying theme is chrome,…
Feather Cycles Black Track
Ricky Feather is rapidly establishing himself as the UK’s preeminent custom builder. His portfolio continues to grow with a slew of stylish executions and his…
JAILmake Wade’s Everyday Bicycle
To really put the bicycles that Liam Healy and Jamie Elliot create into context, one needs to see them as only one aspect of their…
Bob Jackson End–End
Bob Jackson is one custom frame house that can lay claim to a rich cycling heritage as well as the great British tradition of maintaining…
H.R. Morris by Kevin Sayles
While most will be familiar with the elaborate details found on frames by Hyman Hetchins, few will be aware that the intricate lug work he…
Feather Cycles Geoff’s Road
Every once in a while a bike turns up that ticks all of my boxes, and the work by Ricky Feather is usually guaranteed to…
JAILmake Everyday Bicycle
JAILmake was last seen on The Spoken with their Light Tourer, a textural and refined velocipede, and now they’re back with their Everyday Bicycle. It…
14 Bike Co Polo Bike
Each mention of bike polo seems to be a new round of a national championship or the victory of a team in an overseas competition.…
JAILmake Light Tourer
JAILmake is the South East London partnership between two young men who have equalized a well-developed sense of good design with deft hands-on construction skills.…
