Good As Gold: Specialized RHC London Allez by Jon Takao
It seems the Allez Allez – Specialized team of Colin Strickland and Aldo Ino Ilesic can’t put a pedal out of place these days. The…
Bikes sold by American brands are often made in China and Taiwan these days, even if they have been designed in the USA. That includes companies like Trek, Specialized
and Cannondale, and we’ve also said goodbye to companies like Klein and Guerrilla Gravity.
But several brands are keeping the dream of domestic bike production alive, with road, gravel, and mountain bikes on offer. Allied Cycle Works bikes are built in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Moots Cycles, known for their titanium frames, has been handcrafting frames in Steamboat Springs, Colorado for nearly four decades.
Speedvagen is still operating out of Portland, Oregon, Lynskey is building titanium bikes in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Mosaic Cycles handcrafts its machines in Boulder, Colorado.
Brands such as these may be in a minority, but they’re Made In The USA with a focus on quality and style rather than price.
It seems the Allez Allez – Specialized team of Colin Strickland and Aldo Ino Ilesic can’t put a pedal out of place these days. The…
Ira Ryan and Tony Pereira of Portland’s Breadwinner Cycles might have contrasting personalities, but there are certain ties that bind, such as motorcycles and creating…
In 2014, Specialized Bicycle Components celebrated 40 years of production and innovation and to celebrate, they offered a limited reissue of one of their most…
Andrew Low has been making aluminum frames by hand in San Francisco since 2010, and have previously focused on track frames. LOW Bicycles’ offering has…
Minneapolis — one of the Twin Cities, along with Saint Paul — is home to numerous bike culture legends. One of them is the Bike…
Artist Jeremiah Kille is a Santa Cruz local, just like his neighbour, framebuilder John Caletti. Both share a deep respect for the ocean, a worldview…
It’s nearly 13,000 kilometres from Santa Barbara, California, to Melbourne, Australia, and Hamish’s new Stinner Gibralter road bike will travel many more times that during…
As far as handmade aluminum bike frames go, one name rules them all — or rather, three letters: FTW. They stand for Frank The Welder,…
Last year, Travel Oregon coordinated seven local frame builders to build a bike specific to seven of the state’s natural features. One of the selected…
Toronto’s No. 22 Bicycle Company set the internet ablaze at the 2016 North American Handmade Bicycle Show, and with good reason. Now they’ve added a…
For the fan of steel bikes, Classic Rendezvous is just as valuable a resource as Sheldon Brown‘s. The CR Weekend will be held on June…
Trimble Racing’s Red Hook Crit was held in Brooklyn last weekend, unleashing a torrent of kaleidoscopic colors and graphics down a 1.13km loop for 26…
The common house fly seems to be an odd choice for a personal symbol, but it’s one that illustrator Bicycle Crumbs has thought long and…
In 2010, Robert Penn penned an awesome book titled It’s All about the Bike, the story of his journey to build a custom bike by…
Rest assured, this will be the cleanest you’ll ever see this mountain bike. It’s Tony Pereira’s own, and like Tony is one half of Breadwinner…