Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

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.

Moots Vamoots CR

Colorado’s Steamboat Springs is also known as both Ski Town and Bike Town, being quite the destination for both sports. Moots Cycles have called it…

Review: Chrome Rolltop Panniers 20L

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Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

PVD TRON Light Cycle

Peter Verdone has a penchant for vehicles from popular science fiction culture. Who doesn’t? The last of his bikes featured here was the Warp Drive…

Geekhouse NAHBS Mudvillle

Well, the North American Handmade Bicycle Show is over for another year, leaving us to marvel at the energy that goes into making this show…

English Cycles No-Car-Kitty-Cargo

It gets a bit crazy in Bike Land around this time of year, when the North American Handmade Bicycle Show prepares to open its doors…

The Grotesque

Although his résumé reads ‘Industrial Designer’, I get the impression that there is more to the story of Owen Payette McGarry. A recent graduate of…

Hampsten Cycles Maglia Rosa

The retirement of professional cyclists can be as fascinating as their racing conquests, although some stories haven’t ended well, despite a glorious CV. Andy Hampsten,…

A Pair of Royal H Cycles

Surely one of the true tests of a marriage would be a tour on a tandem. Each partner would discover, if they hadn’t already, the…

Gear: Chrome Knurled Welded

My waterproof Ortlieb panniers are looking a little worse for wear but there are surprisingly few options out there for serious wet weather portage. Like…

Indy Fab Crown Jewel Disc

The entrepreneurial spirit of New England frame builders has spawned many great stories and workshops over the years, although Independent Fabrications, borne from the ashes…

Winter Bicycles Discoteca

The Lee Valley VeloPark was the venue for the London Olympic track events in 2012. In April, it will play host to a somewhat more…

Affinity Kissena World Champ Edition

Affinity is a Local Bike Shop on Grand Street in Brooklyn, whose propriety Kissena track frame, named after the famous Kissena Velodrome, has won over…

Doug’s Yamaguchi

Few frame builders have influenced the world of the custom bicycle as much as Koichi Yamaguchi. His unconventional designs both shock and impress, but they…