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.

Hunter Chameleon ATB

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Bishop Bikes 650B Rando

The construction of a randonneur bicycle requires far more design and fabrication than, say, a track bike, due to the extra functionality required by a…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Speedvagen Road Machine

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Gear: Chrome Reflective Camo

Chrome Industries have a reputation for bombproof bags and apparel for urban cyclists and adventurers which is well founded. Designed by riders for riders, Chrome…

A-train Cycles Monster Cross

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Detroit Bicycle Co. Land Speed Bike

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44 Bikes 29er / Fat bike

Ideally, the number of bikes one should keep in their quiver in n+1, where n is the number currently owned. For most of us, that…

Blackburn Rangers

In 1975, when mountain biking was still called ‘klunking’, Jim Blackburn was having ideas about how he could improve basic accessories used by the most…

Team Dream Cielo Cross Racer

Just off Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, is an avenue named Lucile. It will eventually take you towards Griffith Park, one of the largest urban parks…

Caletti Cycles Dream Bike

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Firefly Bicycles ‘The Bones Project’

Art bikes are usually a hit or miss affair, but considering the ultra-refined standard of Boston’s Firefly Bicycles and their titanium and stainless steel frames,…

Horse Cycles Stainless Townie

Thomas Callahan’s Horse Brand Co. launched recently, showcasing American-made goods and his handmade Urban Tour bikes. This stainless steel town bike is an addition to…

Cielo Sportif Racer

When Chris King isn’t overseeing the Portland industrial concern that manufactures our favorite headsets, he, along with a select crew, can be found brazing together…

Holland Cycles Breakaway

Classic Rendezvous refers to Albert Eisentraut as the dean of modern (post Korean War) USA custom frame builders. He has passed his skills on to…