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.

Golden State Allez

Will Rei is a Californian native and a graphic design student at Cal Poly who is due to graduate this Spring. He recently worked as…

Fast Boy Cycles Nose Bike

New York is one of the world’s greatest cities, which will continue to increase in greatness as it encourages cycling as a more efficient and…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Raphael Cycles Dirt Camper

San Francisco is a metropolis that has embraced cycling over the years, both as a method of clean urban transportation and escaping the hustle and…

Kona Lava Dome

Which came first, knobblies on road bikes or drop bars on mountain bikes? Cyclocross is currently experiencing a global surge in popularity and with it,…

La Suprema Submariner Electronic

Matthew Crawford, in his bestselling book Shop Class as Soulcraft points out the difference between artists, craftspeople and tradepersons. He also explains that there are…

Salsa Fargo Ti

More and more cyclists are discovering the joys of off-road bicycle touring and adventure biking. Salsa Cycles have established themselves as a leading supplier of…

Pereira Cycles Roaring 29er

Tony Pereira has a long affinity with the twin-top tubed mountain bike. The ‘Roaring 29er’ is a stock frameset that has been offered by Pereira…

Hufnagel x Karl Benjamin

Hard-edge is an abstract style of painting native to California, a direct product of the state’s culture of light and color. So is Devon Tsuno,…

Pereira Cycles Portland Porteur

Portland has a rich cycling and custom frame building culture — the Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association lists 38 Constructor Members at last count. However, each…

Schwinn Paramount Ltd Edition

The Italians aren’t the only ones who can turn it on for a special birthday bike. When the Schwinn Paramount turned 50 in 1988, the…

Wilkerson Airlines Riot

In 1988, Ron Wilkerson was the points leader in the American Freestyle Association (AFA) pro ramps class. Halfway through his run, he crashed while performing…

Vanilla Bicycles Cream Cross

For those of us who anxiously reload the Vanilla Bicycles flickr page, hoping for an update on what’s new around the Portland workshop, this week…

Serotta Colorado ATX

On the first page of the 1994 Serotta catalog, Ben Serotta outlines his raison d’être: ‘If you can’t build something good, both in quality and…

Vendetta Cycles British Racer

Portland’s Conor Buescher and Garrett Clark of Vendetta Cycles have mounted an incursion upon British cycling’s current state of world domination. The excellence of their…