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.

English Cycles Project: RIGHT

One of the most innovative bikes seen at this year’s NAHBS was this single speed, single-sided road bike by Oregon’s Rob English. Already known for…

Hunter Cycles CX

Blue Lug, Japan’s iconic bicycle emporium, perform the essential role of supplying their extremely passionate customers with custom creations, compiled from some of the world’s…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Mountain Cycle San Andreas

Today’s guest post is by Gerard Thomas. Back in the annals of mountain biking, someone had the bright idea that suspension on both the front…

Fast Boy Cycles TF5

Even in the face of major obstacles, Ezra Caldwell has been unable to keep away from the jig and out of the kitchen. His latest…

Cielo 29er MTB

Mountainbiking is one aspect of cycling that appears to evolve at an accelerated pace. Each season seems to bring a new ‘standard’: whether it’s handlebar…

Signal Cycles Ui2 Road

The dust is finally settling after the 2012 North American Handmade Bicycle Show, giving us an opportunity to absorb the vast array of beautiful bicycles…

Bishop Bikes Randonneur

The Randonneur that Chris Bishop revealed at the 2012 NAHBS is a bright orange beauty that combines old-world elegance with modern and distinct details that…

Sizemore Mega Cruiser

Taylor Sizemore‘s mission statement is to create bikes that are simple, functional and unadorned, yet beautiful in their rugged purity. He built this big-wheeled Mega…

Ritchey MountainBikes

Most local bike shops will have a token classic or collectable bike displayed somewhere, attestation to the proprietor’s favored genre or the shop’s specialty. Long…

Bishop Bikes Dura-Ace Track

Looking at these images of Chris Bishop’s craftsmanship, I can’t help but be reminded of its similarity to a fine hand made watch. The idea…

Volvo-Cannondale Super V DHF

1998 was a good year for Volvo-Cannondale team rider, David Vasquez. The final placing of the UCI Downhill round found him on the second tier…

Cannondale SuperSix EVO

I dropped by City Bike Depot the other day, one of my favorite bike shops, to say g’day to the lads and see what was…

YiPsan Bicycles Café Racer

The 2012 North American Handmade Bicycle Show provides plenty of eye candy for lovers of beautiful bicycles, from the casual enthusiast to the Keepers of…

Paul Brodie and The Whippet #3

Paul Brodie talks us through the third episode in this series, fabricating an exact reproduction of an 1888 Whippet full-suspension bicycle. You’ll be able to…