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.

MAP Bicycles disc-Ville

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Paul Brodie and The Whippet #2

Welcome to the second installment in Paul Brodie’s frame-building dissertation, where he recreates a Whippet full-suspension bicycle frame from 1888, which will be presented at…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Winter Bicycles San Ume

One booth I would love to hang out at this years NAHBS is that of Winter Bicycles. Eric Estlund is very much a traditionalist, and…

Bishop Bikes Singlespeed

Another framebuilder anxiously anticipating the 2012 North American Handmade Bicycle Show is Chris Bishop, although from the glimpses we’ve seen, he has the situation in…

Shamrock Cycles Urban Bike

With less than two weeks until the 2012 NAHBS, most exhibitors will be exhibiting signs of extreme mental pressure in a rush to ensure the…

Stanridge Speed Highstreet Pursuit

The Stanridge Speed Highstreet Pursuit, a low-profile, track-ready street fighter, has rapidly been filling the pages of its passport. Each week the Stanridge Speed facebook…

Review: Alden Seats

It’s been just over a year since we featured Carson Leh’s Deluxe TECH2 BMX and its leather upholstered saddle that so excited the bicycle blogosphere.…

Fat Chance Team Comp

Heidi Davis is a founding member of the New England Mountain Bike Association, a collection of chapters dedicated to preserving and enjoying the trails that…

S&M Sabbath

2012 is a magic year for S&M, it means they’ve been proudly producing ‘Made in America’ frames and components for 25 years. That’s a real…

Vanilla Bicycles NAHBS Track

Simon Courtney is one of those intrepid and creative New Zealand types that embody the Kiwi spirit of innovation, enterprise and determination. Simon works as…

Cielo 11.3.11 CX Racer

On the 11th of March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan, causing 15,846 confirmed deaths, tsunami waves that…

Vigo Cycles CX 001

If you’ve as much interest in cinema as you do in bicycles, you will have heard of Jean Vigo, director of L’Atalante. A 1934 film,…

Chris King’s Yeti A.R.C.

Chris King’s story could well be a testimonial for a motivational speaker, at the very least provide inspiration to anyone considering the pursuit of dreams.…