Vendetta Cycles Townie
The behemoth that is NAHBS draws ever nearer, to the dismay of the exhibitors who are furiously applying finishing touches to the bikes and products…
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.
The behemoth that is NAHBS draws ever nearer, to the dismay of the exhibitors who are furiously applying finishing touches to the bikes and products…
Rawland’s Sean Virnig keeps creating bikes that, at once, embody his Viking heritage and reinterpret classic mountain bike culture for a modern generation. Either that…
Rob English is a well traveled-chap and many of those miles have been spent searching for an ideal occupation for a passionate cyclist. He found…
There’s one thing that can be said about a Klein, they’re unmistakable. Whether for their gregarious paint or their fat aluminum tubes, few MTB manufacturers…
The Hufnagel Porteur / City Bike Project was released to the world last week: the culmination of months of hard work and amazing camping trips,…
One of New Zealand’s finest wheel builders, Tristan Thomas of Wheelworks, commissioned a disc brake-equipped road bike from Independent Fabrication. It’s one of the first…
This isn’t one of Jordan Hufnagel’s latest creations, but it’s certainly one of the most stylish. The paint scheme is reminiscent of a fine piece…
Shape Field Office is a fresh industrial and graphic design studio in San Francisco, whose latest addition to their brand identity is this superb porteur.…
Portland’s Signal Cycles continue to develop an individual style with each frame they create, and this sports tourer, built for local rider Phillip W., is…
San Antonio tattooist David Rangel emailed me the other day, and raised an interesting point about many of the bikes and photography we feature on…
Steven Bock seems intent on helping to restore Detroit’s sense of dignity, whose reputation as the ‘Motor City’ has suffered in recent years. Detroit’s new…
There’s nothing quite like a raw finish on a steel frame to accentuate its craftsmanship and handmade quality. It’s a bit ‘The Bike Stripped Bare’,…
Chris Bishop recently assembled a rare set of tubes by Italy’s Gilco Design, creating a cyclocross frame for an LA customer. The unusual profile lends…
John ‘Prolly’ Watson finally tweaked his latest acquisition, a beautiful track frame by Ian Sutton, of Icarus Frames. The addition of the classically-styled H+Son TB14…
The world of cycling is full of great stories – tales of hard riders, artisans, innovation and integrity. The tale of McLean Fonvielle, lesser-known but…