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.

Vendetta Cycles Green Hornet

One collaborative team who will be making a big splash at this years NAHBS is that of Vendetta Cycles, the partnership of Garrett Clark and…

Royal H Cycles White Cross

This ice queen is the latest composition from Bryan Hollingsworth at Royal H Cycles in Massachusetts. There’s one positive aspect to the blizzards dropping piles…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Specialized S-Works Epic Ultimate

I’ve always had a thing for Specialized; it’s a brand that hasn’t been afraid to innovate. The revolutionary Stumpjumper was first introduced in 1981 and…

Icarus Frames Road Bike

Ian Sutton’s latest creation continues to demonstrate his innovative eye for design and technical ability. His Leviathan time trial bike astounded us, and this road…

Bilenky Cycle Works Tandem

There’s a fantastic Vimeo channel called Art In The Age that presents footage of Stephen Bilenky in the process of fillet-brazing one of his frames,…

Mobius Cycle Serotta

Mobius Cycle blazed their way across the bike blogs recently with an impeccably shot Gan Well Pro Illusion. The photographer who managed to capture the…

A dual-speed Surly for Wisconsin trails

While I’m suffering from mild sunburn after spending a weekend on the beach, I’m mindful to remain grateful—in Wisconsin, there’s snow and zero-degree temperatures. This…

Rich Phillips 29er

After constructing chopper motorcycles, Rich Phillips has now branched into hand made bicycles, and will have a New Builder Table at this year’s North American…

Horse Cycles 650b CX

This little beauty is one of the more recent fillies borne from the hands of Thomas Callahan, the man behind Horse Cycles (his ‘Priest Sport’…

Fit Bike Co Lurch

After all the studio shots and images soaked with atmospheric depth of field, there’s nothing I enjoy seeing more than a bike that has been…

Rapha Continental

Ira Ryan, in an interview on the Rapha website, mentions that Quality is elusive. The search to attain Quality, or arête — as the Greeks…

Royal H Cycles

You probably recognize the Somerville, Massachusetts-based Royal H Cycles from the time trial bike that blew the blogs away during November, with that amazing rear…

Vanilla Bicycles Randonneur

Sacha White and the team at Vanilla Bicycles in Portland obviously haven’t been slowing down for the holiday season; their latest creation is an elaborate…

Eighthinch Scrambler V3

Kris from Locked Cog finished building up his Eighthinch Scrambler as a winter bike, with an almost complete Eighthinch ensemble of parts to match. It…

Icarus Leviathan

Hailing from Somerville, Massachusetts, Ian Sutton is a bit of a visionary in the custom bike-building arena. No wonder, having studied under the tutelage of…