The Light Stuff: HED Stinger 3 Review
Every so often a product comes along that, perhaps inexplicably, you form some kind of bond with. I have found myself in this position with…
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.
Every so often a product comes along that, perhaps inexplicably, you form some kind of bond with. I have found myself in this position with…
Since we featured SaltAir’s Matthew Nelson’s own lugged road bike just over a year ago, he seems to have since moved to mainly fillet brazing…
A while ago, Caletti Cycles posted a stop-motion clip on their Instagram feed that portrays the collaborative effort behind their completed bikes. This tall all-roader…
Take a closer look at that bottom bracket. This Reeb Cycles Dikyelous was designed and built specifically around the Gates Carbon Drive and Pinion gearbox,…
This could very well be one of the brightest bikes we’ve ever featured on The Spoken: Portland’s Speedvagen has released their OG1 frameset in their…
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Jenna Meth is a Calgary, Alberta, rider who is somewhat of a local legend. Recently, she submitted a report from a trip to Gerona to…
Eric Estlund is a very much a classicist, respecting the traditional methods when it comes to frame building. His latest build was contracted by a…
Portland’s Sacha White just launched the new Speedvagen website, specifically catering to customers and fans of the Vanilla Workshop’s racing arm. The site profiles all…
If there is one marque destined to be the zeitgeist of the American all-road bikepacking/touring adventure cycling culture, Crust Bikes would be it, and surrounded…
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As you’d expect, Anna Schwinn — great-great-granddaughter of Ignaz Schwinn, founder of the Schwinn Bicycle Company — has some pretty cool bikes. This, however, is…
A frame by Oregon’s Rob English is something a little bit more than just a frame: it’s a statement. Rob’s customer Kate wanted a gravel…