Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Stormtrooper Bike

It seems that even the custom beach cruiser is not exempt from the long fingers of The Emperor. Or maybe, the Galactic Empire isn’t even safe from beach cruiser customization. Whatever your perspective, Max Denisov — AKA Dee-Troy, from Moscow’s Rastabike BC — has created a bike that will definitely be a hit with Star…

Plywood Bicycle by Stanisław Ploski

Forget the budget parts, the color-matched chain/grips/pedal combo which brings back, with a shudder, early memories of our beloved ‘fixie’ craze. Forget the non-drive-side shot and even the awkward-looking saddle angle. Kudos to a design and designer who has dared to think outside the triangle, resulting in one of the most successful attempts to reinterpret…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

AUTUM Epitaph

US-based design firm AUTUM created a stir on The Spoken with their Minion bicycle, the limited run of which rapidly sold out. Their exclusive range…

Ricor’s Wooden Bike

Here’s one definitely for the enthusiasts, an encouraging reminder that there are those who seek to improve on the classic, traditional layout of the bicycle…

REW10 Cruiser

Look again, that’s not just a reflection in the mirror-like chrome, that’s a long point lug. And yes, that’s a custom fillet brazed frame. REW10…

Road Kandy Sangria Vida

You can hang on to your color matched Aerospoke rims, grips and pedals. In the bicycle world, there are none more passionate about customization than…

Autum Minion

Autum are a US based group of designers that are producing some fine men’s accessories — wallets and slips for your iPad and MacBook Air.…

Road Kandy Streamliner

Well, it’s not really called the Streamliner, but when Blake Adams of Road Kandy Customs sent through these studio shots he simply described it as…

Spyker Aeroblade

Bespoke Dutch super car builder Spyker have a motto, ‘Nulla tenaci invia est via’ which translates as ‘for the tenacious, no road is impassable’. It’s…