After distributing his bikes through Embrocation Cycling, Craig Gaulzetti has a website all of his own. The ‘Philosophy‘ page portrays a man who, over the corsa of his two-wheeled life, has thought long and hard about why he loves to ride and build the frames that bear his name. The Cazzo is the only steel frame offered by the brand and best summarizes his relationship with the industry and the sport. Read More
There’s few parts of the United States that better conjure up images of the Wild West than Arizona and, in particular, Tucson. The cactus of Saguaro National Park, the Santa Catalina Mountains and its lions, even the boneyard of the Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, are icons of both ancient and modern America. The bikes built in Tucson by Ron Stanage and his Hex American Cycle Works are equally essential parts of the landscape. Read More
Despite the worn-out Sound of Music references, the Edelweiss flower is a wonderful association for the crystalline atmosphere that inspires Francois Cau to build his frames. Francois and his Edelbikes workshop, located at the foot of the majestic French Alps, was recently selected to produce a machine for Rapha’s European Continental crew. Read More
We see a lot of beautiful bicycles on Cycle EXIF, most of them made by hand by small business owners, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts. All of them, however, have been created by people with an immense passion for their craft and for the quality of riding their bikes afford. We all appreciate a fine, hand made bicycle, but unless you’ve actually picked up a torch, donned the glasses and brazed one tube to another, frame building can be seen as a bit of a dark art.
Dan Bailey is one of those craftsmen, building frames in his own shop by the name of Pallas Athena Custom Bicycles, in Minneapolis, and over the next few weeks he’s going to take us through the process involved with building a cyclocross frame from Columbus Zona and Life tubes. Here’s Step 1. Read More
The 2013 Bespoked Bristol Show has finished for another year, after profiling a varied range of exhibitors intrinsic to the UK scene. There were some well-placed bets on a few of the award winners, while others were pleasant surprises, especially the award given for Best Off Road: a heavily modified version of Shand Cycles‘ ‘all-road’ bike, the Stoater. Read More
‘Blurple Rando’ may be a colloquial title, but it refers to a very serious machine. After years of riding a Pashley Guv’nor around and taking it on longer and longer rides, Alan approached Boston’s Royal H Cycles and Bryan Hollingsworth with a particular request for a dream bike. Read More
About two hours ride south of Sydney stands the Illawarra Escarpment, a dramatic series of cliffs that rise up from the coast, extends about one hundred kilometers south and reaches heights of almost 800 meters above the sea. It’s home to Tarn Mott and Primate Frames, who built this burly rig to blast the single trail that traces through its hills. Read More
