When Chris King isn’t overseeing the Portland industrial concern that manufactures our favourite headsets, he, along with a select crew, can be found brazing together the frames that bear his beloved Cielo brand. They’re named after the Camino Cielo ridge… Read more
Classic Rendezvous refers to Albert Eisentraut as the dean of modern (post Korean War) USA custom frame builders. He has passed his skills on to many students such as Bruce Gordon, Joe Breeze and Mark Nobilette. Bill Holland was another… Read more
You’ve got to give kudos to anyone that tries to break the bicycle out of its traditional double-triangle diamond frame design. It may be considered the optimum layout, but that’s no reason not to explore other options. Leave it to… Read more
Boston’s art scene has been a considerable influence upon the Firefly Bicycles crew. They made a special point of adjoining an art gallery space to their workshop and both have surgically clean walls — the gallery to view works of… Read more
One of the bikes up for grabs in Easton Cycling’s Dream Bike Charity Raffle was an aluminum race bike built by Santa Cruz local Paul Sadoff of Rock Lobster Cycles. Paul’s frames have been held in the highest regard for… Read more
Motor racing sponsorship has played a major role in the marketing plan of Martini & Rossi, an Italian alcohol company that is perhaps most famous for its brand of vermouth. Usually decorating white or silver cars, the red, dark and… Read more
By the mid-70s, bicycle motocross had grown from a bunch of neighbourhood kids racing their Schwinn Sting-Rays around dirt tracks in empty southern Californian lots to a full-blown phenomenon. Gary Turner, a former drag car racer, decided to build his… Read more
