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
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Firefly Bicycles Tourer
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
Rock Lobster Black Friday
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
Bishop Bikes Pista
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
1988 GT Pro Freestyle Tour
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
Hufnagel Porteur
Google Maps couldn’t actually calculate the exact distance from Whistler, B.C. to the region of Patagonia, South America. Let’s just call it a long way. It’s a motorcycle tour that Jordan Hufnagel and James Crowe have just embarked upon and… Read more
Bridgestone XO-2
Before founding Rivendell Bicycle Works in 1994, Grant Petersen was marketing director for Bridgestone Cycle (USA). During his 10-year tenure, he created some highly innovative bikes, much to the consternation of the Japanese management, that are highly sought after today.… Read more
