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Baum Cycles has unveiled its latest model offering, the DBM – a gravel bike with MTB DNA. Baum’s new gravel bike embraces all that MTB has to offer, including 29 x 2.20–2.40″ tires, lower gear ratios, and a dropper post to extend its off-road capabilities.
We’re kicking off our 2024 MADE Bike Show coverage from Portland, Oregon, with Part 01. Inside is some serious heat! Continue reading below for selects from bRad, Caletti, Chumba, Hot Salad, English, Prova, Rare Earth, Slow Southern Steel, Stinner, and Tomii…
Dropouts are critical to the design of the rear end of a bike. Daniel Yang from Artefact and Neuhaus recently took the big step of designing and manufacturing his own dropouts: the Artefact UDH dropout and the DR30.
What do you guys think? Which design do you prefer?
Dan Craven, or Dan from Nam, as he was known during his professional road racing career, had for years dreamt of starting his own handmade bike brand at home in Namibia, Onguza. He had traveled the world riding and racing bikes, but he knew that to find the best builders, returning home to Namibia would make the most sense…
Today, in conjunction with our first Ti Talk, we’re excited to pull back the curtain on No.22‘s development of the brand’s new aero, performance-forward titanium road bike. Constructed from 3D-printed titanium and countless hours of post-printing hand labor, the latest iteration of the Reactor is set to launch in 2025, with this prototype debut at the MADE bike show in Portland, OR, August 23-25th…
A few weeks back, during our State Bicycle Ti All-Road review, a conversation about titanium unfurled in the comments. The Radavist is uniquely positioned to have this discussion as we’ve amassed more Beautiful Bicycle galleries than anyone else on the web, and a large portion of these feature titanium frames. In the eighteen years of documenting cycling culture, we’ve also amassed a large contact list in the framebuilding world.
In an attempt to demystify the material, we reached out to No. 22 Bicycle Company for a bit of Ti Talk.
In Sklar Bikes‘ latest video, Adam fabricates a custom segmented steel bicycle fork. He talks elements of fork design, machine and brazes the crown and then tig welds it all together.
John and Cari were in Melbourne for a few days following the 2024 MADE Australia showcase, which gave them some free time to visit a couple of shops, one of which was Prova Cycles.
Nestled inside this compact factory, siblings Mark and Kelly Hester build some of the most advanced bikes in the world. This two-person team has optimized production over the past four years, and it’s something to behold…
John and Konstantin from Drust Cycles were chatting on Instagram over the weekend (about Cinelli Laser frames) when he posted these rear light mounts. Drust was hand-machining these nifty lights for SON and Supernova lights for clients before having them forged in aluminum. They’re available in batches of five to local bike shops, B2B only, so if you’re interested, drop Drust Cycles an email.
Check out a beautiful Drust Cargo bike in our Eurobike 2024 coverage.
On a recent visit to Taiwan, Daniel Yang from Yang MFG, Artefact, and Neuhaus Metalworks learned how one of the best titanium manufacturers, ORA Engineering, dimples their chainstays. In this video, he shows how he created a similar design using low parts.
We’re in a seemingly new era of bicycle framebuilding with the proliferation of 3D-printed components. While this movement might feel “unprecedented,” a similar thing happened with framebuilders in the mid-1980s and into the 1990s with technology borrowed from the Beretta gun manufacturer in Italy.
In what has to be one of our most intriguing Vintage Bicycles articles to date, John hops on a phone call with Tom Ritchey to discuss a rare 1990 Eisentraut mountain bike that Tom had recently acquired and the technology that made it possible.
Check out this quick tour of the Sklar Bikes workspace where custom, one-off bike frames are fabricated. This is also where Adam designs and build prototypes for the production Sklar Bikes like the SuperSomething, Tall Tale and PBJ. In the latest video from the Sklar Bikes workshop, Adam says a quick hello to neighbors Piecemeal Vintage, Billings Cycle Works and Pass and Stow Racks…
Located in the heart of Paris, France, Stolen Garage is an innovative multidisciplinary space, or “lieu hybride,” in French. It brings together a variety of disciplines under one roof. The venue combines a café/bistro, bike shop, fully-equipped repair workshop, and a custom frame building and painting studio.
To accompany Josh’s photographic documentation of the Stolen Garage space, we tapped co-owner Finlay Skillen to pen an overview of their background and unique approach to building community and inspiring creativity around a love for bicycles in Paris.
While John was checking in with Ritchey before Sea Otter, he got a sneak peek at the new Tom Ritchey-built Bullmoose bars and bi-plane forks Tom was working on for owners of these original 1980 Ritchey Mountain Bikes. Tom said he was inspired by both John’s and David Harrison’s restoration work on these non-serial 1980 frames that were sold without Bullmoose bars or forks.
Well, the news is live today that Tom Ritchey will be debuting this collection in person at MADE, so let’s check out the full 411 below!
Chumba‘s 150 mm travel titanium hardtail, named the SLACKR after the cult classic film from Austin, TX, Slacker, just got its official geometry. The brand also rolled out new sizes for its Sendero hardtail and Yaupon drop-bar 29er mountain bike. Let’s check it out.
Sklar Bikes is ramping up its YouTube channel and Adam just posted this process video of him building a frame from start to finish on Friday. We thought it was so good that we had to share it on a Monday. Check it out and subscribe to Sklar Bikes if you dig this sort of content (we do!)
John and Josh love their Mumurs and others here at The Radavist have lauded Starling’s steel single pivots. To help get ya rollin’ on bikes, the UK framebuilders just announced complete bikes. To commemorate these slick builds, Triscombe local Toby Downs takes the Mega Twist on a proper flogging. Check out more info below!
If you’re in the Bay Area, make sure to swing through the Above Category Invitational Bike Show on August 31st…
