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Gramm Tourpacking Optics Hip Bag

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Gramm Tourpacking Optics Hip Bag

Born from Berlin-based bagmakers, Gramm Tourpacking‘s love for birding, this padded hip bag keeps your precious optics safely at your side while riding. On the body, your glass is protected from harmful vibrations and quick to access. Fits a mirrorless or small DSLR camera plus lenses, large binoculars, or other sensitive gear. Super stable on the hips while riding, then sling it around on the shoulder strap to get at your glass and get the shot.

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Gramm Tourpacking Diamond Bags Available in a Rainbow of 40 Colors!

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Gramm Tourpacking Diamond Bags Available in a Rainbow of 40 Colors!

The classic rando bag, totally reimagined by the minds at Gramm Tourpacking.  At 7.5 liters, the Diamond Bag – see Josh’s review in our archives – offers a happy medium capacity perfect for all-day rides. The folding lid opens towards the rider rando-style, allowing easy access to critical gear while on the move. Just announced on Gramm Tourpacking’s Instagram, you can now custom-order the Diamond Bag in over 40 technical fabrics.

The Diamond Bag is specifically designed to pair with the lightweight Allygn Diamond Rack. Select the Bundle for a deal on the set. For a larger bag, check out Gramm Tourpacking’s Diamond Bag (Tall) and Grill Bag

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2024 Bespoked Dresden Part 04: Ergon Showcase With Corrent Components, Kobel, Quokka, Rizzo, Scarab, Significant Other, and Sueess

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2024 Bespoked Dresden Part 04: Ergon Showcase With Corrent Components, Kobel, Quokka, Rizzo, Scarab, Significant Other, and Sueess

To help support our Bespoked Dresden coverage, Ergon bike components sponsored a special gallery with builds featuring their products, including some of our favorite saddles, grips, and bar tape. Below, our 2024 Bespoked Dresden Part 04, our final report from the show,  features bicycles from Corrent Components, Kobel, Quokka, Rizzo, Scarab, Significant Other, and Sueess.  Scroll on down to take it all in!

2024 Bespoked Dresden Part 03: Abes, Actofive, Avalanche, Cicli Bonanno, Cyber Cycles, Garage 66, King Fabrications, Qvist, Raketa, Starfish, SON, and Tim Tas + Rek

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2024 Bespoked Dresden Part 03: Abes, Actofive, Avalanche, Cicli Bonanno, Cyber Cycles, Garage 66, King Fabrications, Qvist, Raketa, Starfish, SON, and Tim Tas + Rek

We still have loads more to share from an uber-busy weekend at the Bespoked artisan framebuilder and maker showcase in Dresden, Germany! Today, our 2024 Bespoked Dresden Part 03 reportage features some stunning bicycles and products from Abes, Actofive, Avalanche, Cicli Bonanno, Cyber Cycles, Garage 66, King Fabrications, Qvist, Raketa, Starfish, SON, and Tim Tas + Rek. Continue reading below for a look at more stunning craftwork…

2024 Bespoked Dresden Part 02: Alonukis, Don Sebastiano, Dyed in the Wool, Huhn, Meerglas, Memento, Milli, Monopole, Purple Dog, Stolen Garage, True Love, Tune

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2024 Bespoked Dresden Part 02: Alonukis, Don Sebastiano, Dyed in the Wool, Huhn, Meerglas, Memento, Milli, Monopole, Purple Dog, Stolen Garage, True Love, Tune

We’re back from an uber busy weekend at the Bespoked artisan frame builder and maker showcase! Today, our 2024 Bespoked Dresden Part 02 reportage features some stunning bicycles and products from Alonukis, Don Sebastiano, Dyed in the Wool, Huhn, Meerglas, Memento, Milli, Monopole, Purple Dog, Stolen Garage, True Love, and Tune. Check out all of the amazing work below!

Bespoked X SRAM Inclusivity Scholarship 2024: Good Grief Bicycles

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Bespoked X SRAM Inclusivity Scholarship 2024: Good Grief Bicycles

Our European correspondent Petor Georgallou recently visited four North American framebuilders who have been awarded SRAM’s Inclusivity Scholarship to attend Bespoked in Dresden, Germany, on October 18–20. In the third chapter of this series, Petor joins Christopher Schmidt of Colorado Springs, CO, who builds bikes under the name Good Grief Bicycles. What’s it like to be a Native American framebuilder in the USA? Join Petor and Chris for a thought-provoking conversation and take a look behind the bikes at Good Grief…

Drust Cycles Rear Light Mount

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Drust Cycles Rear Light Mount

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.

Sour Bicycles SRD Steel Full Suspension Review: A Rolling Prototype

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Sour Bicycles SRD Steel Full Suspension Review: A Rolling Prototype

Peter Georgallou might be the last person ’round these parts you’d expect to test an all-mountain/enduro full-suspension mountain bike like the steel single-pivot SRD prototype from Sour Bicycles but that’s what makes his review so interesting. Continue reading below as Petor dives head-first and in-depth into a new-to-him world of riding in addition to a preview of some exciting things to come from our friends at Sour…

Hey, Sweet Bikes: A Visit to Sour Bicycles in Dresden, Germany

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Hey, Sweet Bikes: A Visit to Sour Bicycles in Dresden, Germany

Over the last couple of years, our European correspondent Petor Georgallou has gotten to know Sour Bicycles, a small East German bike company who are trailblazing in their mix of domestic framebuilding in Dresden and continued importation of Taiwan-made bikes. Read on to hear about the unique conditions that have made the former states of East Germany a hotbed of innovation and manufacturing in Europe, as well as how a mega fail by Petor leads to the second of many shop visits in Germany.

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The History of Diamant: Hans – A GDR Story of Innovation in Isolation

Petor is the director of Bespoked, and this year, he moved the showcase from the UK to Dresden, Germany. Through regular visits to Germany, meeting builders and small independent manufacturers, he was extremely fortunate to meet some incredible people who gave me a glimpse into the bicycle manufacturing community.

Inevitably, the name Diamant would crop up over and over, in the way that Raleigh would in the UK or Schwinn in the states. There were crumbs pointing to the former GDR everywhere, and in trying to learn a bit more about the cultural landscape of framebuilding in the former GDR all roads eventually led back to Diamant…