Daniel Yang from Yang MFG, Artefact, and Neuhaus offers up a deep dive into steel’s mechanical properties, butting, and how bike tubes are made. Remember, for steel to stay real, it needs primer and a finish like paint or powder.
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Whit’s Meriwether Cycles Luddite Silk-Ti Flex Pivot Hardtail
While John was hanging with Whit from Meriwether Cycles in the Nevada City area, he shot his Silk-Ti Flex Pivot bike. Whit calls this bike the Luddite. While we already featured this bike and the following write-up as a Readers’ Rides, John and his mindful eye have cataloged and fully documented it. Read on for the full story on the Luddite, along with some stellar photos of this titanium dream sled!
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Stelbel A Reflection Of You
A custom frame is more than just a blingy bit of product, it’s a reflection of the rider. Nice one, Stelbel!
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Readers’ Rides: Sam’s Hunter Cycles Midtail Hardtail Cargo Bike
Sam from Aotearoa, New Zealand sent in this beauty of a Hunter Cycles Midtail hardtail cargo bike for this week’s Readers’ Rides. Let’s check it out!
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BESPOKED Dresden, Europe’s Largest Handmade Bicycle Show Begins Tomorrow, 18-20 October 2024
BESPOKED‘s 2nd Annual European show will on once again take place at the Dresden & expected to be the largest in the event’s 13-year history. We’ll be there documenting the showcase…
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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…
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Ross Shafer From the Original Salsa Cycles Chats With Paul Brodie
Ross Shafer, the founder of Salsa Cycles, is one of the pioneers of mountain biking and one of the first framebuilders to embrace dirt drops. In Paul Brodie‘s latest video, he chats with Ross about all things framebuilding… and more.
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Frame by Frame: The Story of Rizzo Cycles
Frame by Frame is a new video series by HUNT aimed at celebrating the industry’s best innovators and artists: frame builders.
The first builder we will feature is Rubén Duran of Rizzo Cycles in Madrid, Spain. Nearly nine years ago, Rubén found himself at a turning point in life and decided to transition from his career as a sound engineer to pursue frame building. Fueled by his love of bikes, Rubén has now crafted over a hundred unique steel and titanium frames for riders around the world. By blending traditional welding techniques with modern 3D-printed additive components, Rubén’s work stands out, making him a builder we at HUNT have long admired.
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Bespoked X SRAM Inclusivity Scholarship 2024: Memento Cycles
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 first installment of this series, Petor joins Memento Cycles of Montreal, Québec. Take a look behind the collective at Memento Cycles…
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Readers’ Rides: Matt’s Custom Sycip All-Road “Lightning Bolt”
We love to see framebuilders make their customer’s dreams come true. That’s what legendary builder, Jeremy Sycip, did for Matt in California who wanted something different than a straight-up gravel road bike…
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Daniel Yang Visits Meriwether Cycles
We looked Inside and Out of Meriwether Cycles last week and now this week, Daniel Yang from Neuhaus Metalworks and Artefact takes us on a video tour of Whit’s shop and a local ride on Whit’s Ponderosa adventure gravel bike…
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Quirk Cycles Shop Visit: What’s in a Name?
In this Shop Visit, Petor Georgallou profiles London framebuilder Rob Quirk of Quirk Cycles and explores the realities of building contemporary custom bicycles in the UK. Join their discussion of 3D-printed parts, framebuilding as an art practice, life after the Bicycle Academy, and much, much more. Read on…
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Starling Cycles Beady Little Eye V3: A Shreddy 90 mm Travel Singlespeed
Starling Cycles‘ singlespeed 90 mm travel full suspension bike just got a makeover. The Beady Little Eye V3 now comes with all of the V3 features found on the Murmur, Twist and Swoop frames. It’s a real one-of-a-kind and is Joe from Starling’s favorite bike of all time…
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John Talks About Bicycle Photography with Dustin Klein
At the MADE Bike Show this year, Dustin Klein hung out with John while he documented the Sycip Double Dribble full suspension bike. Dustin just posted the video on his “Everything’s Been Done” YouTube channel, so enjoy!
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Caletti Cycles’ Disoriented Scrambler MADE Show Bike is For Sale
After John Caletti’s road bike crash, his friends completed this Disoriented Scrambler to showcase at MADE. It is a flat-bar single speed gravel bike with asymmetric, double top tubes and a 2.3″ clearance that fits people between 5’11” and 6’2″ in height. This one-of-a-kind dream bike is for sale now at Caletti Cycles.
We’re all wishing John a speedy recovery from his crash and are sending him all our love. You got this, dude!
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Meriwether Cycles Ponderosa Adventure Gravel Bike Review
Yesterday we looked Inside and Out of Meriwether Cycles via an in-depth Shop Visit. In that post, we offered a sneak peek at Whit’s production adventure gravel bike, the Ponderosa. John has been riding a prototype all year, providing Whit feedback for the final production model, which we’ll look at it in detail today. Read on for a full review of this tall and sturdy dream bike platform…
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Inside / Out at Meriwether Cycles: The Ponderosa, Portage Handles, and Adventure Bike Wayfinding
Whit Johnson’s handmade bike company, Meriwether Cycles, has been featured here at The Radavist periodically over the years. Recently, John spent a day at Whit’s small garage shop in the foothills of the Sierra Mountains of California and got out on a sunset pedal with him. Read on for a look inside and out of Meriwether Cycles, in addition to a preview of Whit’s new adventure gravel bike, the Ponderosa…
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Readers’ Rides: Jason Reviews His UNpaved Vertigo Steel Full Suspension
We’ve got a wonderful Readers’ Rides today, that doubles as a review, sent in from our buddy Jason Fitzgibbon, who submitted his UNpaved Cycles Vertigo single pivot steel full suspension. Read on as he supplies a beautifully documented review of this bike…
