Tag: framebuilding
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The Renaissance Of Steel
Click or not: The Renaissance Of SteelFerrous materials have been making a comeback into the current psyche of cycling, refuting notions that a high-performance bicycle has to be made from fantastic plastic. Modern steel fabrication is pushing out of the custom bicycle builder niche and into the realm of high-performance production. For too long, cyclists have been distracted by the thermoplastics of the 00s and… …
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Old Skool X New School
Click or not: Old Skool X New SchoolThere’s no other frame material like steel, and none finer versed in the craft of turning tubes into functional art than Tom Ritchey. The moustachioed one is only too happy to impart his wisdom upon a bunch of devotees disguised as framebuilders at The Bicycle Academy. …
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The Most Badass Balance Bike Ever
Click or not: The Most Badass Balance Bike EverSome kids got it so good. If your old man is a master framebuilder especially. Portus bikes in Germany whipped up the ultimate balance bike from Reynolds 725 tubing and then topped it off with no less than Tune hubs, headset and stem plus carbon bars, seatpost and saddle. This thing is probably worth more than… …
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Kitsbow X Breadwinner
Click or not: Kitsbow X Breadwinner“Buying a custom bike is the ultimate extension of personalisation…” Sounds about right to us, and when the speaker of those words is no other than Ira Ryan of Breadwinner Cycles (and his own storied frame-building operation) then who’s to argue. With his partner in steel Tony Pereira, they are building some of the most beautiful… …