Category Archives: Cool Bikes
Name.com Office Fixie by Republic Bike
One thing that’s easy to stumble across around in the Name.com office is a bicycle. These two wheeled machines everywhere— and hard to miss because they are bright green. The Name.com fixies, which were built by hipster gnomes at the Republic Bike factory, are pretty cool. Because there are so many Internet-addicting-bike nerds, I thought I’d [...]
Specialized McLaren Venge Setup as a Time Trial Bike
We stumbled across this deck-out Specialized McLaren Venge that has been setup like a time trial bike. The owner of the bike, who runs Rapid Racer Products, gave us the lowdown on the components of the bike: Specialized S-Works McLaren Venge SRAM Quarq Powermeter cranks 172.5mm SRAM 55t chain ring Di2 Aero shifters Di2 Front [...]
Alchemy Bicycle Company Throwback
It has been awhile since the 2013 North American Handmade Bicycle Show happened in Denver, but we’ve still got plenty of bikes we have yet to share with you. One of our favorite was this handcrafted throwback bike from Alchemy Bicycle Company. The bike is shinny, has immaculate retro Shimano DuraAce, and pays perfect homage [...]
Festka MOTEL Chrom
Festka bikes out of the Czech Republic was one of the most flashy and hypnotizing booth at North American Handmade Bike Show this year in Denver. A lot of people stopped to admire and photograph the MOTOL. The MOTOL is an extremely limited production bike, with only five units being produced. The whole frame is [...]
2013 North American Handmade Bicycle Show
The 2013 North American Handmade Bicycle Show just wrapped up in Denver, Colorado. NAHBS featured beautifully crafted machines from a wide array of builders, who used a large variety of materials– carbon, mahogany, bamboo, steel, titanium, aluminum, and countless other materials. The show was definitely a success, especially since it was held in one of [...]
Festka Zero Carbon Road
Czech Republic based Festka Zero frame is built on tubes from EM Tubes developed specifically for cycling applications by Festka. The carbon lugs are made in the Festka workshop, allowing for the entire production process to be under a unique level of control. Festka is able to produce the frame exactly to the specifications of [...]
Firefly Bicycles 650B Randonneur
Firefly Bicycles is a relatively new frame building company. However, the builders, Tyler, Jamie and Kevin, have a combined 38+ years of experience. The trio formed Firefly out of passion and their appreciation to detail and quality materials. One of their latest creations is the 650B Randonneur. It’s a titanium frame that combines modern aesthetics [...]
Vigo Cycles CX 002 Cross Bike
The CX 002 is a brilliant custom creation from Troy Selvaratnam of Vigo Cycles. The bike is the combination of a passion for cycling and a keen eye for design. Selvaratnam was sought out by Nicholas Simon, an old college friend, to build this gorgeously handcrafted cyclocross machine. The frame is a combination of TIG [...]
LOOK KG 196 Retro Aero Bike
French company LOOK is one of the only classic brands to maintain a unique and unmistakable styling throughout its long history. While carbon fiber has been used in the bicycle industry since 1975, the KG 196 was the first bike to reliably use the material. In fact, the KG 196 had so many reliable technologies [...]
CMYK Track by Donhou Bicycles
Designers are extremely familiar with the term CMYK. The letters stand for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (Black)– or the colors from which every other color can be created with. This particular frame was crafted by Tom Danhou for a British designer. The paint-scheme that the two settled on was this ode to the [...]
