Eccentricity can sometimes appear in the most normal of guises, but while British builder Petor Georgallou might be mistaken in San Francisco for the average techster just in need of a beard trim, scratch the surface and you'll see he's anything but.

Part Two of Anna Schwinn's talk with Matthew Sowter goes into detail about his design and frame building process and methods.

An annual invitational, the Hack Bike Derby is basically an excuse for UK frame builders to play in the woods on bikes they’ve made out of bits of scrap.

Part One of Anna Schwinn's talk with Matthew Sowter covers his inspiration and motivation, and how he was able to rise so quickly to prominence in the UK frame building world.

British frame builder Tom Warmerdam of Demon Frameworks discusses a recent custom build and his "love affair with lugs" at Bespoked 2016.

Our Bikes of Eroica California series continues with a post about a 1980s Mercian bike with Suntour Cyclone components.

Part 2 of Anna Schwinn's interview with British framebuilder Timothy Rowan of Rowan Frameworks.

A Flickr gallery full of photos of the 2016 Bespoked Awards winners, courtesy of Bespoked, Ben Broomfield, Patrick Straub and a few others.