The Philly Bike Expo concluded Sunday, November 6th, notching up a seventh successful edition, and with a large array of dazzling bicycle artisanship it grows in status within the handbuilt custom bicycle world. Attendance was good despite a strike by public transport workers in the city of Philadelphia.

Groovy Cycleworks...funky fun rolled out in a two wheeled creation just for you!

Dogwood Cycleworx: where hand crafting nine tubes into vehicles for personal freedom is a passion.

Now in its seventh year, the Philly Bike Expo has grown into the largest gathering of handbuilt custom brands in northeastern USA.

Steve "Gravy" Gravenites was there for the birth of mountain biking, and rode the crest of its wave in the 1990s as a team mechanic and wheel builder. Now he's putting his skills and knowledge to work in his custom wheel building venture, Gravy Wheels.

Cicli Polito builds full-custom bikes from steel and stainless steel tubes in Cleveland, Ohio.

Like many companies in the handmade custom bikes sector, Renovo is starting to sell both stock and custom models.

One of the neatest products we saw at Interbike is an emergency tool kit intended for nothing more than getting you moving again after a mechanical out on the trail.