Veteran frame builder and bicycle designer Jim Merz brought a bike to Eroica California that is literally an amalgam of tubes, lugs, components and design ethics from across his forty years in the bicycle business.

An instigator in the modern era of riding dirt trails on road bikes, Tom Ritchey recalls his early years as a cyclist with a bike built for the occasion.

Anna Schwinn had gained more experience with bicycles by age twenty than a lot of bike geeks twice her age. Now she's designing significant parts for high-end bikes, and listing Missy Giove and Sky Yaeger among her role models it's safe to assume this is only the beginning.

Velo Classique is a vintage/custom bike specialty shop in northern Virginia with deep roots in the history of cycling in the Washington, D.C. metro area.

Vintage bicycle collector Brian Ignatin is heading to Paso Robles for his second time out at Eroica California, and offers useful advice for first-timers at the event.

Handbuilt custom bicycles spanning several eras will be ridden and displayed at Paso Robles, California, April 8-10, in the second edition of the historic and cultural cycling celebration that is Eroica California.

Todd Ingermanson of Black Cat Bicycles talks about an adventure bike he made for a customer, which combines a clever mix of tubes, components and bag incorporation methods.

Tim O'Donnell's track bike is an uncompromising racer that will soon be seeing velodrome action.