Handbuilt Bicycle News

Retailers

September 2025

Going Custom at Your Local Bike Shop

More frame builders than ever are selling bicycles through independent bicycle shops in the USA. For many customers this presents a very attractive option.

Bicycles

September 2025

Ellis Cycles: Taking it to the Gravel Streets

One bicycle, many uses. What sounds like a disambiguation of a famous cliché could be taken as a mantra at Wisconsin-based Ellis Cycles. Owner and builder Dave Wages sees the multi-use bicycle as the most exciting industry trend today.

Bicycles

September 2025

Brian Baylis: A Pursuit of Perfection

R.Brian Baylis passed away on Saturday, February 20 from complications of pneumonia. The world has lost an artist and a craftsman whose oeuvre extends beyond the arena of handbuilt bicycles.

Parts

September 2025

Boyd Cycling: Power to the Design

Self-taught component designer Boyd Johnson studied at the institute of speed and pain known as pro cycling while others were in the classroom and lab. Now he taps an expert engineer friend to help translate his ideas into working prototypes.

Bicycles

September 2025

Dirty Sixer to make NAHBS debut

After a few years' gathering momentum Dirty Sixer bicycles is ready for prime time, with a bike under Shaquille O'Neal and a booth at NAHBS

Parts

September 2025

NAHBS

September 2025

Wheel Fanatyk: Wood Crazy

Wheel Fanatyk returns to the 2016 NAHBS in Sacramento with its wooden rims and classic designs. Story is from their previous appearance at the show in 2012