The Covid shutdown of 2020 was pure opportunity for Ben Jurgensen, then a 33 year-old sculpture studio teacher at the Rhode Island School of Design. Freed from the routine of everyday life, he started on the path of bicycle frame building to create July Bicycles. He describes that time as “my sourdough."

Bilenky Cycle Works stands among the select few bespoke frame builders ready and willing to craft ebikes, a fact starkly evident at the Philly Bike Expo where Steve Bilenky’s enterprise stood as a beacon amidst a sea of – albeit excellent – custom built convention.

An astonishingly efficient all-rounder, this bike by Naked does everything well. Its primary purpose is 75-100 mile mixed-surface rides with 10,000ft climbing and descending. Good riders on other bikes have been unable to even finish these rides. In my view, energy saved by this bike is what made the difference.

Stepping up from bike maintenance to frame building is, well it's more a leap of faith. Charles Thompson of Fine Bikes completed that leap last year, and in the biking boom town of Raleigh, North Carolina, he's plying a healthy trade in partnership with Oak City Cycles.

Industry veteran Bob Mandelson recounts the infatuations and enduring loves of his long relationship with bicycles.

A small group of former Tesla engineers in California have made a game-changing ebike system. Bimotal is the company, Elevate is the product: a removable system standing at the forefront in weight, versatility and power.

A conversation with Paul Skilbeck, the English co-translator of Giovanni Battaglin's recent memoir '48 Days,' who actually speaks very little Italian

The handbuilt bicycle community has lost another renowned figure with the passing of Roland Della Santa on May 4th.