“I’m an enabler. Builders are trendsetters. I enable them.” As probably the highest volume frame fixture maker in the world, Don Ferris’ statement just a…
Every year at the North American Handmade Bike Show we highlight the framebuilders bringing the deep custom heat to the show floor. What we don’t often…
Gregory White came into framebuilding by accident- literally. When his cinematography career in Hollywood was put on hold due to a workplace injury, Greg found…
With framebuilders representing Japan, Ireland, England, Korea, and so on, this might be the most international NAHBS to date. But what is probably most surprising…
Not unlike The Matrix, the small framebuilder community is all around you. While we tend to associate these small builders with places like Northern California…
As a lifelong enthusiast with experience racing, wrenching, and coaching at the highest levels of our sport, framebuilding represents a next level of relationship between…
Out on the front range of Colorado, there is a thriving pocket of builders who specialize in curvy, Klunker-derived mountain bikes. There is Chris Sulfrain…
Oh Boy! It’s everyone’s favorite time of the year! It’s when we at the Bikerumor.com North American Handmade Bicycle Show Desk post our pre-show coverage. Last…
When Chandel Bodner launched the Indiegogo for RYB (short for Ride Your Bike) three years ago, women’s “bike life” cycling clothing was nearly non-existent. While…
Eric Estlund of Winter Bicycles is known for his gothic-style bilaminate construction and his randonneur bikes. To my surprise and delight, his booth at the Philly…
The route Kris Henry took to get into framebuilding was circuitous, but has given him undeniable superpowers. He went to school for metal smithing. He’s…
Von Hof Cycles started three years ago with a focus on American-built cyclocross bikes. In the years since, the brand has moved manufacturing from Portland…
Bryan Hollingsworth hails from the incestuously tight-knit framebuilding community of New England. At his day job at Seven Cycles, he works on their carbon frame…
Chris Bishop established himself early on as a must-follow builder among the slim lug sect, winning award after award for his soldered steel creations at…
