When John Quinn went looking for a nice bike for some serious riding, he ran into a big problem: At 6 feet 5 inches tall, he was too large for most bicycles. Six months later, he stumbled across a ...

Since project launch our team at Huge Design has been extremely interested in the art and culture around custom bike fabrication. We quickly got our hands dirty and immersed ourselves in the process ...

Today, Tucker Schwinn has launched a new coffee table book documenting the Waterford closure. Closure: The Final Days of the ...

On a recent afternoon, the Ground Up garage suddenly filled with an eerie lavender glow that meant Eric Baar had started building another frame.He leaned over a web of metal tubes, welding mask down, ...

The Builders for Builders Fundraiser is an event thrown by Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship (SBTS), and it’s back for 2025. They’ve teamed up with a select group of custom frame builders, Significant ...

Velo hopes to use the space not only build bike frames (so far, she’s only got orders from friends and family — a common way to start out), but to do other metalwork as well. She’s currently working ...

BOZEMAN - Carl Strong, who has built more than 3,500 custom bicycle frames over 17 years, hasn't given up on his quest to build the perfect frame. "My goal is to get better with every frame and ...

It wasn't that long ago that bamboo-framed bikes were thought of as a weird rarity. Thanks to its combination of durability, stiffness and vibration-damping characteristics, however, the material has ...

A nationally-known custom bicycle frame builder from West Branch died Monday while riding RAGBRAI. Tom Teesdale, 63, had a heart attack while riding between Terril and Graettinger in northwest Iowa, ...