In an era of global sourcing and computer-aided design, Gregory Townsend builds custom steel bicycle frames in his Monrovia garage. The 50-year-old British expatriate, who learned metal crafting in a ...

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 ...

Bike frames are simple on the surface, but can quickly become complicated if you want to fabricate one yourself. Brazing and welding tend to be less common skills than knowing how to bolt things ...

Some University of Iowa students work on plain metal frames and transform them into colorful and unique bikes every semester. The course, which melds engineering and art, has a long waitlist of ...

Automation comes to the bike industry with the Mokumono bike. When Schwinn and other American bike manufacturers started to move production to Taiwan and China a few decades ago, the simple motivation ...