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, ...

There are two answers to the question why Rudolf (Rudi) Jung fabricates bicycle frames. The first is that he stands a lanky 6’3″ tall. While people with bodily dimensions that aren’t too far on either ...

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 ...

It’s a given for bikes to hang in the windows of bike shops. In art galleries, not so much. Increasingly, though, bikes are being viewed as works of art. They may not be in the realm of van Gogh or ...

Building the ultimate handmade elliptical bike is a challenging and rewarding diy project that combines the principles of ...

What did you make at school? Thanks to one driven teacher and an open-minded school, these students are building bikes Nestled in the heart of Shropshire is a traditional grammar school with a modern ...

When Glen Copus was growing up in Santa Cruz, California, he spent a lot of time in bike shops and a lot of time lusting after high-end models that seemed out of his reach. “I felt I could never ...

John Sotherland sells bikes for a living. He builds them for pure satisfaction. The workers in his shop, BicycleWise and Sports Fitness in Whitewater, know when he’s spent the morning in his workshop, ...