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Reportage Rides By: Rugile Kaladyte, Lael Wilcox

Lael Rides Around the World by Rugile Kaladyte

Today, we have a massive project that’s been over a year in the making. Rugile Kaladyte documented Lael Wilcox‘s Around the World record to a level unseen before. Read on for words by Lael herself about how transformative this experience was, a massive gallery from her route, and the feature-length film “Lael Rides Around the …

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Reportage Reviews

15 Bouldering by Bike: Sick Sequence Inflatable Crash Pad Review

If you have ever gone bouldering, then you know the difficulty of transporting crash pads. Sick Sequence offers inflatable crash pads to solve just this problem, and…

Shop Visit

11 A Cyclist's Accidental Pilgrimage To the Wright Brothers Memorial

When we highlight a destination, it’s usually home to great riding, a special event, or a unique shop. The town of Kitty Hawk on the Outer Banks…

Framebuilders Reportage Shop Visit

By: John Watson

26 Inside / Out at Starling Cycles: The Soul Serfs of Mountain Biking

Perhaps the most paradigm-shifting bike for John was the Starling Cycles Murmur, which he often refers to as the best full-suspension bike he’s ridden. Yet, he’d never met the people behind the Bristol-based brand until a recent road trip following Bespoked UK. John had built up the brand to be mountain bike royalty – but …

Products Reviews

13 Soma Handlebar Extenders Review: Almost Perfect but Damn Good Enough

As John worked through his Rivendell Bombadil 2.0 build, he needed a bit more width on his new Sim Works Getaround CrMo bars, so first, he tried…

Beautiful Bicycles Framebuilders Reportage

16 Angel’s Maxway Cycles Zephyrus Road Bike: Steel, Coffee, Clay

Pride, passion, and performance: the Zephyrus is a steel road bike worthy of Maxway Cycles’ name. During Daniel Yang’s visit to the Taipei Cycle Show, he had a…

Beautiful Bicycles Framebuilders Reportage Shop Visit

By: Tomás Montes

2 From the Road to the Workshop: The Story of Bikepackid

Tomás Montes visits the workshop of Adri from Bikepackid, a small Spanish bikepacking bag manufacturer, whose life was completely changed by the pandemic. He went from permanently traveling by bike to settling in a small village in Galicia, in the northwest of Spain.

Beautiful Bicycles Framebuilders Reportage

13 TJ Cycles Flying Gate Road Bike: An Original Short Wheelbase Design

When it comes to experimentation spanning British framebuilding, the Flying Gate is one of the more iconic designs. Brands like Hetchins, Bates, and Jack Taylor stuck to…

The Dust-Up

50 The Dust-Up: Should Brands Clearly Classify Bicycles With ISO or ASTM Testing?

Do you ever jump a road bike off a curb? Or perhaps you’ve taken a gravel bike onto singletrack for some fun. Have you ever thought about…

Beautiful Bicycles Framebuilders Reportage By: Josh Becker, John Watson

40 Steel is Real: Josh Becker's Onko Rinkus Basket Bike Survived a Car Hitting It

Steel is indeed real. After Josh Becker‘s beloved Onko Rinkus got hit by some dingus while he was commuting on it, the bike was salvaged and Josh is back to thrashin’ and crashin’ it! Read on for a story about the perseverance of steel bikes and a fast ‘n’ loose photo gallery shot by Josh …

Beautiful Bicycles Framebuilders Reportage

21 Black Cat Bicycles Mystery Spot Full Suspension

Todd from Black Cat doesn’t use CAD or any computer-assisted tools in his small workshop outside of Santa Cruz, California. Everything is hand-drafted at 1:1 scale, and…

Events Reportage Rides

15 2025 Fforest Ffondo: A Springtime Sampling of Wales

After a busy travel schedule to Bespoked UK and a few post-showcase Shop Visits, John and Cari found respite at the Fforest Ffondo. Read on for a…

Products Randomness By: Travis Engel

40 A New SRAM Patent Application Includes a Two-Speed Hub, but It’s Not What You Think

While doing research for an unrelated story, Travis came across a SRAM patent application for what looked like a two-speed hub. But the more he read, the more it seemed like this isn’t meant as a copy of the Classified Powershift hub. It’s something much weirder.

Reportage

39 Radical Rigs: Logan Nelson's 1999 Toyota RAV4 and Gary Fisher Aquila

For the next installment of the Radical Rigs series, Paul Kalifatidi presents a portrait of videographer, dirt-bike rescuer, and bike handler, Logan Patrick Nelson, alongside his 1999…

Beautiful Bicycles Framebuilders Readers' Rides Reportage

10 Readers' Rides: Chris’s Seeing Double Indy Fab Cyclocross Bike

There’s no doubt people comb through our seventeen years of Beautiful Bicycles over here at The Radavist for inspiration. This week’s Readers’ Rides takes it to another…

Randomness Reportage By: Travis Engel

14 Public Bike Parks Saved My Soul

Does seeing a nice, tall curb-cut ever remind you of the first time you got both wheels off the ground? Travis had been chasing that dragon for decades until a leg injury brought him swiftly down to earth. But then he found an unlikely path back to dirt jumping when it finally became possible to …

Beautiful Bicycles Reportage

48 Hubert's Madrean Randonneur: Good Things Are Never Done

Today, we have a very special personal randonneur bike from Hubert d’Autremont. With plenty of personal history spanning his framebuilding career, Hubert still says he hates a…

Products Reviews

8 The Wizard Works Umbra Light Mount Remedies Bag Clearance Issues

Mounting a light to the front of your bike, particularly when you have a big handlebar bag attached, can cause interference issues. Wizard Works, in collaboration with…