I hated to hear that Teresa had already paid about 35 thousand dollars. That’s more than 80 percent of the total cost. I’m told by industry insiders that the norm is 50 percent - until the job is done ...

Frame Builder Talk: With so many mass-produced carbon frames on the market, it makes a nice change to see hand-made artisan built titanium frames. Darren Baum has been producing frames under his own ...

Every bike curmudgeon on the internet will grumble "steel is real" if you trot out an old frame. Steel frames last forever, you're told, and are easily repaired if anything breaks. Well, my old steel ...

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 ...

‘Super Bike’ Builder Interview: We recently had a good look at the US ‘Super Bikes’ at the LA Olympic Games of 1984, but the team pursuit winning Australians were also astride some fine machines. Ed ...

For decades, if you wanted to purchase a custom, hand-built bicycle in Reno, you would turn to legendary frame builder Roland Della Santa. In fact, you can still see many of his sought-after bikes ...