Commuter bike

Deputy editor Jack Luke on his essential kit for any commuter bike

Our Reader's Rig of the week comes from Chip Martens, creator of WhatBars.com, who shares his do-it-all Velo Orange Polyvalent. Read on to learn more about Chip, the role bikes play in his life, and his Polyvalent build...

For Gavin Buxton, things have come full circle. An engineer with nearly two decades-worth of experience, he has also been practising as August Wheelworks. His appearance at Bespoked Bristol this weekend as August Bicycles begins a new revolution, heralded by this very stylish commuter. Before August Bicycles, before August Wheelworks, Gavin represented the United Kingdom…

Steel Vintage Commuter Bike

For the past few years, NAHBS has been covered quite extensively here on the site but going into the show this year, I felt like I needed a change, so leading up to the event I had already mentally planned on covering it a bit differently, I just didn't know how. When the show opened yesterday, I quickly found that covering it in a different manner wasn't just an option, it was mandatory. My usual methodology of shooting and documenting bikes was not going to work. The show in Sacramento…

Gateway bikes. We've all had one. You know, that first bike that got you hooked on riding bikes and expanded your horizon into the world of cycling. When the fixed gear craze was sweeping cities all over the world, Rawson bought this Schwinn Le Tour while he was living in Ohio. He immediately converted it to a fixed gear, stripping the bike of all the necessary components, as per the norm at the time and rode it like that for a few years before eventually buying a road bike, then a gravel…

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