A master builder shares the essential steps, tools, and mindset you need to build a safe, rideable bike frame.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What if you could learn to build your own custom bike frame from scratch? In 2026, Portland, Oregon, will become home to Firsthand ...

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 ...

Boom Boom Bike Room owners Erin and Alex Guereña don’t want to just build you a bike. They want to build you your bike. The first step of the process? Make a playlist. “We ask for the playlist to get ...

Cargo bikes can haul an impressive amount of stuff and serve as a car replacement for many folks around the world. While there are more models every year from bike manufacturers, the siren song of a ...

After some time, road bikes may look a little worse for wear and the value in them may be hard to see, however, by following ...

The best thing about bikes is riding them. However, depending on where you live, winter may curtail your ability to do so. Sure, you could fritter away the cold and dreary months by Zwifting, but do ...

When it comes to bicycles and components, people tend to defend their preferences with what amounts to an almost-religious fervor. But ultimately our opinions about what’s “best” are often just ...

There’s an old, cautionary and rueful joke in the booze game: If you want to make a small fortune in wine, start with a large fortune. Being the relatively little guy, no matter how much people dig ...

Bike frames are most commonly made out of steel. If you’ve got money for something nicer though, you might go with something in aluminium or carbon fiber. [The Q] went completely off-the-wall with ...

It’s hard to find anyone in the sport of cycling with a career and accolades as varied as Lennard Zinn. Zinn is a best-selling author, a former member of the US Olympic team, and he was among the ...