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Sand-cast Campagnolo copies and Accordians
Since choosing Dresden as a venue for the first ever European Bespoked show we’ve been back and forth between Margate and Dresden a number of times, and each visit has made us more sure of Dresden as ideal for this…
Introducing 2023’s SRAM Inclusivity Scholars
Since 2019, the flagship SRAM inclusivity scholarship has been running both in the US (with our good friends at the Philly Bike Expo) and our Bespoked iteration in Europe/UK. On a mission to increase diversity and support under-represented people in…
Dispatches from Eurobike 2023
A couple of weeks ago I headed back to Germany for Eurobike’s second show at Messe Friedrichschaffen. As always there was too much to see form every aspect of the cycle industry, from the immaculate handmade Quirks and Feathers on…
Bespoked Travel Diary Pt1: Berlin and Dresden
A couple of weeks ago Josh and I hopped on a plane to do our first site visit at the Dresden Flughafen venue for this year’s show. It would have been a missed opportunity not to stop in Berlin on…
Where does innovation come from?
Gary Ewing of Auckland Cycleworks, winner of the Mike Burrows Award at last years' Bespoked, talks about innovation, surplus disruptive creativity disorder and Lego Technic.
Sideways reviews Bespoked 2022
Bespoked SRAM Inclusivity Scholarship Awardee and winner of Best Off-Road Bike Award from last years Bespoked, Viola Townsend of Sideways Bike gives her "few words" on Bespoked 2022.
Albion Black Friday Fixathon
On Friday the 25th of November, 2022 I cycled across town for the only Black Friday event I could even pretend to care about. Black Friday traditionally marks the point in the year where businesses sell off stock at a…
Bespoked 2022 Review
For 2022, our post-pandemic comeback show was held in the track center of the Olympic velodrome at London’s lee valley velopark, a venue we’ve not used since 2014. It was incredible to see a standard of work on show that…
The unique initiative, which has already supported 6 cyclists from diverse backgrounds in their ultra-distance cycling journeys, has just launched its search for new recipients. Applications for the 2022/23 season opened on 3 October 2022 and close on 16 October…