I just came across the Bertelli bicycle website and I recognized a few of the bikes from my adventures across the net. It turns out that many of the beautiful bikes I’ve been eyeing have been made by Bertelli but I wouldn’t have known that had I not come to this site because Bertelli Bikes does not brand their bicycles. In fact, I love how Bertelli jots down a list of Likes and Don’t Likes to get you up to date about what sort of bikes you should expect from the company.
Francesco, the owner of Bertelli (based in NYC), finishes, builds, and assembles each bike by hand. And the awesome thing is that he rides the bike around once it is finished to make sure that it is something he would be proud of giving away to a customer. If you’re interested in purchasing a bike from Bertelli, the starting price for a complete bike is $1500.
Check out some images of the Performa Brakeless Bike built by Bertelli Bikes below.
Wow, what a beautiful looking bicycle from Continuum Cycles whose shop I pass by frequently but never have the guts to enter (mainly because I know everything in there is out of my budget). In any case, window shopping there is always fun. They’ve always got incredibly beautiful bikes on display.
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Prolly posted some photos of people’s Milwaukee Bruiser bicycles and the one shown here with an entire frame that reflects and glows under the right lighting conditions makes me want to do the exact same thing to my future bike frame (I wouldn’t do this on my current frame).
Cycling technology has advanced so well that it is now possible to create a wheel strong enough to support a person with only one spoke. This here is the LexCarbon Monospoke and according to FGB it costs approximately $1665 for one wheel.
Designer Arndt Menke has created an actual prototype of a wood-framed bicycle. The whole bike weighs roughly 2.3kg and is said to be very strong. That back seat stay looks pretty neat (see close-up details below), but I really wonder if this is nearly as strong as steel or aluminum frames.
In any case, it makes for a wonderful looking bike. I want one.
