Nothing pleases me more than laying eyes on a bike that combines impeccable craftsmanship with well thought out graphic skill. The latest offering from the team at Vanilla Bicycles is just that. The Speedvagen CX frame, laid out in a base coat of gold with tricolour details has topped my list of typographically enhanced rolling…

This year’s Van Dessel WTF (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot) do-it-all bike gets a new raw steel finish but is still the same super capable, extremely versatile…

One of the things I have always appreciated about Surly (long before I weaseled my way into their ranks) is the flexibility of the frames they make.  I don’t mean the flexibility of steel as apposed to other materials to build bikes out of (but that too), what I mean…

Frame: Surly Ogre - Medium (18”) Wheels : Stan’s NoTubes Flow Ex 29” Tires: Schwalbe Nobby Nic 29 x 2.35” Tubeless Crankset: Race Face Turbine 38/26T Pedals: Shimano XT PD-M780 Shifters: Shimano Dura-Ace 9-speed / Paul Thumbies Front Derailleur: Shimano SLX FD-M675 Rear Derailleur: Shimano XT RD-M772 9-speed Cassette: Shimano XT M770 9-speed Chain: KMC Brakes: Avid BB7 Mtn Brake Levers: Avid Speed Dial 7 Handlebar: Fairweather / Nitto B903 Bullmoose Grips: ESI Chunky Saddle: Brooks Cambium C17 Seatpost: Truvativ T20

The stick that held up the bikes in this Gallery... I shot a lot of bikes this year. In fact, I shot more Galleries this year, than any other two years combined. From April 1st's launch of the Radavist, until last week, the entire team worked hard on bringing a full photo gallery just about every weekday, sometimes twice. Pulling in those metrics took some time, but rather than limiting this year's selection to just ten, I found the following bikes to be all within the same realm. Some of these bikes never dropped a chain in terms of year-long…