While I have become a bit of utilitarian when it comes to my small stable of bicycles, I’ve come to appreciate a few particular styles of bicycle design:

Momo Velo. A fantastic selection of styles and design philosophies. Their track bike/cafe racer is just awesome, as is the Milk Tea bike.

Vanilla Bicycles. I think I’ve mentioned these guys before. Wow. But I don’t think I could actually own one and ride it — the frames are just too pretty.

Matt Chester. Matt’s titanium fixed-specific 29er/cyclocross frames don’t fit the same design niche as Momo and Vanilla, but the utility value of his bikes is very high.

Posted on 4 February 2005