Today, I have a guest writer in the person of Sammy Sy. Sammy is a human encyclopedia when it comes to retro bikes. Two years ago, I asked him if he could tell us the story about the history of frame ...

There's absolutely no practical thinking behind this wacky bicycle, and … that's kind of okay with us. The Trocadero Fixie looks like a regular pushbike until you pull a pin that unlocks the main ...

Bike frames are simple on the surface, but can quickly become complicated if you want to fabricate one yourself. Brazing and welding tend to be less common skills than knowing how to bolt things ...

(This is part two and the last part Sammy Sy’s essay about bicycle framebuilding here in Cebu. If you missed the first part, you can search it on the Freeman archive.) He was an avid supporter of ...