The Podia Journal | Explore The World Of Cycling

Tecno Tubo Torino

Podia went to visit 3T, who make carbon and alloy bike components from handlebars and stems to seat posts and wheelsets.
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Festka XCr

We fell in love with this bike when we were lucky enough to test ride it in Prague. The finish is a 23 part chroming process that takes nothing less than a month to complete.
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Mont Ventoux

Club des Cinglés du Mont-Ventoux. Words by Max Burgess We were passing through Provence on our way to the Pyrenees and thought it would be rude not to pay a visit to the ‘Giant of Provence’ – Mont Ventoux.
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Festka

We went to Prague to meet with the guys at Festka and have a look around their workshop (see ‘Behind the Festka Doors’) but they decided the only way to truly understand what they do was to go out for a ride on a selection of their bikes.
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Festka

In the Vinohrady district of Prague, between two buildings, at the bottom of a path, there is a large black steel door with the word Festka painted in white.
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Van Nicholas

While there seems nothing wrong with painted stainless steel frames, titanium should be seen and this is such an example.
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Pretorius Outeniqua

Pretorius are a small bespoke bike producer located in London’s Shoreditch that specialise in titanium road bikes.
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Bespoked

Bespoked is an annual bike show held to showcase the best in bespoke bike frame-making talent from the UK and the rest of the world.
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