This time, a reader wants to modernise a much-loved steel bike – but wonders if adding disc brakes to an old rim-brake frame ...

Every bike curmudgeon on the internet will grumble "steel is real" if you trot out an old frame. Steel frames last forever, you're told, and are easily repaired if anything breaks. Well, my old steel ...

Engineering students at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have teamed up with the Amsterdam-based 3D-printing company MX3D to 3D print a stainless steel bike frame. The Arc Bicycle, as ...

“Riding a good steel bike, I tell you, is the closest thing to flying without leaving the planet. Go out there and ride that thing, and see what I mean.” So ended my call with bike builder Bradley ...

There are all sorts of half-truths and downright myths spread about what’s the best bike frame material: aluminium ones are harsh; steel and titanium bikes are springy; carbon-fibre frames outrank any ...

All people tell stories. Some are better at it than others, but everyone tells stories. This story is about a vehicle that's not meant to be driven, nor is it meant for the streets; it feels most at ...

Although they're still far from being common, 3D-printed metal bicycle frames do now exist. Usually they're made using a sintering process, in which a laser is utilized to selectively melt steel ...