Tay, Cari, Spencer, and John are all back in Portland at the 2025 Made Bike Show. While Spencer was documenting our Shimano Showcase, John selected builds from Donkelope, Eagleton, La Marche, No. 22, Retrotec, Royal H, Santa Cruz, and Scarab. Read on for a jam-packed gallery full of details of our third installment!
The Radavist thanks Shimano for sponsoring our Made Bike Show coverage and our independent Reportage!
Donkelope BMX Hauler
Bellingham, Washington-based Donkelope Bikes brought beautifully crafted builds to the 2025 Made Bike Show. This year, Greg’s biggest splash came from his BMX Hauler. Not wanting to drive the four miles to the BMX jumps in town, he devised a way to carry his bike on a commuter bike so he could pedal from his front door to the dirt jumps.
This created some interesting problems to solve. For instance, rather than simply strapping his BMX front wheel to the frame, he added a carrier bolt to the fork legs. He also mounted the BMX fork to the seat stays on the commuter.
To save weight and hassle, the two bikes use the same pedals, so when he arrives at the BMX jumps, he swaps them over.
He also has a trailer that he can add to the BMX’s rear end to increase the party train aspect when needed. Before the show, Greg contacted Loam Equipment, whom we just featured last week, to make some frame bags and a basket bag for the bikes.
When we say bikes can be utilitarian art, this is the new benchmark for that. Greg’s creations always cause pause over here, but this was so much more than a show-stopper; it’s a true-to-form mobility project. These sorts of exercises in problem solving are what make framebuilders such a unique niche in the broader bike industry.
@Donkelope
Eagleton Frameworks Quiver Mixte
Sean Eagleton, formerly building under the moniker Destroy Bikes, decided to launch his own brand, debuting at the 2025 Made Bike Show this year. Eagleton Bikes is positioned to offer commuters, mixed terrain, gravel, and other bikes, whereas Destroy was more fixed gear freestyle, BMX, and track bike oriented.
Sean’s intent with Eagleton is to be selective about his projects, taking on clients where he can use his talents to offer them bicycle solutions. And his debut bike is for his own mother, who is a national champion archer. Wanting to have a bike she could ride to the archery range to practice, Sean designed a modern mixte with vintage sensibilities. The rear rack has a perforated steel top and an integrated quiver holder, designed and sewn by PNX Bags.
The polished eagle head badge and downtube logo complement the cream and sage livery, along with Chris King Jade components, but the trident bullmoose bar takes this build to 11.
Sean’s got some good things going with Eagleton, and what a way to make a splash with his new brand.
@EagletonFrameworks
La Marche Bike Co Fixed Gear and Rigid 29er
Having just moved to Portland from Philly a mere six months ago, Tom La Marche has already integrated into the city’s rich framebuilder community. Working out of Chris King’s ex-Cielo framebuilder space and still fixed freestyle modeling for neighbor brand Sim Works, Tom’s been busy continuing to develop his brand’s modus operandi.
His bright yellow fixed gear demanded our attention with its stunning segmented fork, a throwback to both Chris Igleheart’s design and the FBM Sword. Little throwbacks to BMX forks include the ends being drilled out to save weight, with one of the holes being utilized for rack mounts. The bike features Tom’s hooded track ends, and the frame embodies his unique blend of minimalism and primary colors. The easter egg for the build is the soon-to-be very hard to acquire EAI track cog, as the importer announced its closure last week.
On the other end of the rigid bike spectrum was this stunning Terracotta Hotdog rigid 29er. The soft, matte brown warmed up our hands like a cup of Swiss Miss hot cocoa, while the Chris King Jade felt like a delicious mint treat, topping off the build. We love rigid 29ers and seeing the unicrown fork on this build with a slight suspension correction just screamed flexy friend. Tom plans on taking this bike on some camping trips in the near future.
What we perhaps enjoy the most about these showcases is when these talented makers can cut loose a bit and goof off with us while we document their bikes. La Marche Bike Co. is quickly becoming one of our favorite builders to document. We’re just waiting to see if Bicycle Pubes comments on the pee pee poo poo color scheme he had going on here…
@LaMarcheBikeCo
No. 22 Bicycle Company Drifter Race Gravel Bike
With a whopping 55 mm of clearance and deep-section Zipp wheels, No. 22 Bicycle Company’s Drifter gravel race bike had a stance that commanded some beauty shots. John caught up with Bryce Gracey from No. 22 on an overcast morning while he pored through the Drifter’s architectural-themed frame motifs. No. 22 always brings such elevated titanium bikes to showcases, and its offerings at the 2025 Made Bike Show were nothing short of extraordinary.
The Drifter was redesigned earlier this year, allowing for 55 mm of 700c tire clearance thanks to its redesigned chainstay yoke. The yoke is seamlessly blended into the chainstays with almost no line visible.
Bikes like the Drifter embody framebuilders’ relentless pursuit of never-ending trend chasing and keeping up with consumer demands. No. 22 is by no means new to this game, and they constantly deliver with style and grace.
@22Bikes
Retrotec and Simple Bicycle Co Ti Pinion or Singlespeed Cruiser
Curtis Inglis and Oscar Camarena join forces once a year to build titanium frames. Sometimes the two builders fabricate a run of Ti Funduro hardtails, other times they make titanium gravel bikes, but for this special project, the two builders worked on a custom bike for a special customer.
The customer requested a Pinion gearbox bike that could be run singlespeed initially, thanks to a tube truss insert that takes the place of the gearbox. Curtis fabricated this one-off design all by hand with no computer-aided assistance. Once the titanium frame was completed, it was shipped to Agave Finishworks for elaborate anodizing. The steel fork was sent to Dark Matter, where the paint matches the raw titanium color perfectly, and the tree motif was carried over. The bike received one of the few stainless Retrotec head badges that Curtis’ father hand-polished and a juicy selection of Paul and White Industries parts.
Curtis is an OG in the NorCal framebuilding scene, and this bike was a staff favorite at the 2025 Made Bike Show.
@RetrotecBikes and @SimpleBicycleCo
Royal H Cycles for Yellow Bird Thread Works Singlespeed
Chester, Connecticut Yellow Bird Thread Works had our favorite lugged bicycle on display at the 2025 Made Bike Show. Tucked behind the brand’s box of brass headset caps, bar ends, and other frame jewelry was this stunning Royal H Cycles lugged commuter. Brian Tucker’s love of machining brought him into the bike accessory market. Which is how he found out about Bryan Hollingsworth’s work with Royal H Cycles.
While attending a handmade bike show in Baltimore, Maryland, he saw one of Hollingsworth’s builds that embodied his dream city singlespeed. Brian talked to Bryan and shortly after, the two were working on this creation through Karl Borne’s True Cyclery, who is a dealer of Royal H Cycles in New Haven.
Once the frame was complete, the choice of the correct stem for the bike eluded the two. This led Royal H to design and fabricate a fastback stem that matches the 1″ threadless steerer perfectly. “The whole point of the bike was simple…” Brian said this while the Porsche 356-inspired, champagne-yellow-painted bike was being thoroughly examined and documented. And we agree.
@RoyalHCycles and @YellowBirdThreadWorks
Santa Cruz Bicycles ‘Tigmata
The original Santa Cruz Stigmata was built in Portland by a company called Sapa. Back then, ‘cross bikes were all using rim brakes and the frames were aluminum. A few years ago, some of the team at Santa Cruz Bicycles pinged Oscar Camarena from Simple Bicycle Co. to fabricate a steel version of the latest Stigmata frame using some of the same mills the original frames were constructed with.
Some time passed. The frame was built up and ridden raw before the company decided it was time to finish it off. They contacted Joe’s Carbon Repair to lay down some beautiful silver paint, and the Tigmata was finally ready to shine. The Cane Creek Invert fork adds to the rowdy disposition of the bike. All the stars aligned with Chris King, Jade, and the forthcoming 2025 Made Bike Show.
This hi ho silver steed was shining in the Reserve booth at the showcase and we couldn’t resist giving it a proper photoshoot. Everyone in this photo had some hand in the Tigmata. It was a real feel-good story at the showcase.
@SantaCruzBicycles and @SimpleBicycleCo
Scarab Darien Hardtail for Wolf Tooth
Inspired by the rugged Darién Gap, Colombian framebuilders Scarab Cycles’ Darien hardtail is built for everything from the backcountry to XC town trails. Kurt from Wolf Tooth pinged Santiago earlier this year for a custom bike, which arrived a few weeks before the 2025 Made Bike Show.
Every Darien is custom-built with geometries optimized around 100-130 mm of travel and 2.6″ 29er tire clearances. Kurt built the frame up last week and took it on its maiden voyage upon landing in Portland for the framebuilder showcase. We love seeing what Scarab cooks up with its wild paint jobs and this one did not disappoint.
While Santiago wasn’t able to attend this year, he was there in spirit. Many thanks to Kurt from Wolf Tooth for always supporting what The Radavist is doing. Enjoy this one, homie!
@ScarabCycles and @WolfToothComp
Well, that’s a wrap for our third 2025 Made Bike Show gallery. Which bike is your favorite from this stunning selection? Drop your pick in the comments and stay tuned for plenty more on the way!
The Radavist thanks Shimano for sponsoring our Made Bike Show coverage and our independent Reportage!
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