Tay, Cari, Spencer, and John are all back in Portland at the 2025 Made Bike Show. On the second day of the show, Spencer and John perused the available offerings and selected bikes from Dollywagon, Good Day, Liminal Machine Works, Moth Attack, Neuhaus, Nutmeg, Waterford, and Wilde. Read on for a jam-packed gallery full of details of our favs from Day 02!
The Radavist thanks Shimano for sponsoring our Made Bike Show coverage and our independent Reportage!
BTCHN Bikes Dolly Wagon
Chico’s BTCHN Bikes showed off another stunner with Jade’s personal hardtail, the Dolly Wagon. Jade is on the smaller end of the size spectrum, and as such, the bike is specced with extra-light tubing, carbon 145 mm cranks for shorter legs, and plenty of standover with a 175 mm carbon KS dropper.
Jade had a carbon full-suspension bike that was causing her tons of fit issues, and this bike was dreamed up to fix all those issues. Even though the frame is XS, there is room for two bottles in the front triangle and a third on the bottom of the downtube. The frame sports a Hi-Fi carbon mullet wheelset to keep the rear end sizing proportional as well.
A Madrone Cycles Jab derailleur with their innovative UDH Stiffener hangs off a BTCHN’s custom UDH dropouts. The steering is handled with a custom bullmoose riser.
I almost forgot that pink and sparkle bass boat paint job, gaaawwwddammmmmn.
@BTCHN.bikes
Good Day Seldom Seen Ti Fat Bike
Fat bikes aren’t dead at the 2025 Made Bike Show! Eli Santos has been friends with Chris from Good Day for a few years via the internet. Recently they met in person in Crested Butte, and it prompted him to order a bike last year. Living in Bozeman, Eli misses having a fat bike for the dead of winter riding, but also for desert riding and bike rafting exploits. Rather than going 26+, he wanted 27.5 by 4.5″ tires.
He ordered a titanium chassis with a steel fork with a Spacer Cradle. The bike was then powder-coated in sage green. Chris added the Seldom Seen logo to the head tube and added windows to the sleeved fork crown, along with an extra stiffener brace.
The bottom bracket spindle is 158 mm with custom Appleman Cranks and spider. We were bummed to not see Chris and Arly at the show this year, but they had a close friend’s wedding, so Eli stood in for the portrait. Check out Eli’s bags at Seldom Seen.
@GoodDayCuriosity
Liminal Machine Works Fixed Gear
The 2025 Made Bike Show is a celebration of the small US maker community. It brings together companies large and small, old and new, under one roof. Websites like this offer a year-round bridge to manufacturers making niche products for niche audiences. Take, for instance, Brian Sorensen of Liminal Machine Works.
Last week, Brian left a comment on this website plugging his square taper T47 bottom brackets. During the show on Friday, John linked up with him to document his self-made fixed gear. Made from Reynolds 853, procured through Firsthand Framebuilding in Portland. Brian went to UBI to learn to build bikes but learned machining while working at Co-Motion Bikes in Eugene. He bought the tubes to celebrate his tenth anniversary of going to UBI in 2015.
This education prompted him to experiment with not only building bikes but also his own components, too. This fixed gear features the cutest little track and fork ends, along with a clever dual cable pass-through seat mast with an integrated DT Swiss dropper topper. Two cables enter the seat mast, only one exits… for the rear brake.
As for that double chainring, CNC’d from solid aluminum, they look even better in person. Brian says he’d be interested in making them, but the cost alone of production would most likely exceed $400. Still, documenting this proof of concept was a highlight of the Made experience. As for his nifty T47 square taper bottom brackets, they’re still up for pre-order at Liminal Machine Works.
@LiminalMachineWorks
Moth Attack All Road
Megan Dean’s offering this year for the MADE showcase is a custom all-road bike. The bike was built for an aggressive rider to be playful, and as such, the angles are sharper than the current industry standards.
With a full complement of Shimano GRX, Easton seatpost/stem, Zipp handlebars, Mavic all-road wheels, and Pirelli tires, this bike will find a happy home in Tucson, AZ.
If you are thinking about a Moth Attack frame, you’d better get on it!
Megan is already planning her 20-year framebuilding anniversary and subsequent retirement party for next year’s MADE!
@Mothattack
Neuhaus Metalworks 32er Rigid MTB
The 32er fad is in full swing at the 2025 Made Bike Show, with Neuhaus bringing this turquoise-colored beaut they debuted in a YouTube video a few weeks ago. While Maxxis debuted the Aspen tires at this year’s Taipei show, the production of tubeless rims has been limited to a few brands rolling out lightweight, modern extrusions and formwork.
For this build, Neuhaus pinged Nextie for carbon rims and Industry Nine hubs, laced to I9 custom-made silver spokes. This singlespeed uses ORA sliding dropouts for chain tension and 5Dev cranks and chainring. The PNW Loam silver dropper and silver stem really bring this mix of silver and black build together. Neuhaus’ bikes feature chainstay yokes to provide ample clearance.
While these large wheels are by no means a new thing in cycling, the advent of a major tire manufacturer like Maxxis rolling out tubeless, lightweight casing tires has undoubtedly caused a bit of a ruckus in the small framebuilder community.
@Neuhaus_Metalworks
Ron’s Bikes CR-1
Straight out of the heart of Nutmeg, Troy brought his sleek Ron’s Bikes CR-1, built by Larkin Cycles to the 2025 Made Bike Show. You can see these hanging unpainted in our shop visit with Darren Larkin. The lost boys of Connecticut have left their dirt road days behind in favor of the splendid rollercoaster of the northeast’s choicest pavement.
The frame is constructed from full Columbus Life tubing, with a steel fork tipping the scales under 700 grams. It’s all tied together with a custom Larkin stem, Chris King headset and seat post collar, Campy super record 2×11 with Ferrari Red hoods, and a carbon Record Seatpost topped with a Ti Flite. The wheelset is Light Bicycle carbon rim brake hoops laced to Tune hubs and QR for extra sveltness. It wouldn’t be a Nutmeg bike without the finest rubber this side of the Atlantic, Ultradynamico.
Troy has an impressive stable we documented last fall, and this road bike will make the already tough choice of what to ride even harder.
@RonsBikes
Waterford Track Bike
There were a number of track bikes at the 2025 Made Bike Show. This past year, Sanitas Cycles acquired the intellectual property of the famed Waterford/Gunnar frames. Sanitas is known for its Titanium framebuilding in Durango, Colorado. Dave Siegrist was at the show representing all of the brands with this looker of a track bike.
He was scrambling to add another bike to their show lineup and whipped up this classic track bike with some spare parts from an old Zullo he had. Featuring full Reynolds 853 tubing, Paragon sliders machined into track ends, a Columbus fork, Campy Record cranks, and Campy hubs to ever so shiny Velo Orange rims. Don’t miss the NJS stamp on that Izumi chain either.
We are all excited to see what the Sanitas crew does to innovate and carry on the Waterford/Gunnar legacy.
@Waterfordbikes
Wilde Bikes Dog Star Vintage MTB Homage
It’s no secret that Jeff, the founder of Wilde, is heavily into vintage mountain bike collecting and riding. It was only a matter of time until Wilde channeled that passion into a contemporary design. The Dog Star is a fillet brazed, bi-laminate construction, somewhat modern take on a vintage all-terrain bicycle. A mix of classic styling with some contemporary features thrown in. Built to serve as an everyday around-town bike, it’s also well-suited to mixed terrain biking.
The ornate lugwork was constructed by Wilde framebuilder Brad Wilson, who hand-carved the bilam lugs, dedicating six weeks of total build time to the frame. To complement, not overpower the lugwork, Wilde sent the frame and fork to Rick at D&D paint for a nice coat of Imron paint.
The custom bullmoose bar was made using a Lekerleks Albacore bar as the foundation. That bar was initially designed in collaboration with Wilde contributor Jarrod Bunk and was sold through Hope Cyclery. Even though the bars and ornate bilam lugs are show-stopping in their own right, the build kit on the bike has some sleeper components as well. Such as the knurled cable adjusters with rubber o-rings and a NOS titanium-colored B17 released by Rivendell in the early aughts.
Overall, this one nails the vintage 26″ MTB stylings, with nods to Rivendell and the likes of Tom Ritchey, all in one. Exceptionally executed and handmade in Wilde’s Minneapolis framebuilding shop.
@Wilde.Bikes
Well, that’s a wrap for our second 2025 Made Bike Show gallery. Which bike is your favorite, and what would you like to see us document from the show?
The Radavist thanks Shimano for sponsoring our Made Bike Show coverage and our independent Reportage!