The best handmade bikes at Portland MADE 2025 !

Portland Oregon, USA
MADE 2025 was a stunner. There is always so much going on at the MADE show, especially when you are hyped about everything! Here are the bikes that I was the most excited by.

Best for the tech

Reactor – No22 Bikes

Last year at MADE, No22 had a 3d printed titanium bike, it was the talk of the town but apparently it wasn’t enough! so they are back again with some improvements modifications and a heck of a lot of work. Chatting with Bryce (the head designer and engineer) he gave me some great insight on the 2025 Reactor development. Firstly the new Reactor has even more emphasis on naca aero shapes, along with sections of printed ti vs a whole printed ti frame of 2024, some of the areas are post machined then welded together to greatly improve precision vs a full frame print- the last bike was one piece and not meeting his high standards for tolerancing. The new handlebar system ensures adaptability for stem length and bar tape. The stem is CNC machined to achieve the high level of fit and finish and not only looks amazing but has a special brake hose quick disconnect area which allows for easy disassembly makes this bike great for travel. (almost all of todays bikes don’t have the space for these fluid disconnects). There’s no need to tell you that the roots here are performance and this bike is stunning.

Best for the purist

IRA Ryan Cycles

Ira makes beautiful bikes there is no doubt. His approach is graceful like a bird in flight and super considerate of his customers needs and purposeful awareness. Keep it simple, make it beautiful and ride your bike – This approach to bike building is what I define as purist and classic. This bike is themed after Steve McQueen’s 1968 Ford Mustang GT390 Fastback used in the movie “Bullitt”. It uses some new old tru temper with transitioning elliptical cross sections, subtle to the eye and felt in performance. Ira also make very “purist” gravel and adventure bikes.

Best for the innovative

Artefact Bicycles – Eterna Road

Daniel builds a few different styles of bike, but here Daniel’s Eterna road bike is a definition of where aesthetic intent meets engineering. Daniel has developed and built many frames but his most recent work was developing and manufacturing a beautiful yet modern slim fork that would highly compliment slim slim tubes of metal bikes, whist being modern for tire clearance. His new fork clears 35mm tires all with a straight 1 1/8″ steer tube with beautiful shaped surfaces, it defiantly doesn’t feel like some OEM carbon fork that are out there today that just don’t look right, It’s slender with nice surfaces and fits slim tube metal bikes well. As an engineer, Daniels prowess shines in the numbers and testing but where he also comes through is his singular vision blending aesthetic vision and engineering for his true version of a road bike.
Check out his fun and informative videos on youtube

Best for the explorers

Schön Studio – Danielle Schön- Build for offroad veteran Mike Garrigan

A bit of a sleeper, this bike was tucked in Ceramic Speed’s booth, This bike is an “in process” custom bike in conjunction with Ceramic Speed and frame builder Danielle Schön’s from Schön Studio out of Squamish, British Columbia. The build is in process which is why the seat-stays are absent for final fitting and technical optimization, but you can clearly see the vibe and intent of this highly purposeful yet beautiful explorer machine. The design etos is to travel further, cover more ground and be transportable between countries – couplers included (but not in frame yet) . Danielle also won the People Choice award for 2024 MADE Show with her other amazing work and framebuilding classes

Best for the carbon crushers

Enve, TRP, Black Magic – Josh’s Enve Melee

Josh’s bike is a collaboration with Enve, TRP and Black Magic Paint. By bringing three performance pinnacles together to create a carbon crusher that stands out from the crowd. Designed for looks, speed and comfort, the Enve Melee is known as a bike you can unlock sustained performance with. Below the fun look it’s all business. Fun and Fast and Comfort, say it’s not true?

Best for the tech inspired purist

Mosaic RT Zero

Back in the day, Moasic had some what I would call reserved looking bikes, classy more typical titanium vibe, more metal showing, less paint, as the years progressed Mosaic came out with some interesting and successful paint fades and then a pattern phase right into today for their main line having a camo interpretation look.
The RT Zero can certainly come in options but thee show stopper is the classy yet tech looking Shadow Ti version which blends a d section carbon seatpost / seat tube with some nice details and raw titanium. Bridge-less seatstays and hyper seatstay detail junction work, custom carbon mast topper and a redesigned head-tube for integrated headset bearings. This is a classy road machine with the carbon d shaped seatpostallowing an even finer tuning of the responsiveness aspect of the ride.

For the Artistic Adventurers

Moots – Adventure Bike

Dripping in titanium anodization, this new gravel adventure configuration from Moots is built for going farther than you thought possible. From overnighters in the high country to ultra-distance events and gear-heavy explorations. A crazy amount of attachment bosses (28!) and some light weight suspension (100mm) provided by the Rock Shox SID. The adventure bike was also part of a collaboration with Chris King Precision Componets celebrating their new Jade color way. This bike is currently unreleased and a sneak peak of what’s happening in Moots and maybe in the industry. Is this format the future?

Sidenote / other cool things at the show

Chris King Launched a new colour JADE, looks nice with todays muted colors and seems very flexible. Also in their booth was a machine that loaded their rear drive system up with 450 ft lbs of torque. Crazy to see that much weight hanging on a hub. their hub is rated to 800 ft lbs of torque! (note typical other brands fail at about 350ft lbs)

MKS Booth was rad, a chap there showing how to make their renowned pedals from a box of parts.

Chris King Jade

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