In Richmond Hill, Queens, Nomad Cycle is a bicycle workshop devoted to repairing, custom-building, and restoring bikes rather than selling new ones or bike-shop accessories. Owner Damon Strub has spent more than 50 years restoring, repairing, and racing bicycles and motorcycles, and has built several hundred custom bikes and wheelsets. His work ranges from practical commuters made from vintage frames to restorations of bicycles dating back to the 1930s, with one-on-one maintenance lessons available for riders who want to learn the craft themselves.
ReneveloReneVelo provides vintage bicycle restorations, including complete and period-correct replicas, historic bicycles, and resto-mods. It also offers custom bicycle painting, decal replication and production, and restoration services for vintage components.
Bilenky Cycle WorksFounded by Stephen Bilenky in 1983, Bilenky Cycle Works is a hand-building bicycle workshop in northeast Philadelphia where custom bikes are shaped around each rider’s fit, comfort, and sense of style. Its distinctive public profile includes creating President Joe Biden’s custom bicycle gift for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and founding the Philadelphia Bike Expo in 2010.PHILADELPHIA, PA
The New York Speed ShopFounded in the Hudson Valley in 2018, The New York Speed Shop restores and customizes classic cars and vintage motorcycles, while also providing engineering and troubleshooting support for automotive projects. Its Chatham shop occupies a converted 60-plus-year-old historic barn and handles restoration, fabrication, service, and preservation work in-house. The shop also helps hobbyist builders with specialized repairs and portions of projects they prefer to subcontract.CHATHAM, NY
Indian Larry MotorcyclesBrooklyn-based Indian Larry Motorcycles builds one-off custom motorcycles and machines its own parts in the spirit of the late New York mechanic, machinist, and metal sculptor Indian Larry. The shop carries his blend of classic choppers and hot-rod race bikes into rideable works of art, fabricating frames, machining components, and painting in-house whenever possible. Its work preserves a distinctive New York motorcycle legacy that gained wide attention through Discovery Channel’s Biker Build-Off and Motorcycle Mania.BROOKLYN, NY