In the Eastern Adirondacks, Pedal Power Design + Build makes human-powered machines that turn pedaling into useful work, from off-grid electricity to farm and kitchen tasks. Its hand-built machines use welded all-steel frames and stock bicycle parts wherever possible, while the company also develops custom contraptions with customers from initial sketches through delivery and installation. The Big Rig and portable Pedal Genny are its stock designs.
Worksman Cycles Company IncFounded by Morris Worksman in 1898, Worksman Cycles makes heavy-duty bicycles, tricycles and mobile vending equipment for work, recreation and delivery. The company continues to hand-build its cycles in the USA, now at a South Carolina factory, carrying forward the industrial tricycle tradition that once made its Good Humor ice cream trikes a familiar part of American neighborhoods. Worksman also maintains a large replacement-parts inventory to keep commercial cycles in service.OZONE PARK, NY
CHRISTINI AWD BikesSince 2000, Philadelphia-based CHRISTINI AWD Bikes has hand-welded and fabricated custom bicycles and e-bikes around its patented mechanical all-wheel-drive system, which sends power to the front wheel when the rear loses traction. The company builds each bike to order in its own U.S. factory rather than merely assembling imported frames, and its machines have crossed Antarctica, Greenland, and the Yukon while reaching riders in more than 35 countries. CHRISTINI also supplies AWD e-bikes for U.S. and allied Special Forces units in several countries.PHILADELPHIA, PA
Brooklyn Machine Works, LLCBrooklyn Machine Works, LLC makes BMX and street bikes along with bike components and Brooklyn-printed apparel. Its lineup includes the $800 Park Bike V4 and parts such as the Flat Rat Stem, while its heavyweight logo tees are made in the USA and screen-printed in Brooklyn.BROOKLYN, 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