Bikes of Bespoked Dresden 2025: Attendee Edition

Photos by Bengt Stiller

As highlighted by Josh and Stefan in our three-part coverage this week, the 2025 Bespoked handbuilt bike show in Germany showcased an astounding collection of bikes made by many of the continent’s leading builders. There were custom builds from every niche on display, from bikepacking rigs to cargo carriers, mini velos, road bikes, full-suspension MTBs, and everything in between. Wandering the show’s two floors in the terminal of Dresden Airport was truly an immersion in creative vision, camaraderie, and craftsmanship. We loved every minute of it.

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Folks came from all corners of Europe (and even further afield) to experience the show in person, and the exhibition hall would have felt empty without the genuine enthusiasm and intrigue attendees contributed to the event. Beyond their excitement, many folks visiting the show also brought their personal bikes with them—some arriving by train, others on two wheels—and the expansive bike racks put in place for guests were an ever-changing feast for the eyes.

Debuted at the MADE show in Portland, Oregon, over the summer, we’re thrilled to share our second gallery of attendee rigs from a show we covered—a new tradition that’s here to stay. Though we could only capture a fraction of the exceptionally cool and unique rigs we spotted throughout the long weekend, this sampling of around 30 portraits succinctly highlights the diversity of real-world bikes folks pedaled to the show. With that, we hope you enjoy the complete collection, featuring brief details about each rider and their bike. Dive in below!

Matti

Cologne, Germany

BIKE: 1986 Giant Escape
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: I built up this 26er in Rivendell style with 650B wheels and normal V-brakes, which I think is the coolest detail about it.

Ben

Hamburg, Germany

BIKE: Milara mini cargo bike
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: I made this 20-inch cargo bike a few years ago. The first Milara prototype is around seven years old, before there were many others like it on the market.

Anna

Zurich, Switzerland

BIKE: Unknown
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: I found this 26-inch bike with twisted tubes a couple of years ago on Facebook Marketplace, but I don’t know anything about it. It’s apparently a prototype, and it has the serial number 001. I brought it here hoping I could learn more about it.

Ralf

Bischofsgrun, Germany

BIKE: Alesa-Fit folding bike
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: This is a high-performance machine with 12-inch wheels that serves as a contrast to all the 32-inch bikes. Sometimes you just have to draw a line. Enough is enough!

Burak

Wuppertal, Germany

BIKE: Kocmo Titanium with Stridsland fork
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: The purple parts, of course!

Felix

Darmstadt, Germany

BIKE: Bombtrack Arise
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: I converted my 10-year-old Bombtrack to a tracklocross setup just yesterday before coming to the show, and I’m already in love!

Jo

Cologne, Germany

BIKE: Breezer
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: My 26er has manual 1×3 shifting and a fork from Good Grief. The rear triangle is the most special thing to me because I rebuilt it with a friend to make the whole bike longer. I’ve done a lot of custom things to it.

Michael

Berlin, Germany

BIKE: Drust Cycles custom
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: I had this dirt-road touring bike made for me three years ago. Everything about this bike is special. The paint job was made with a candle by Velociao, and Konstantin did an incredible job getting the fit just right. The truss fork was made to hold the Tailfin panniers, so I don’t need a rack. This bike has been the best touring partner and conversation starter; I’ve met so many fascinating people who come up to talk to me about it. Get yourself a Konstantin Drust bike… you won’t be disappointed!

Jonathan

Berlin, Germany

BIKE: Fixie
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: I’m an apprentice to a mechanic, and this is my fixie. It was a track bike that I converted to a tracklocross bike with a new fork and a flat bar.

Marm

Berlin, Germany

BIKE: Sour Pasta Party
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: This bike features a first-time splatter paint job from Chris and the team at Sour, and it’s my homage to a rigid hardtail from the ’90s. I love it.

Pauline

Innsbruck, Austria

BIKE: Brother Cycles Allday
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: This is my Brother Cycles Allday, which is exactly what I do with it. I ride it every day as my commuter, and I love that it’s so capable for everything, including gravel rides. I especially like the XT front hub that I built as a rear hub and the Sister Cycles sticker from Jule of I Draw on Bikes.

Ki-Hun

Japan

BIKE: Arko Bici randonneur
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: This bike was built in Slovakia by my friend Marek Parajka, who is a really cool guy. The concept all started with Jan Heine’s The All-Road Bike Revolution book, and it features Rene Herse center-pull rim brakes and electronic shifting, which is unusual for a randonneur.

Daniel

Berlin, Germany

BIKE: Surly Krampus
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: Following this year’s Silk Road Mountain Race, I installed a weird rigid Trek 1120 fork with the front affixed to it, which is really nice. I also added a bigger chainring for Berlin, because it’s flat as a pancake. I’m going to weld on some water bottle bosses this winter, too. The bag is from Baby Legs in Poland; I got it in white so my chocolate bars melt a little slower, but it shows a little dirt.

Verena

Berlin, Germany

BIKE: No-name steel frame
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: This is my city bike. It’s pretty screwed up: the headset bearings are loose, the bottom bracket is rusted, and the seatpost isn’t movable anymore, but I love it. It has a rack up front that’s a bit bent from a crash, but it can carry 20 cans of beer, which is great. It’s comfy to ride, kind of fast, has a dynamo hub I found on the street (plus a bunch of other cheap components), and is a bike I feel comfortable leaving overnight.

Paul

Berlin, Germany

BIKE: Built from trash
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: I made this for the High Velocity Research contest here in Dresden, where we all got old steel frames, cut them apart, and recycled them into something new.

Nico

Leipzig, Germany

BIKE: Omnium New Skool
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: I converted the front to disc brake, but it’s a fixed-gear frameset. I ride fat tires and straps, and it’s a fun off-road and street machine.

Nora

Berlin, Germany

BIKE: Good Grief Fixed Gear ATB
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: I think what I love most about it is the way the front rack is attached, and it’s overall a lovely concept of a bike.

Mateusz

Poland

BIKE: Karamba custom
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: A very close friend of mine made this bike for me, which makes it special.

Mario

Bern, Switzerland

BIKE: Brompton
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: I love this bike because it’s multi-functional, and you can bring it anywhere. Some of my favorite parts include the Gabaruk chainring, Paul brakes, and antifascist stickers.

Justas

Kassel, Germany

BIKE: Sour Pasta Party
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: The best part is the custom leopard print frame bag from Reisefix, and it feels amazing to ride. I’ve done some bikepacking races on it this year, including Bright Midnight, Sneak Peaks, and Expedition Ost.

Vincent

Vienna, Austria

BIKE: Morassi Alpine Traveler
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: I built this bike for traveling over rough terrain, and my customer just came back from riding the Arctic Post Road in Finland and Norway on it. As a small rider, she had a hard time finding a bikepacking bike that fit her, so she went custom.

Line

Copenhagen, Denmark

BIKE: Faggin track bike
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: This bike represents a decade-long love story. Being so colorful, it’s quite traffic-safe, but that also means I can’t do illegal stuff on it, because everyone will see it!

Simon

Leipzig, Germany

BIKE: Curve Kevin Titanium
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: The bike is special because I spent hours and hours custom anodizing everything on the bike myself at home. I added a bunch of personal messages and slogans, and I like the colors. Have fun!

Tore

Sydfyn, Denmark

BIKE: Starfish Bicycles custom
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: I built this bike, and it’s sort of a first prototype for a semi-custom frame that we’ll probably launch in the next year. It’s a rando bike with full fenders and a full frame bag that I also made myself, but I won’t be offering those for sale. It has some in-house-made cages and a bash guard, which is also coming out this year.

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The Netherlands

BIKE: Firefly custom
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: The titanium frame and fork were made custom for me by Firefly Bicycles for a ride of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route in Canada and the United States. It’s an awesome bike, and I’m very happy with it. The beautiful bags were made by Tijmen from Wit Slingers in Leipzig.

Liege

Melbourne, Australia

BIKE: Curve Kevin Titanium
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: This is the most versatile bike I own. Road, trails, gravel, bikepacking… it does a little bit of everything.

Jelle

The Netherlands

BIKE: Singular Gryphon
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: This is my do-it-all bike: go to the bar, go to the city, go everywhere. It’s my oldest bike. If I’m going some place where I’m worried about my bike being stolen, I’ll take it.

Tony

Berlin, Germany

BIKE: Self-made
FAVORITE PART/DETAIL: I built this for the High Velocity Research trash metal competition. It has 20-inch wheels and was made out of second-hand steel tubes from an old Marin.

If you’re featured here and we got your name or other details wrong, please just let us know in the conversation below! We did our best, but these vignettes were transcribed from audio recordings in the noisy airport terminal, and we had to make a few guesses.

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