แ( แ )แ Nยบ275 Stoked for Bespoked! ๐ง โ๏ธ
Hello!
The Bespoked Handmade Bikeshow kicks off this Friday in Dresden! Iโll be traveling to the show with my friends Hahn of Rossman Cycles & Rob of Quirk Cycles. Bespoked has been an annual tradition for me since 2016. Iโm genuinely stoked!
Bregan of CRANK! Communications and I have been working behind the scenes to help promote this edition of the show & will continue to do so for all those unable to go. Expect daily highlight reels on the Bespoked insta about the 102 exhibitors attending from no less than 17 countries! How cool is that?!
- ๐ฉ๐ช Germany: 50
- ๐ซ๐ท France: 9
- ๐ฌ๐ง UK: 9
- ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands: 7
- ๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic: 6
- ๐ต๐ฑ Poland: 4
- ๐ฎ๐น Italy: 4
- ๐ง๐ช Belgium: 3
- ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark: 2
- ๐จ๐ด Colombia: 1
- ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania: 1
- ๐ต๐น Portugal: 1
- ๐บ๐ธ USA: 1
- ๐จ๐ญSwitzerland: 1
- ๐ช๐ธ Spain: 1
- ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine: 1
- ๐น๐ผ Taiwan: 1
Here is the schedule:
(including Weds & Thursday Factory tours that you can register for here)
Wednesday 11 October
- Bike24
- BEAST Components
- Velocium
Thursday 12 October
- Tex-Lock
- Dlouhy Cycles
- Diamant Bicycle Works
- Cotesa // Ponomarets Bike
Friday 13 October
- 10AM โ 2PM : Bespoked 2023 Press opening
- 2PM โ 6PM : Bespoked Public opening
Saturday 14 October
- 08.00 โ Sour Bikes Sweeeeet 40K Gravel Ride
- 10.00 โ Show open
- 11.00โ11.45 -TALK โ Taking Care with Alex Claus of Portus Cycles DE
- 12.00โ12.30 โ FILM โ Freak Bikes by Swamp Films ENG with DE subtitles
- 12.45โ13.30 โ TALK โ Freak Bikes with Drust, Nonstop Schwitzen and Swamp Films ENG/DE
- 13.45โ14.15 โ FILM โ โNever Lostโ by Kilian Reil supported by Schwalbe. The film includes cyclists Quinda Verheul, Joergen Trepp, Leanne Bentley, and Kilian Reil. ENG Q&A between the filmmaker and interviewer Niels Flemm
- 14.30โ15.15 โ TALK โ The Art of Ultra Sleeping with Quinda Verheul and Sebastian Breuer ENG
- 6PM โ Show closes
- 6PM โ Late โ After party at Club Kwang Lee, Gรถrlitzer Str. 35, 01099
Sunday 15 October
- 08.00 โ Sour Bikes Sweeeeet 40K Gravel Ride
- 10.00 โ Show open
- 11.00โ11.30 โ FILM โ DDR Frame Builders by Petor Georgallou supported by The Radavist and Diamant DE with ENG Sub
- 11.45โ12.45 โ TALK โ Freaky Track Bikes of the DDR, a discussion with Gunnar Fehlau and Bennet of Ballern Cycle Works DE
- 13.00โ13.45 โ Max Riese on The Nature on Ultra Distance Racing and the Hellenic Mountain Race DE
- 4PM โ Show Closes
More details about this 12th edition of Europeโs largest annual exhibition of custom bikes at Bespoked.cc and in the Twotone newsroom in ๐ฌ๐ง and in ๐ฉ๐ช, ๐ณ๐ฑ, ๐ซ๐ท.
as always, thank you so much for reading & sharing this newsletter!
Jon
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