🥬🥒🍅 Deeply Rooted & Ripe For Growth: Bespoked Dresden Boasts Bountiful Second Harvest

DRESDEN, GERMANY – October 19, 2024 – For the second time, Bespoked Handmade Bicycle Show presented a worthy spectacle of artistry, innovation, and craftsmanship to the light and airy spaces above Dresden Airport.

With around 150 unique bikes on display from 19 countries, day one was dedicated to press and special guests, as well as several hours for the general public, again showcasing an exceptional ensemble of not only handcrafted bikes, but artisans, components and accessories, adding another milestone in the show’s illustrious journey.

The highlight of the day was the highly anticipated awards ceremony, celebrating the pinnacle of craftsmanship and innovation in bespoke bicycle creation. Each piece, a testament to the talent and ingenuity of its creator, stood as a considered work in its own right, yet as a bike show, it’s not without an aura of friendly competition, and the Bespoked Awards motivate creators to go above and beyond each year. 

The inclusion of new award categories and special recognitions like the Mike Burrows Award for Innovation and the SRAM Scholarship Award underscored the show’s commitment to celebrating diverse and pioneering talents.

In an industry ripe for growth, and with a deep-rooted community, the prize categories were carefully evaluated by teams of judges throughout the day. Each first-placed award was determined based on criteria such as beauty, craftsmanship, functionality, and innovation. Winners were presented with a unique, hand-picked, cruelty-free trophy, consisting of a ribbon and a garden-fresh vegetable, thoughtfully curated by organizer Petor 'Green Thumb' Georgallou. Each vegetable was chosen for its geometry, weight, freshness, and crisp, adding a humorous (and vegetarian) twist to the awards, sponsored by Dynaplug.

• 🥕Best Road: (Twotone and CRANK! Communication) Avalanche instagram.com/avalanchecycles

• 🥬Best Cargo: (Radelbande) Sayle Cycle instagram.com/saylecycle

• 🍅Best Touring: (Radavist) FERN instagram.com/fern_bicycles

• 🌽Best In Show: (BESPOKED) Good Grief instagram.com/goodgrief.bike/

• 🫑Best Singlespeed: (Bike Rumor) Significant Other Bikes instagram.com/significant.other.bikes/

• 🍠Best Bag: (Path Less Pedalled) Wit Slingers instagram.com/witslingers/

• 🫛Best City / Utility: (Fahrstil) ARKO instagram.com/arko_bici/

• 🥒Best Gravel: (Bikepacking) Meerglas instagram.com/meerglas_frameworks/

• Best Off Road: (GCN auf deutsch) - Avalanche instagram.com/avalanchecycles/

• Best New Builder: (Other Means Magazine) Don Sebastiano instagram.com/bastel_mann/

• Mike Burrows Award for Innovation: (The European Bike Project) Vapour Cycles instagram.com/vapourcycles

• 🥦 Best MTB: (MTB-News) Huhn Cycles instagram.com/huhncycles/

• Best Finish: (Biciclette D'Epoca) Finnbar Trout instagram.com/finnbartrout/

• Hunt Wheels Build Off: Rheintritt instagram.com/rheintritt_fahrradmanufaktur/

• 🍄Absolute Legend: (Sour Bicycles) Christoph Süße instagram.com/sour.bicycles/

• 🌱Community Builder: Roman, QVIST instagram.com/qvist.cc/

• SRAM Inclusivity Scholarship Winners:
• Good Grief instagram.com/goodgrief.bike
• Significant Other Bikes instagram.com/significant.other.bikes
• Memento instagram.com/memento_cycles
• King Fabrications instagram.com/kingfabrication.s

• Most Valuable Community-Builder: Roman Elsner of Cycling Saxony & Qvist Hubs

With the elegant, modern backdrop of Dresden Airport, handmade bicycles, components, and accessories exhibited a blend of aesthetics, functionality, and innovation amid a familiar and collegial atmosphere of craftspeople and industry experts. 19 Countries were represented at the show this year with 133 exhibitors! 83 frame builders along with component brands, accessory manufacturers, bicycle building supplies, shops, painters, frame building schools, publications, and wheel builders!

• 🇦🇹 Austria 2
• 🇦🇺 Australia 1
• 🇧🇪 Belgium 2
• 🇨🇭 Switzerland 2
• 🇨🇿 Czechia 7
• 🇩🇪 Germany 58
• 🇩🇰 Denmark 2
• 🇪🇸 Spain 3
• 🇫🇷 France 8
• 🇬🇧 UK 12
• 🇮🇹 Italy 5
• 🇯🇵 Japan 1
• 🇱🇹 Lithuania 1
• 🇳🇱 the Netherlands 6
• 🇵🇱 Poland 6
• 🇸🇪 Sweden 1
• 🇸🇰 Slovakia 1
• 🇹🇷 Turkey 1
• 🇺🇸 USA 6

Bespoked is open from today Saturday October 19th until 6pm as well as tomorrow the 20th at Dresden Airport on both mezzanine levels, easily reached through the main airport entrance.

For further inquiries and detailed information on the award winners and their exceptional creations, please visit www.bespoked.cc or contact Petor Georgallou ([email protected]).