The 2025 MADE bike show

This weekend in Portland (though Sunday!) the MADE bike show is happening again, showcasing handmade bikes and products from small companies around the world. I really love seeing the explosion of creativity every year at the event. Here's a quick bunch of photos I snapped this morning while looking through all the booths.

A few booths were dedicated to custom paint and anodizing outfits, ready to make any bike designer's color dreams come true. The MTB on the left looked like it had a very custom printed iridescent vinyl wrap on the frame and fork, while the company on the right had examples of every color and finish imaginable.

It was cool to see lots of titanium bikes among builders and I loved seeing the new Chris King Jade color way on a bunch of builds like the Mosaic on the left. The other bike had some cool anodizing on a titanium frame that is starting to show up on more builds.

My first custom built frame was from Mike DeSalvo and his booth was rocking this year with some pretty crazy paint designs, but he's more known for really sharp, clean understated builds and paint schemes.

I love that this CoMotion bike's color gives off 1980s Univega road bike vibes

Not everything was about appearance, there were fascinating builds from people trying new things. On the left here you'll see a fully CNC'd aluminum full suspension MTB that the builders told me took about 30-40 hours of cutting a solid block of aluminum into this. They're hoping to get the process streamlined so they can pump out at least one bike per day from a CNC machine.

The next bike was interesting, a full suspension dirt jump bike with I think 24" wheels, like a big BMX bike that could probably soak up any sort of impact off jumps.

Anyway, it was fun, if you're in Portland, Oregon this weekend, check it out.

UPDATE: If you can't make it, be sure to check out videos from riders on the ground like Bikepacking.com and Path Less Pedaled, they'll have extensive coverage and interviews with builders in the next couple days uploaded to their respective YouTube channels.