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Brooks' Journal. Explore Our Stories.
A journal of stories about cycling, craftsmanship and adventure, celebrating the people, places and ideas that inspire a life lived on two wheels.
Medusa Cycles, better than working in a cotton mill.
On being a badass and honouring your ancestors.
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Medusa Cycles, better than working in a cotton mill.
Euro tripping…
Relive three Brooks England European shop rides in Paris, Dijon and Bruges…
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Euro tripping…
Singular Cycles Kite Titanium Mk2 from Bespoked Dresden
Discover more about the Bespoked 2025 show bike
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Singular Cycles Kite Titanium Mk2 from Bespoked Dresden
Steve Green, part of the Brooks factory family
Steve Green has been a fixture of the Brooks factory for forty years
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Steve Green, part of the Brooks factory family
The good times roll on
Events The good times roll on The Brooks picnic-paced tour of England continues By Tom Owen The summer rolls on and so too does Brooks’ picnic-paced tour of England. After...
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The good times roll on
Bringing it all back home
Events Bringing it all back home Relive the celebratory atmosphere of the Brooks Open Factory By Tom Owen How can one understand the essence of a thing, unless one has...
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Bringing it all back home
The art of riding, together
Events The art of riding, together Of cream teas and canals, saisons and saddles By Tom Owen A simple idea: the best part of cycling is the people. And if...
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The art of riding, together
Inside the Brooks factory
Events Inside the Brooks factory Where the magic is made By Tom Owen Even to approach the Brooks factory in Smethwick is to know you are somewhere special. Tumbledown Victorian...
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Inside the Brooks factory
Woods Cyclery, designing your own dream bike
Bikes The Woods Cyclery, a lifetime of insight. Talking to owner Tom Farrell. Words: Tom Owen | Photos: John Watson The Woods Cyclery is a world-famous destination for off-road cyclists,...
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Woods Cyclery, designing your own dream bike
Tomo Bikes, building to thrive and survive
Bikes Tomo Bikes, building machines to thrive and survive. Never enough time. Words: Tom Owen | Photos: John Watson Tomo Bikes is a bespoke frame builder and fabricator based in...
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Tomo Bikes, building to thrive and survive
Babyldn and Brooks team up for Bespoked
Events Brooks & Babyldn reunited at Bespoked Three Bs destined to please. Words: Tom Owen & Gregorio Allievi The second Babyldn x Brooks Bike Jumble was hosted at the end...
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Babyldn and Brooks team up for Bespoked
Field Studies
Events Field Studies Pedalling, posing and putting paint to paper. Words: Tom Owen Art and bicycles. Bicycles and art. A pairing that endures in culture; an imaginative catalyst that never...
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Field Studies
The way to Wakhan
Journeys The way to Wakhan Photos: Theo Blindow & Alexander Niklass Words: Tom Owen Before us rose the Great Pamir, the roof of the world. Behind the high peaks lay...
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The way to Wakhan
A treasure Unearthed
Stories A treasure Unearthed Uncovering a stash of lost leather By Tom Owen In a dusty factory on a fairly busy road through an industrial part of town, there lay...
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A treasure Unearthed
Bargain-bagging at the BabyLDN bike jumble
Events Bargain-bagging with BabyLDN The life and soul of London cycling By Joergen Trepp When Marlon Plein from BabyLDN invited Brooks to support his latest bike jumble, it wasn’t a...
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