The latest from Prova Cycles, Sugarloaf, Devlin, Curve Cycling, Mooro, Bossi, and more. Aussie Aussie Aussie!
Welcome back to the second (and final) gallery from the 2026 edition of Spoken, the show that celebrates Australia’s boutique and handmade bicycle scene.
Spoken has always offered something for almost everyone, but it certainly leaned toward road enthusiasts in years past. By contrast, this year saw more mountain bikes on display and what felt like a clear shift toward gravel as the focal point.
A lot of that has to do with customer interest, but I’ll speculate that it’s also partly that the road market is dominated by pro racing and a focus on weight and/or aerodynamics. Many of the builders and smaller brands in the room can better fill market gaps in gravel where increased durability, better ride quality, fit comfort, and even increased tyre clearance are all possible when the focus on measurable performance metrics isn’t dominating decisions. Still, if you ask the likes of Prova, Baum, or Bastion, they’ll tell you that custom road bikes remain steady (highly desirable ones at that).
This gallery looks at a Prova for lovers of titanium, the upcoming custom carbon bikes from Sugarloaf, Curve’s playing of bigger (but not biggest) wheels, Devlin’s impressively gorgeous downhill bike, and plenty more.
In case you missed it, part one looked at the latest from Baum, Bastion, Kumo, Palmer, and more.
Spoken Australia 2026: Part One
Inside Australia’s boutique and handmade bicycle show with Baum’s latest 32″ gravel build, a new Bastion and more.
Prova Cycles
Prova Cycles has become a must-see builder at any show the brand attends. Last year, Prova was displaying a prototype of its integrated titanium gravel racer, the Mostro Integrale. This year, the Melbourne-based builder showed a customer’s full production bike.
There’s a whole lot of detail to get lost in with this one, including Prova’s own titanium fork with carbon steerer. What’s not visible is the double bond between the carbon tube and the titanium lug, with a generous 50 mm overlap. The design, like all of Prova’s bikes, has gone through extensive third-party testing.
Behind the Curtain: Prova Cycles
The home of Australia’s most innovative builder.
As with many of Prova’s custom creations, 3D-printed parts are used at tube junctions to solve problems and improve aesthetics. One example is Prova’s signature seat tube-top tube-seatstay junction, in this case, meeting up with Prova’s own titanium post. If you’ve seen similar from other brands lately, know that it started with Prova.
This model clears 700 x 50 mm tyres, has Prova’s own UDH dropout, and features an Enve cockpit up front.
For its off-road bikes, Prova prefers a raw finish on the rear end for cosmetic durability. The finish on this one is a shared effort between Prova (raw brushed) and Velocraft (paint).
Sugarloaf Cycles
Sugarloaf was founded by Steve George, a former pro cyclist and owner of a boutique bicycle shop that specialised in custom bikes (Crankstar). After closing the shop, George began making his own custom carbon bikes using a traditional tube-to-tube construction method; however, things soon went quiet again.
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