Cycle and Style

Sometimes life’s setbacks have a way of leading one down another path to success. Brian Echerer lost a job and then “destroyed” his back racing cyclo-cross. During his recovery, he began making spoke bracelets for his cycling club and found out about a show called “Bike Craft.” Brian persuaded his mother, Mary Jane Musser, an artist and jewelry [...]

Unique” – an adjective – being the only one of it’s kind; unlike any thing else – particularly remarkable, special or unusual … Cycle and Style likes to share with the readers what’s new and unique out there. Something that tells a story or sparks a conversation between two people. Something that is special, unusual, [...]

Cycle and Style is “Spoke-n For” … and you should be too.  On a recent trip to St. John (USVI), I walked into a local jewelry store and I became “Spoke-n For” instantly.  It is always my travel goal to find a unique piece of jewelry on my adventures … and that I did.  Since [...]

We love jewelry and have special weakness for jewelry with a bike theme or whimsically made with parts from a bike. It was great to talk to Jodey Hathaway, a mountain biker who makes jewelry and home décor items from bike parts, often using “Chainmaille” techniques to make very  intricate and unique pieces. Her work [...]