For our third installment of coverage from the Made Bike Show in Portland, Oregon, we look at another varied selection of bikes on display at the Zidell Yards venue. This round features a diverse range of builds spanning the typology spectrum from road to mountain. And lugs. Lots of lugs.
To stay current with our ongoing Made reporting, check in with Part One and Part Two galleries, and also have a look at two unreleased bikes from Moots.
Jeffrey Bock 'Anniversary Bike' all-road
At the inaugural Made show, legendary painter Joe Bell asked me who I thought was the best framebuilder in the building. With such a subjective question, I declined to answer. Regardless, Bell pointed out his selection and told me that, had I responded, my choice was likely going to be incorrect anyway because most people had likely never heard of Jeff Bock.
And Bell was spot on. Had he not turned me onto Bock, I probably wouldn't have noticed his bike tucked back in the relatively small Reynolds booth, nor would I have subsequently sought out his work at other shows or followed along with his build projects via his Facebook page.
Based in Ames, Iowa, Bock has been building bicycles and teaching the craft for 50 years. His specialty is lugged road and randonneuring bikes, but he has been known to build some truly remarkable bicycles based on his customers' wild wishes. For this year's show, Bock brought something special. A commission from a repeat client, this all-road bike was designed around a Campagnolo 80th anniversary Super Record groupset (with the exception of TRP calipers), which the customer had been saving for the right time.
Bock's 2023 and 2024 show bikes. A classic randonneur (left) and X-frame (right)
Since 2025 marks the 50th year of Bock's framebuilding career, in addition to the 30th anniversary of Reynolds 853 tubing used to construct most of the frame, they decided to name the project the "Anniversary Bike."
Bock builds most of his bikes with lugged joints. For this build he used Richard Sach's Rene Singer Lugs, which are a modern cast component that Bock claims are "very good" and require only some manipulation based on personal preference for wall thickness and shoreline shaping. Off the peg, he's able to achieve what is essentially a randonneuring geometry with them, as is seen in this frameset.
While Bock typically routes dynamo lighting through the rear fender, this customer asked for a solution that would allow occasional fender removal and wheel swap without disturbing the lighting. Additionally, instead of using a classic quill stem, the customer requested modern carbon handlebars with a larger 31.8 mm clamping diameter than most quill stems accommodate.
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