When you think about integrated bike companies, you usually think about the big manufacturers behind some of the best road bikes, not boutique brands coming out of Bentonville, Arkansas, but that’s exactly what Allied Cycle Works is. They make some really interesting bikes, and stubbornly produce all of their frames in-house, in the US.
They also don’t care for convention, often framing their work around the idea of balancing performance with adaptability, rather than chasing purity in one direction or another.
