MADE 2026: Oddity Cycles, Wilde Pleezer, and Crust Desert Brat
Another week, another MADE round-up! This time, we’re taking a closer look at an eclectic mix of bikes and builds from across the show floor, from fast and finely tuned cruisers to funky clunkers, long-distance haulers, and everything in between. Each of these bikes each has its own story to tell, so let’s get into it!
Oddity Cycles MADE Speed Cruiser
Detailed Parts List
Frameset
Oddity Custom Titanium Frameset
Chainring Woolftooth
Crank
5DEV
Seatpost and Saddle
Oddity Titanium seatpost, Reformed saddle
Stem and Handlebar
Oddity custom titanium bullmoose
Wheels
Wolftooth hubs laced to Mavic Allroad rims
Built as a twin of Billy’s BTCHN’ 32” geometry down to the last millimeter, this collaboration between Billy and Sean from Oddity is a study in perspective. Similar lines, same goal, but swap the 32” wheels for a more classic 700c setup, and you get this incredible-looking thing. And yes, even if the 32” already looked good, this is the bike that captures what I was chasing that day.
It will eventually become Billy’s go-fast commuter, fitted with a custom titanium basket-and-rack combo, helping the one and only MADE show director make it all happen behind the scenes while having an incredibly nice bike to do it on.
This build is a collection of awesome bits that manage to scream show bike but also everyday practical rig at the same time: unreleased Wolf Tooth hubs laced to new Mavic Allroad rims, wrapped in Ultradynamico tires, one-piece titanium bullmoose cockpit, matching titanium seatpost, and titanium 5DEV cranks. Tucked up front is the first appearance of version two of Oddity’s Squid fork, finally available separately from Oddity.
To sum it up, even if the bike stays sleek and monochrome, every bead-blasted tube and masked detail on the frame hints at the hours of prep that went into it. Showed here as a single-speed for now, the Paragon sliding UDH dropout means the drivetrain can evolve when the time comes, and we cannot wait to see Billy rip on this one!
Max’s Gravel-Race Clunker
Frameset
State Bikes Clunker
Chainring Wolftooth
Crank
Mullet Enterprises
Seatpost and Saddle
Unknown post, Brooks “Jaddle”
Stem and Handlebar
Raceface Stem, Teravail Swale
Wheels
ENVE M6 to Mone Souped up coaster brake hub. ENVE 4.5 front
This is a gravel-race clunker… Which honestly tells you everything you need to know. Built purely to be fun and silly, with no real expectation that anyone will ever make another one, but this bike still went home with someone at the end of the MADE weekend.
Naturally, the bike follows the only true spirit of gravel: Jorts. The whole thing has gone full denim theme, from the Teravail Updraft “Denimwall tires”, one of only three sets in existence, to the “Jar tape” and matching “J-Bag”. Completely unnecessary, yet, totally perfect.
The build is a wonderfully mismatched collection of donated parts: Teravail Swale bars, a Race Face stem, an anonymous old suspension seatpost, Brooks “Jaddle” with special Bicycle Pubes rivets, and Mullet Enterprises cranks engraved specially for MADE. Finally, Wolf Tooth pedals, obviously, because they are the official gravel-race pedals.
At the back is an ENVE M6 mountain-bike rim laced to a Money Bikes clunker hub, adapted last minute, and up front, an ENVE 4.5 aero rim is laced radially to a DT Swiss 350 hub, so there is no front brake because… well, you cannot put one on it. The 42 × 20 gear is apparently very usable, and the whole thing rolls on huge 700 × 50 mm Teravail rubber.
Finished with an IRD fork, one of the last straight 1-1/8” carbon forks still available, it is a beautiful monstrosity, and yes, an aero gravel is now on my “wanna get” list…
Wilde Bikes “Pleezer”
Frameset
Wilde Pleezer
Goupset
Sram 1987
Crank
Sram 1987
Seatpost and Saddle
PAUL Comp. post, Brooks Flyer
Stem and Handlebar
Bullmoose one-inch
Wheels
Velocity Cliffhanger laced to White Ind. hubs
Bradley Wilson, framebuilder at Wilde Bicycles in Minneapolis, brought the "Pleezer," an homage to the original Joe Breeze Breezer with a modern twist. The goal here was to make a grown-up BMX bike that carries the playful spirit of early mountain biking while still using all the modern parts you would expect from a current build.
It has the proportions and personality of a big-kid BMX but comes with wireless shifting, modern Paul components brakes, and a very serious collection of parts. The original Bullmoose one-inch quill stem is probably the centerpiece, and without a doubt the first one with an AXS shifter clampted to it, paired with a special Sram 1987 groupset and crankset.
A Paul seatpost, Brooks saddle, Wilde grips, and gold Velocity rims complete the build. Modern where it needs to be, but still looking like a bike some of us would have desperately wanted as a kid...
Crust Desert Brat
Frameset
Crust Desert Brat
Goupset
Shimano XT
Crank
Paul Comp.
Seatpost and Saddle
Wolftooth dropper post, Brooks C19
Stem and Handlebar
Paul Comp. stem, Persuader Tumbleweed
Wheels
Roval rims laced to DT Swiss 350 hubs
This is the production version of a project born from a very direct conversation between Spencer Harding and Matt from Crust Bikes. After reviewing the Scapegoat two years ago, Spencer had a few strong opinions about what a fourth version could be, but Matt basically replied: “Well, make something new.”
The result takes inspiration from some of Spencer’s favorite bikes rather than chasing one clear category. The towering 780 mm stack height comes from an Esker Smokey, giving it the front-end height of a properly rowdy hardtail. The compact, swooping front triangle borrows from a 2016 Orbea Loki, an old plus-tire hardtail that had already proved itself over years of riding. You end up with the feeling of an early Tumbleweed Sunliner, but in aluminum: lighter than steel and, importantly, a little less noodly. And finally, there are also some Meriwether influences in the porteur-style handle. But really, this is just a bike made to be ridden hard and loaded up with whatever the day requires.
The build runs Tumbleweed bars, a Paul stem, Paul Love Levers, a Wolf Tooth seatpost, new Paul cranks, and a 28t steel chainring. The drivetrain is a mix of Shimano Deore XT and Microshift/SRAM 11-speed shifting, paired with an 11–50 cassette, while the Specialized Roval rims on DT Swiss 350 hubs are wrapped in 2.4” Teravail Kessel tires. A very practical parts list for a bike designed by one of the best cycling journalists I know.
Thank you to Old Man Mountain for making this coverage of the 2026 MADE show possible.
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