Building a Better Bicycle: Bilenky Cycle Works

For thirty years, Stephen Bilenky has been combining art, craftsmanship and business as a fabricator of custom handmade bicycles. Bilenky doesn’t romanticize building artisanal bicycles; to him, it’s just about using elbow grease to make something of quality, just like in the old days of his gritty, working-class neighborhood in Philly.

Filmmaker Andrew David Watson attended college in Philadelphia and loves to tell stories from the city. Check out his Etsy video about Liberty Cycles.