Fall’s been well under way for the past month. Two more months until winter. However, it was only in the past couple of days – today especially so – that it really felt like fall. We don’t get the big color change in the tree leaves here. Some trees change, but most just lose their […]
Filed under: Mixed Terrain, Rides
(Post edited 11/24/14. Every month or so, I check the stats of the blog for curiosity’s sake. Today, I noticed a spike in views from the Velocipede Salon website. Seems a lot of the comments decried the amount of time the owner waited. Richard Sachs weighed in claiming the time the owner waited is incorrect. […]
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One phone call last Friday to the tucking company who will be delivering frames, “Yes, the frames will be delivered on Monday. Please call back on Monday before 10:00 a.m. to get a delivery window.” Monday morning arrives. I think I can get out on the bike at 8:00 a.m. and get a 90 minute […]
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I love building wheels. Feeling the tension slowly increase. Seeing the wheel become round and true. Checking the tension to confirm it’s ready. Installing tires and cassette. Fitting into the frame. The wheel goes from a collection of loose parts, (roughly 66 individual parts, sometimes more, sometimes less) that are useless by themselves, into a […]
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There’s still a bit of time to get in the queue for a US made cross frame. Cameron Falconer will, once again, be making these frames for Black Mountain Cycles. Cameron’s been getting some well deserved recognition recently, including this post on The Radivist. Well done, Cameron. Here’s the skinny on the frame particulars. We’re […]
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The boat carrying the newest run of monster cross frames was docked in Oakland on Monday. The customs bond, import duty, and dock fee have been paid. I’m assuming they are clearing customs now and should be on their way here soon. Based on what I learned with the last shipment, the trucking company who […]
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Two updates on cross frames today. First, the Taiwanese made cross frames are ready and will be in a container on the way here next week. Container shipments leaving the factory are typically done on Tuesdays, if I recall. What that means is that 57 cross frames in Maroon and Dazzling Blue in all sizes, […]
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I was pretty stoked to be asked to build this bike for Bruce Gordon. It’s funny, though. Bruce is always cited for being a traditionalist when it comes to his bikes. Steel tubing, 1″ threaded steerer tubes… The reality is that couldn’t be further from the truth. One look at some of the showstopper bikes […]
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Is the saying that August arrives like a lamb and leaves like a lion? If not, then I changed that. And you can trademark that. August started off like any other month, but by the time it was almost over, I had a stack of complete bike orders lined up in the queue. First the […]
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This is Cliff’s cross bike. Usually, I get complete bikes built and shipped withing at least 2 weeks. This one took a mite longer. Between the time I announced the green frames last summer and the time they actually arrived, quite a few months passed. Then Cliff did some traveling and we exchanged e-mails to […]
Filed under: Black Mountain Cycles frames
Every so often you see something on a ride and are lucky enough to capture it. Each of these photos was taken out in the Point Reyes National Seashore a week or so apart. The long buck is a White tailed deer with an impressive set of antlers. I saw him silhouetted on the ridge […]
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Sometimes, most times, it’s too easy to ignore the blog due to posting images on the shop Facebook page or on the What’s In The Stand tumblr. And then the next thing I know a month passes just like that. So, I’ll try to rectify that situation with more quick and simple posts. Here’s a […]
Filed under: What's in the stand