Blue Lug in Tokyo asked me for a bar design to complement the Black Mountain Cycles frames. I recalled the feel of swept up and back motocross style bars favored by the early mountain bike pioneers. I recall working on a Lawill Pro-Cruiser with such a bar and thinking “this handlebar shape feels super comfortable.” […]
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As we close 2023 and open 2024, one thing is unchanged – the difficulty in maintaining a small bike brand. The challenges that came up during the early part of the pandemic are not easing much. A little, but they’re still there. Fortunately, the cost to ship a container is back to reasonable levels. A […]
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As a follow up to the previous post, I learned yesterday that La Cabra was one of a select few bikes chosen among their Gear of The Year for 2023. Read the bikepacking.com post at the link. I strive to make bikes that people have fun riding and I’m honored that La Cabra received well […]
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Logan over at bikepacking.com reviewed the La Cabra. He got exactly what I was looking for in the ride quality of La Cabra. Something that is nice riding unencumbered, but also will tackle multi-day adventures. And how ’bout those photos! Makes you want to get out and ride, right? Check out the review here. (What’s […]
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I sent out the first update on the Mod Zero frame on Monday to the folks who are on the notification list. If you’d like to be on the list, send me an email through the contact page and I’ll add your email. Promise the only emails you’ll receive are updates to the Mod Zero […]
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I didn’t want it. I mean, I don’t need another bike. If I never heard where it ended up and never saw it again, that’d be ok. But the question was asked “do you want it?” Of course, I want it. In 2012, Geoff Halaburt, a long-time customer and friend was embarking on a new […]
Due to the overwhelming interest in the Mod. Zero frame, I feel a new model is needed to round out the Black Mountain Cycles frameset offerings. I’ve been knee deep in developing a new frame based on the Mod. Zero. The Mod. One will be completely designed with a look to the future of cycling. […]
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This post was supposed to be timed to let folks know about a new model that is replacing both the MCD and Road+. And that it was going to be available around the end of summer. Unfortunately, the time frame for the Mod. Zero (say Model Zero) is going to be around late spring 2023. […]
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The last year saw huge challenges mainly centered around availability. I am just now starting to receive parts that I ordered 10 months ago. I have no idea if I ordered enough or too much. Nothing I can do about it, so I’ll play that hand and go all in. Things are happening, though. La […]
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This is the time of the year for lists. Lists of resolutions. Lists of top ten things liked. Or disliked. I’m a list writer, but I don’t write lists of resolutions or things I liked. My lists are about things I need to do. Tasks that need performing. Maybe a list of vinyl LPs that […]
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There it is. You’ve posted a picture of a beautiful vista. A setting worthy of a photo. You think. You think others will dig the view as you do. You laid your bike down in the foreground, out of the way of the view, but visible. The bike is placed in the shot merely to […]
I probably don’t ask that enough. 2020 was a tough year and 2021 is no different. Challenging on many fronts – but mainly trying to learn to manage customer interactions when the science on how to deal with Covid-19 seemed to be constantly evolving. The one thing that was clear was “avoid people.” Kinda hard […]
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