I’m trying to get various sizes of cross and road bikes built for folks to check out. Here’s a cross bike I put together. It represents a lower cost version of the #1 cross build kit with a few things changed like the seat, hubs, rims, brakes, cassette, tires… Still a very nice build, but […]
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“Don’t ask me what I think of you I might not give you the answer that you want me to.” Oh wait, that’s a song lyric. What I meant to say is don’t ask me how much my bike weighs because I don’t know. I think I weighed it once, but promptly forgot. So it […]
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The owner of the cross bike I built several weeks ago has been by several times. Each time he tells me how much fun he’s having riding the bike and how great it rides. Really nice to hear stuff like that. A few more have gone out since then. And I’m trying to get a […]
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Being out of the bike industry insider club for several years, I missed the regular technical updates from Shimano and SRAM. The pages that make up these manuals are a bike designer’s bible. When I designed the chainstays of the cross frame, I used what I had and thought I had all my bases covers […]
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Finally got the last frame sizes weighed and noted. Frame weight is a somewhat minor factor in my list of parameters for a bike. The most important factor is ride quality and I do have to say my frames ride really damn good. Anyway, here’s the frame weights weighed with water bottle bolts and seat […]
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I built up a new cross bike for an Portlander yesterday with Nitto Moustache bars, but forgot to take pictures of the finished bike. Trust me, it looked pretty cool and after his first test ride said it rode “f’in awesome!” I did manage to get some pictures of what I call a neo-retro road […]
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Recently, Guitar Ted recently posted his take on the North American Handbuilt Bike Show. I can’t say I disagree with it. It seems the more out-of-the-box a design is, the more attention is paid to it. “Did you see the Xxxxx?” “Yeah, that was way cool, dude.” Out-of-the-box is neat and cool, but when it’s […]
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Quick and simple frame availability. If you’re on the fence, probably want to act soon. No pressure. Cross framesOrange50 – one available53 – one available56 – sold out59 – sold out62 – sold out Brown50 – good availability53 – good availability56 – good availability59 – good availability62 – good availability Road framesChampagne50 – 3 available53 […]
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Seems the cross bike has been the big hit. However, it’s the road bike that is probably my personal favorite. I’m a roadie at heart. Can’t help it. The simplicity of the road bike and the ability to leave my door, hit the road, and cover miles and miles of open road through the hills […]
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File this under “whoa!” If it was a surprise to me when a Kenda Karma 1.9 fit in the stays and fork of the Black Mountain Cycles cross frame, it was a shock when Nick shoehorned WTB Nanoraptor 2.1 tires in to his frame and fork. I wouldn’t go so far as saying this is […]
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Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Three days. Three cross bikes. Three different builds. Three totally cool bikes. Bruce came over from the East Bay to pick up his bike that will be used for mixed-terrain rides in the bay area. He stopped by the shop the week before on the Valley Ford 200k brevet to talk about […]
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I’ve added three different road build kits for the Black Mountain Cycles road frames. Both champagne and orange in all sizes are available. Here’s the link or you can look up at the tabs and find “Road Build Kits.” Even though the new low-geared doubles are geared pretty low, sometimes folks just need lower gears. […]
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