One of the biggest fears about buying product overseas, putting your name on it, and selling it to folks all over the country is that, despite all the precautions you’ve taken and steps to ensure each frame is dialed by inspecting each one before it goes out, something may go wrong. Recently, that something was […]
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Like the title says, I’ll be closed Sunday, May 12. It’s Mother’s Day and I’m going for a ride. And visit my mom too. Hope you’re doing the same. (What’s playing: The Sadies A#1)
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As I mentioned in the previous post, I have a new road frame order placed. I’m anticipating the frames will be here around the end of July into August. The sooner the better I say. In anticipation of the new frames, I’m looking at a new color. All the trends are indicating a light blue […]
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For $1,100 one could purchase a lot of things. Heck, some families in the world make due with less than that to support themselves for the whole year. According to VeloNews dot com, the new series of wheels from DT Swiss “hits a reasonable price point between $1,060 – $1,140.” Reasonable. Maybe compared to the […]
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I alluded to receiving some new rims that aren’t available anywhere else. That’s not an entirely true statement. They are available. It’s just that you have to order them direct from the manufacturer in China and pay $35 shipping per rim. That puts that rim at $105 each. Not bad as there are rims that […]
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It’s a good thing I don’t set myself a regular schedule for posting to the blog. I would have failed miserably seeing that the last post was about 2 weeks ago. That’s not because I’ve been sitting my hands, not doing anything. On the contrary, it seems that the addition of the custom wheel page […]
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Taking a few days off. No bike, but maybe a run or two. The shop will be closed Sunday, March 31 through Tuesday April 2. Back to things on Wednesday. In the mean time, these two builds will keep me busy today. (What’s playing: Johnny Cash Mean Eyed Cat)
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I added a Custom Wheels page to the website quite a while ago. Then I promptly left it blank for many months. Been meaning add info to that page for quite some time and the inspiration finally hit me this morning. Well, inspiration and realizing I’d neglected that page on the site. There you have […]
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I feel bad that 99% of the roadies out there who bought their road bikes within the past decade or so will never get to experience the pleasure of riding fat tires on their road bike. The majority of road bikes on the road are sold with 23mm tires. Doesn’t matter if you’re 5’2″ tall […]
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With all the focus on disc brakes and getting the most out of mechanical discs, I thought I’d address the good old cantilever brake. Maybe folks’ dissatisfaction with them is simply because they aren’t set up properly. I see a lot of canti brakes during my day in the shop since my own cross frames […]
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I’m working on getting details out on the US made frames, but have been a little busy this week building two Potts bikes for customers that will be taken to the NAHBS show in Denver next weekend. I didn’t get a chance to take any photos of the 29″er since as soon as I finished, […]
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Bruce Gordon is the Original Gangster of what now folks affectionately call ‘gravel grinder’ bikes or ‘monster cross’ bikes. Back then, the bikes didn’t have such descriptive names. Back then folks either rode a mountain bike, road bike, or cross bike. Hybrids were coming out, but a hybrid was really a bike that didn’t do […]
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