When it rains, it pours. These two Moots YBB bikes found their way to the shop for some repairs. What are the chances that on any one day, two of them would come in. As you can see from the photo, there probably couldn’t be two more different builds. Gotta make it work for you. […]
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Okay, so some folks think that all I work on are classic mountain bikes like that ’82 Ritchey from a couple days ago. Well, I’m here to tell ya it’s not all roses and Ritcheys. This bike came in today to get “rideable.” Yeah, that’s are a tangled mass of weeds. I think they must […]
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This sweet relic from 1982 rolled into the shop a few days ago. It had been sitting in a woodshed for the past 10 years, still owned by the original owner. Cables were frozen and the paint’s not looking the greatest. But, it’s still a classic 1982 Ritchey Mountain Bike. The pressed in cartridge bearings […]
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This sweet early ’90s rasta/jelly bean Salsa came in originally to get the headset and bottom bracket installed and then have the WTB shift adapters positioned. It ended up as a complete build up. Turned out pretty nice too. I thought I took a few more photos, but alas, they don’t appear in my camera […]
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More like what’s on the floor. A customer had a Worksman tricycle shipped to the shop for assembly. I was expecting a pretty big carton that would have been delivered by a freight company. When UPS pulled up with a smaller than expected box, I thought “how the heck is there a trike in there?” […]
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This super cool old Phoenix came in for a tune-up. This is the kind of bike that just “shows up” for service out here in West Marin. The owner of this bike bid on a tune-up I donated for a charity auction. The Phoenix is likely my all-time favorite riding frame. WTB nailed the design […]
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It doesn’t get any better than this. A fully custom Steve Potts titanium frame, 29″ wheels, and Type II fork. Well, maybe if it had WTB rollercams, it might be better, but only marginally. Got this built up for a customer of Steve’s who will be enjoying it in a few days on his vacation […]
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This homemade looking bike came in to get some 90mm comfort riser bars, slick tires, Gripshift MRX shifters, wicker basket… Okay, not really. It did get dropped off so I can send it to its new home with my friend Noah, Cunningham afficianado. It’s pretty freakin’ cool. The model is the Wombat and was pretty […]
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This old Ibis road frame came in to have an (almost) complete 8-speed Dura Ace group installed. The frame was virtually NOS. It had had a bottom bracket threaded into it at one time and the headset was already installed, but it didn’t appear that a rear derailleur had been threaded into the dropout as […]
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…or yesterday. This bike will be traversing the California Alps during this weekend’s Death Ride. Its owner did a final, long 95 mile ride through Sonoma County’s back roads last week. After that ride, he felt like the 50/34 coupled with a 12-27 might not be sufficient to get him over all the five passes […]
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AKA “You learn something new every day.” Had a nice fillet-brazed Mikelsen dropped off for some work a few days ago. It’s that tiny bike sitting behind my bike in the post below. It was built up with a mix of Campy Nuovo Record and 6-speed Dura Ace. The owner wanted to set it up […]
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A very nice old Rock Lobster with some nice touches came in for a rejuvenation treatment and a new set of On-One Mary bars. Turned out pretty sweet. How can the B-52’s song not be roaring through your head when you see a Rock Lobster? Bontrager fork too! Hand signed by Paul Sadoff. Another hand […]
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