It’s not quite like this anymore. Still, it’s impressive to see just how much of their supply chain the old brands were responsib…
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Anxiety, More
Sent a frame halfway around the world last Saturday, and it’s due to arrive today, in Singapore. My anxiety has been raging out of control — what if it’s damaged during shipping? What if there was a miscommunication with me and the client and I botched something? OH GOD THE ANXIETY. Seriously, it’s pretty bad. My stomach has been churning all morning.
In other news, I’m ordering up som…
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Something Happened on Sunday
These past few years, I haven’t been riding much. A super-stressful job, a new marriage, the impending arrival of a baby, focusing on framebuilding, etc., have all kind of taken their toll. To be fair, a part of that is also my internal wiring — I frequently made excuses not to ride when I could have spent less time watching TV or fucking around on the Internet or whatever.
Sunday, though,…
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Noodling with Ideas: Minnecycle 2012
So it’s never to early to start thinking about our local framebuilders’ show, Minnecycle. I’ve been kinda building up a mental list of bikes to show at this year’s edition, and am trying to avoid bringing anything that I showed at the 2011 show.
Thus far, my list kinda looks like this:
1. Lugged commuter bike. I already have the frame and fork 95% complete. There’s some minor cosmetic…
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How to Build a Bicycle Frame
So I’ve been asked, on occasion, a couple of questions regarding the building of bicycle frames. The two most common ones are:
Do you teach?
Where do I get started?
The answer to the first is a resounding “no” — I simply don’t have the time or facilities to offer an effective class. I’d also like more depth of experience, as I still find myself frequently puzzling over small issues and…
Mmmmm….Steeeeeel.
So I’ll be bluntly honest with you — when I started learning the craft of framebuilding, I owned exactly one steel bike and it was the first I’d owned in, quite literally, more than a decade. That bike, a Surly Cross-Check, has since been stripped down and the frameset sold in order to fund stuff for this little business of mine. My fleet was that, two scandium Salsas, and a Cervelo P2C…
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Stuff for Sale
I’ve got two one frameset for sale, as I’m trying to raise some cash to build up my business infrastructure.
The first is a 1983 Trek 720 touring frame and fork, which has been sold.
The second is a 2007 or 2008 Salsa Las Cruces frame and fork. It’s TIG-welded scandium with a carbon fork. Frame size is 60cm. Geometry and more information is available here. I built this sucker up to…
A Few Random Things
1. A-train and I are going to hang out and build at his new workshop on Sunday. Expect photos.
2. CycleTC has a great infographic about biking and walking in the Twin Cities. When it’s mid-February and I’m bitching about the cold and wondering why I moved back to Minnesota, someone point me at this.
3. I’ve got a t-shirt design underway. They’ll be available for pre-order soon,…
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Needed
What the world truly needs is a 10-speed internally-geared hub that works with Shimano STI or SRAM…
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The Future of Cyclocross?
Bicycling, in a recent online piece featured five trends that they think are the future of cyclocross. As a CX-lover myself, here’s what I think of their choices:
1. Belt drives.In their write-up they say, “Throughout an entire season, our Gates CDX drivetrain ($245) proved unstoppable in mud, rain and snow, or anything else we could throw at it.” Okay, but it depends on the belt driv…
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