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Starte Paul’s 29er this past week. Things are coming together nicely. This will start life as a singlespeed 29er but eventually, Paul would like the option to run a 1×10 setup. No problem! Building this rig up with a pair of Paragon Machine Works hooded sliders (post mount option). Options include 44mm head tube, radius [...]

Finished up Damon’s Huntsman CX a while back and we have all the parts together finally. The fork went down to Circle A Cycles for a flat paint job… turned out spectacular and it was a joy working with those guys. Thanks Chris! Here’s a few sneak peek shots of Damon’s SS commuter beast: While [...]

It’s double the trouble with 2 Huntsman’s in a row. This one’s for Chris down there in our nation’s capital. Washington in the D.C. yo. Anyhoo, Chris requested 44mm tapered headtube, internal cable routing for disk brakes, a front rack, Engin Fork, and Honjo Fenders painted to match. Flat black is the color of the [...]

Finished Damon’s Huntsman CX SS this past week. This one’s headed to the Garden State where it will play commuting duties. Short cuts are acceptable through dirt and grass with this rig. Damon requested Paragon Machine Works Post Mount Sliders, internal cable routing and a 44mm tapered head tube (also Paragon Machine Works). True Temper [...]

Louis “Rocket #9″ is all finished up… however with the mad race for Sea Otter, we have a month wait on his fork from Fox. But it’s back from powder, all parts are here and we’re just waiting on the fork so that’s how it goes. Some action for you: And some powder shots all [...]

So while I await final details on the next customer build, I’ll take some time to show everyone my “daily driver” for 2013. I’m beginning to get that itch for singletrack. Snow has been fun, but it’s time for spring to arrive Old Man Winter. Hope you don’t mind taking a vacation till next year? [...]

So the next build up is Louis’29er mountain bike trail bike. This will be built around a Fox 120mm travel 15mm through axle tapered suspension fork and the parts kit will include Thomson, King, ENVE, I9, Stan’s No-Tubes, Sram XO, Raceface and a few other notables. This one’s going to be made in honor of [...]

This weekend may be one of the last times out on snow covered trails. Perhaps a late April snow storm will happen but I doubt it. This year’s winter has been a total blast. I recall when I was a kid, when winter hit we were stoked! Snow ball battles awaited. The local hill by [...]

So I’ve had this question enough times to warrant a blog post on the subject: “Why do you build in sub-assemblies?” vs just welding the entire frame up at once. The short answer is: Because it breaks building a bicycle down into bite sized pieces. The LONG answer would be this: So the first step [...]

I’ll let the pictures do the talking… This ones a fat bike: And of course, you can’t build fat bikes unless you ride them.. Good stuff today: Stay tuned for more kids…