A while ago, I believe I had mentioned I’d do a very thorough post on purged heat sinks and my methodology for how I utilize this technique. Well, I was reminded in Philly this past weekend that “Hey, I haven’t done this post yet!” So without further ado… allow me to make up for lost …
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Purged Heat Sinks
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Philly Bike Expo 2025
Each year for as many years as I can recall (going on close to 10 if I’m a counting man), I’ve brought an assortment of bicycles to the Philly Bike Expo. What I bring to the show typically highlights what I build: A hardtail mountain bike named the Marauder and a gravel road rig dubbed …
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Dedicated Singlespeed
I gotta say it: I love singlespeeds. There’s just something about how darn simple they are that just tickles my fancy: Everything you need and not a single ounce more than you don’t to ride! I’ve built hardtails for myself that could take gears, but when I’m honest with myself… I’ve got a geared bike …
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The Business of Framebuilding
The business of Framebuilding is not an easy one. Its incredibly demanding in the sense you need three essential skillsets: Business and marketing acumen, practical applied design and fabrication skills and financial resources. If you’re missing any of those three, the uphill road that is framebuilding gets exponentially steeper. Experience occurs over the course of …
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Midfoot
I’ve been an SPD addict for over 30 years. I actually bought a set of my buddy’s old Shimano M737 SPD’s back in ’91 or ’92 when he “upgraded”. But I’ve been a SPD pedaler ever since and I’ve always biased the cleats slightly ball of foot forward of the pedal spindle so strictly a …
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Research and Development
Recently I’ve been working with Spencer Thomson, a lead engineer at EOS North America who is a producer to 3D metal printers. Spencer reached out this past summer with a cold email essentially asking if they printed parts for me, would I like to work with them to try and speed up development of SLM …
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Snakedriver Design and Development
I’ve been building custom bicycles for a bit more than a decade now. Hard to imagine 10 years have gone by but here I am! When I first started out, there was so many variables to overcome to obtain a level of proficiency I could then master. I came to the bench with a level …
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Snakedriver by the Numbers
I’ve been working on the Snakedriver project since 2019. 5 years of R&D and 4 prototypes have brought me to this current iteration. After an evening of assembly, tuning and triple checking my work during the build process, I took V4 of the Snakedriver on its first shake down ride. I couldn’t be more pleased. …
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Electrification
Editors Note: The above image is purely a visual for size and technology comparison. It is not meant to compare old vs new nor is it a Shimano vs SRAM comparison. The GX AXS rear derailleur is actually my personal piece of kit for bike packing excursions to quickly convert my singlespeed to a geared …
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New Road
I’ve been playing with the fit and handling on my Huntsman now for a while. I never really liked that traditional stretched out feeling on a road bike and really took to frames that were smaller than what I was “supposed” to be riding. A case in point was back in 1998/99 when I was …
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