One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke …
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Planet Twelve
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Kafka Quote
The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked. “What’s happened to me?” he thought. It wasn’t a dream. His room, a proper human room although a little …
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Cam’s Huntsman just about finished…
This one’s headed to the great state of North Carolina, just around that Pisgah National Forest thing. Should be a ripper with Sram Froce 22, I9 CX 11 speed wheels, Cane Creek, Thomson, Enve and more for the spec. Building Cam’s rear rack today and tomorrow. Room for 35c tires easily should he opt to …
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New England Builders’ Ball : 2013 Post Show Roundup
Last year I attended the New England Builders’ Ball. My first show and definitely a great experience and show. Having gone through the experience, and realizing the importance of having a show that is focused in New England which reflects our rich framebulding history, I decided to offer my design service’s to the events organizer, …
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History Lesson
Story Time kids: So back sometime around 1985 or 86′, on a cold Monday night maybe sometime in say November or December, off I left 138 Jefferson Street to attend a Boy Scout meeting at our Scout Hall above where they stored East Greenville’s plow Truck (editor’s note: For the record, I am an Eagle …
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New Digs
New Digs, a photo by 44 Bikes on Flickr. So I have completed the crazy and painstaking transfer of ALL of my photos to the new 44 Bikes Flickr account. What’s changed? Just the URL. So if you have been following me, or made me a contact, please go ahead and head on over to …
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Image Post
About the Image The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked. "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, a proper human room [...] More -
The Lovely D.E.B. : Ready for Paint
Finished up Deb’s Huntsman this past week as well as the matching rear rack. This will be the first frame I’ve made to date to get a liquid finish. I’ve never been opposed to liquid finishes, it’s just no one to date has actually requested it. Richard jumped at the chance once he learned I …
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A Phone Call from Richard Sachs
So I’m minding my own business a few weeks back here in the studio, working away at some vectors and design work before I headed down to the shop that afternoon when an email alert catches my attention. Over to mac mail to see what’s doin’ to read the title bar: “YO KRIS ATMO”… There’s …
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Tony’s 650b Back from Powder : In PICTURES!
Tony’s bike came back from powder. I built it up and Tony arrived friday night from a long week of business travel to swing by first thing on a saturday morning. He was tired but stoked. First ride reports have him shredding and loving it. I’ll let the pictures do the rest of the talking. …
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