I hear this word a lot: “Curvalicious”… However, when I see what’s cited or given as an example? All I see, for the most part, is disjointed, haphazard connections with no respect to functional application and literally no eye for negative space. Me? I like to push and pull the eye in and through both …
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In Short // On all things Curved
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Testing Resolve
Two years ago, I was approached to help generate some new ideas, raise awareness and pull in fresh faces to raise money for the purchase and preservation of a local mountain here in Southern NH: Rose Mountain. The result was The Rose Mountain Rumble (RMR). About 30 riders participated in 2015 and we raised about …
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WTB Riddler TCS 45mm // First Impressions
WTB Riddler TCS 45mm Tire // The big question? How’s it compare to the WTB Nano TCS 40mm! Back in March of 2014, I received an invite from Wilderness Trail Bikes to test out a pair of their newly reintroduced WTB Nano tires in a 40mm profile. I was excited to say the least. Not …
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Back to School
No matter what day of the week it is, no matter what year or how old I am… when I hear people talking about “back to school”, what immediately pops into my head is my first day of first grade. Man was I excited and boy was I nervous as “all get out”. There was …
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Marauder // Back in Black Build Check
Up above is Keith’s Marauder in that “team issue” satin black powder coat, aka Black Magic or as I like to say “Back in Black. This one sports Paragon Machine Works’ hooded sliders so he has the option to run this rig as a 1×11 or as a single speed. If in time he’d like …
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Tested // Marauder + WTB KOM i29
Back in 2006, I purchased my first 29er wheel set and frame (a Surly Karate Monkey). The wheels were a pair of Salsa 29er Delgado’s laced to a set of DT Swiss 240’s which had a width of somewhere in the 30mm range. What I loved about these rims was their width was a touch …
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WELL TESTED : 7Mesh Glidepath Mountain Bike Shorts
I recently ordered my second pair of 7Mesh Inc’s Glidepath shorts. I was so impressed with my first pair I ordered last year, I decided I had to have another since they were always in the wash! I can’t speak highly enough about this piece of kit but first a little back story about how …
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27.5 Plus Build Check
This past spring I got the call for a 27.5 Plus. The client made the trip up from Massachusetts for a morning of talking bikes, how he intended to ride, what his terrain was like and lucky for both of us: He was just about the same size as me so he was able to …
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Wheel Summary
So this is the first 27.5 “Plus” bike out the door of 44HQ. Really pleased with how this one turned out and I think it’s a high time to give you the cliff notes version on wheel size… If you’re not “hep” to what a Plus sized bike is, here’s the intel you need to …
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Tubing, True Temper and Why Made in the USA Matters
One of my goals with 44 Bikes is to produce bicycle frames here in New Hampshire from as many U.S. sourced materials as possible. I see it as my responsibility as a business owner to look no further than our own shores for materials to build my bicycles. Now I know you can’t get everything …
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