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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New Road
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Snakedriver V3 Development
Back in July, I penned the following: “V2 of the Snakedriver is currently at powder. It’s been a long road to get to V2 with a delay happening last season that most likely was the best thing that could have happened for the project. It forced me to reassess the overall project and the literal …
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Progression
July 4th, 2012 I threw a leg over the first Marauder prototype and instantly knew I was on to something fun. 10 years later, countless prototypes, many rides under my belt, and I’m still at it, nose to the trail refining the Marauder. This latest iteration is a lesson in progression and radically different from …
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Huntsman Reimagined
Have I got a story for you, my humble readers. No, I’ve not been writing for a good while, but that’s another story and I’ll explain in a separate post. So back in early 2020 I delivered a bike to a client out in San Francisco. Ron was stoked and immediately started putting a lot …
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Marauder Ti UTE
As a kid, I was a Boyscout. I was a member of East Greenville Troop 108 and my friends and I in the Apache Patrol raised hell every month on our troop hikes and campouts. You see, our troop was a bit special in the fact that we had a very dedicated scoutmaster, Karl “Moose” …
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Terrene Johnny 5 & Wazia 4.6 First Impressions
Over the past 3 winter seasons, the weather here in NH has been getting more and more unpredictable. We’ll have drastic temperature swings overnight. Snow will turn to rain, then to freezing rain and back to snow. Huge melts which leaves terrain coated with ice. Then snow. Then rain, etc. Basically, our winters have been …
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Marauder Ti FAT
Every year I try and build a new prototype to test new geometry out on the trail and try out new set up tweaks. This past season, I built a new mountain bike that totally had my mountain bike world turned on its head. I immediately went back to the drawing board and slugged it …
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25 Years of Going Forward
It was 1985 or 1986 and my best bud and I were headed to the Upper Perk Pool to play a little session of Home-Run-Derby followed by a dip in the pool. However, we had to head to Kuhn’s Drug Store before heading to the little league diamond. We needed some big league chew as …
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Prototype Season 2018
It’s that time of year again when I take all of last seasons observations and time out on the trail and funnel those experience into the next round of prototypes. I have one steel build planned as well as 2-3 Titanium mountain bike prototypes planned. Why so many? Well, I’d like to try a few …
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Freshly Minted Marauder
Just finished up a build yesterday for a client across the pond. This one’s coated in Prismatic’s “China Mint” powder coat. Parts spec includes Sram Eagle XX1, Shimano XT M8000 Brakes, Thomson bars, stem and dropper, WTB Saddle, Maxxis tires (Rekon front / Ikon Rear / 2.8’s), White Industries cranks, bottom bracket and headset, Fox …
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