Handbuilt to help get you lost
Abe and I met about 5 years ago at the local bike shop where i was displaying my bikepacking rig as Isaac was giving a talk on the art of bikepacking. I remember Abe talking about wanting a custom bike some day and that if he were to pull the trigger it would be for... Continue Reading →
I've never been one to enjoy road riding. I respect those that do and race but it just wasn't for me. It was always a thing I had to do whether it was riding to trails or all serious n stuff training for racing in the winter months when the trails were covered in snow... Continue Reading →
It's been something I've wanted to do for awhile but never thought i'd be able to. McGovern had given me a bag full of scrap Ti he had lying around the shop and it took me until now to cut them up and melt together. After talking to a few other builders that have transitioned... Continue Reading →
The handbuilt bike show is only a short distance from my shop but i'm not going to have a booth this year. I will, however, be walking the floor Saturday and saying hello to builders and seeing their great bike builds. I'll be the only blond haired and balding skinny white guy wearing a Meriwether... Continue Reading →
Random photos from this fall in no particular order...
I don't travel often anymore but each fall i feel a draw to see the changing colors of the aspens and visit the place i lived for the entirety of my adult life until about 6 years ago. The family of friends there has proved hard to beat and i've never felt more welcome and... Continue Reading →
Well I'm back! I never did really use the blog on the other web page so we'll see if I can actually motivate to write here again. Since moving to California it's been 6 years with a lot of ups and downs. We moved to Foresthill, then 2 years ago to the flatlands of the... Continue Reading →
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 98,000 times in 2014. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 4 days for that many people to see... Continue Reading →
This frame was really cool to see go from computer screen to reality. A few people said it looked Swan-like so...there you go. Thanks to Walt and Brad for their help with this. I probably couldn't have made it like this had they not given me great advice and in Brad's case in-house gusset lessons.... Continue Reading →
