Handbuilt to help you get lost
Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930's Depression, Ponderosa Way was a continuous fuelbreak that that extended 800 miles along the length of the Sierra Nevada Mountains from Bakersfield to Mt. Shasta. The purpose of this project was to create a defensible fire-line between lower elevation foothills and higher elevation National Forest. It's said... Continue Reading →
Meriwether #14: safety orange single speed CX bike with 700x40’s but will fit a 44 in front or up to a 50 in back. Straight 1-1/8” steerer tube light supple steel unicrown fork (non-disc), rare Paul Component dropouts, mismatched Paul brakes, & QR’s. White Industries CX X1 hubs (disc ready) laced to Hed Belgium+ rims. SRAM... Continue Reading →
Stoked to share some thoughts and detail about the bike I rode at Mid South, my Meriwether drop bar bike.Gear Talk – MERIWETHER DROP BAR BIKE
Note: this is a pretty esoteric blogpost...bike geeks may even get bored. I have a pretty crazy wall of tires in the shop. I have a problem. It all started when i built my first fatbike in 2012. Surly had released the Pugsley with the Endomorph, a relatively small 26x3.8" tire, but that still meant... Continue Reading →
Another rollercoater year for me and Meriwether Cycles. It started out recovering from another knee surgery, getting the hardware out that was put in a year prior, and scoping out some cartilage floaters. But by February I was riding the ATB and feeling like i was finally on my way over the saga of shattering... Continue Reading →
and i'm still recovering from my tibial plateau fracture. I thought by now I'd be back to normal (full strength and functioning of my knee) and have completed my plan of riding the Colorado Trail this Fall. Instead I was on the couch trying to figure out what the heck was causing persistent inflammation and... Continue Reading →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Meriwether Cycles has created the ultimate trailside safety tool for your bike, hidden in plain sight. It replaces your current headset top-cap, providing easy access to a precision machined pipe, and your weed in a hidden compartment for trailside safety breaks. Machined out of aluminum and stainless steel in Northern California, it... Continue Reading →
Last Saturday I attended the inagural Velo Cosmos event put on in Grass Valley, CA. There were a bunch of historic bikes from collectors and custom bikes from a handful of Northern California framebuilders, local artwork & photographs, and copies of the Jobst "Ride Bike!" book available for purchase from Tom Ritchey himself. In the... Continue Reading →
I haven't been able to ride my new mountain bike this Fall because of continuing knee issues, same knee I've moaned about for a couple of years. After a great 3 hour ride with Mike on August 6th my knee swelled up so much i had to use a crutch to walk and it wouldn't... Continue Reading →
Do you have a 22mm Ti or steel handlebar and want to mount your GPS, iphone, light, or other accoutrement on either side of your stem? You need a Shimzilla! Made in the USA by Paragon Machine Works. One side of the shim has a 1/8" hole to spot the centerline of the bar for... Continue Reading →
To be totally honest, i almost didn't attempt this build. But since i have a thing for softails I wanted to give it a try. Mike has somehow coerced me into making or modifying a few weird frames over the years that I would likely never have tried on my own (see here & here)... Continue Reading →
Nathan went all out on this build! From frame design to finishwork and all parts in between. You can see the amount of effort we all put in for this to be his daily driver and quiver killer. The custom geometry is fit to his body, riding style, and where it'll primarily be ridden. It's... Continue Reading →
The word Luddite sometimes has a negative connotation but when you dive into it's history the origins are pretty interesting - especially for those that appreciate handbuilt products like a custom bike frame. A Luddite is thought of as someone who hates new technology but when you look up synonyms you'll find words such as... Continue Reading →
Paul loves his Surly ICT with drop bars and 27.5x4" tires but was wanting to make a Ti version but with a narrower rear axle, Q-factor, and chainline. Unlike the Surly, this frame maxes out at a 4" wide tire and has a 177 rear axle spacing instead of 197. It's got sliding dropouts to... Continue Reading →
Thankfully I was able to enjoy some of the endless winter...and what a crazy winter it was! The snow just kept coming down in Tahoe with Sugar Bowl getting almost 800" before closing day. After a couple of months recovering from arthroscopic surgery and hardware removal in December, I started inching my way back into... Continue Reading →
AUTM. Sounds like my favorite season Autumn? Could almost be a model name. That's a big claim to be the ultimate of anything but I think Abe has solid ground to stand on. As another builder called it, this is a Swiss Army bike, there are a lot of things going on for the mountain... Continue Reading →
This one slipped by me without writing up a post somehow. I was looking for the blue fade decals and realized i hadn't shown Adian's 29er after he picked it up in July 2022. I may have been waiting for a glamour shot / full build pic / "in the wild" photo but here's what... Continue Reading →
Sharing JB's post on his new bike after some time on it. This is my favorite part of building bikes. http://imaginegnat.com/2023/06/05/the-meriwether-cycles-klunkpacker/ — Read on imaginegnat.com/2023/06/05/the-meriwether-cycles-klunkpacker/
I started riding mountain bikes with these guys when there were fewer than a handful of bike brands all with no suspension, only one wheel size, and three-finger moto-style Diacomp brake levers were needed to slow you down but left fewer fingers on the bars to keep you from getting rattled off. But we did... Continue Reading →
If you need any of these parts email me for stellar pricing. They were part of other builds that fell through or changed after purchasing. ENVE aero road stem 90mm/12-17degree drop