Handbuilt to help you get lost
From the archives, this time 4 years ago. My old website had some blog posts on it that i'll be transferring here week by week. The first one has been requested and being wintertime it's a good fit. 12/21/15 The idea: Mike came to me with a desire to build a bike around the soon... 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 →
Got up to Truckee to partake in their weekly fatbike ride Wednesday night at Scott's house. Thanks to Doug for the invite I headed up through sheets rain on the west side of Donner to reach a pretty much dry and absent of much snow Truckee. Scott has a sick house at the end of... Continue Reading →
This fatbike will be really fun to ride. I pushed with normal chainstays here so am "only" using the Specialized Ground Control 4.6" tire on the rear to give some room on the 430mm chainstays. A Surly Lou 4.8" fits but with not enough room for comfort. Orange Nextie carbon tubeless ready rims, Surly Bud... Continue Reading →
There was a time when I wanted one bike that would "do it all." You know what I'm talking about: a bike that can fit fenders with fat tires, run panniers for your tour, has that mystical geometry so that it rocks at downhill and XC riding, has the ability to run discs and cantis,... Continue Reading →
Elevated chainstay bikes usually just plain ugly. But they're practical for a few reasons. They prevent chainsuck and allow for shorter chainstays for a given tire size than on a traditional double-diamond frame without any dimpling/crimping of the tubing. They are less stiff laterally at the bottom bracket but especially on a fatbike running 5psi..I... Continue Reading →
Lots of reports recently from Specialized's Colorado press/dealer camp about their new Fatbike the "Fatboy". Trek too is coming out with one, and Kona too. Fatbiking is no longer a fringe element my friends, and has quickly become the 'new-29er.' Now that I say that, it's all so obvious...it happened a couple years ago really.... Continue Reading →
I got out for a couple hours on the 'bike-which-contains-Knards' (for lack of a better bike name) at lunch yesterday, and so did a bunch of other riders. The weather was and is just nuts here -- to ride in shorts and short sleeves in the 68 degree temps in late February...? Earliest singletrack I've... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, I slotted and mitered the 19mm True Temper S-bend seat stays. These are expensive pieces of steel! Luckily i only went through 1 extra one to get it right! hah. I mitered the stays for the seat tube by hand (with 12" half-round file) and made them fit pretty tight if I do say... Continue Reading →
Click this link for some Fatbike singltrack action in the upper reaches around Nederland. Because this trail is so packed down by skiers I was able to get up to over 10,000ft elevation. A couple others had ridden the trail in previous days but I couldn't tell. There was some new snow over night and it... Continue Reading →