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 →
This is an old post that may or may not reflect my current opinion...read at your own risk! 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... 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 →