So last night, I spent some time at Erik Noren’s new digs for Peacock Groove. He and Vincent Dominguez and the guys from Speedhound are moving into a larger area in their building. I was helping with clean-up and prep work. This was basically scraping old paint and plaster off the brick walls using a [...] Read More

You may not have looked as far as the footer of this website, but we’re on a few social media sites: Twitter Facebook Additionally, there’s two more sites that I’m involved in: DanBailey.net — my personal blog Bike612 — a forum for local Twin Cities cyclists Read More

So I want to be able to speed up the framebuilding process somewhat — without sacrificing quality, of course — and I’m trying to identify the best way to do so. Once my honeymoon is complete, I’ll be renting space and equipment from Paul Wyganowski. However, with the drive to Princeton being what it is, [...] Read More

I’ve been making modifications to a frame for a local rider. The frame was built by a now-out-of-business local guy whose frames have a bit of a cult following around here. Now, I know I’m still pretty new to the building thing, and I’ve only learned the methods imparted to me by my teacher, but [...] Read More

Not much bike time this weekend. Basically, it’ll be filing down some fillets on the niner, and doing the Sunday morning recovery ride with the Birchwood team. I’m fatigued and out-of-shape, so it’s going to be a struggle to keep up, I suspect. Might have to throw the race wheels on the road bike, just [...] Read More

So the 29er is on the verge of going to paint. I built it up with the parts package and took her out for a short spin. There’s a few little quirks that are related to my parts selection, but nothing that can’t be resolved. I’m going to do some touch-up work on her fillets [...] Read More

In talking to people online this weekend, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m not at a point where I should be offering frames for sale yet. I’m grateful to those people for pulling my head out of my ass, and have come to some conclusions about how this should be approached. First off, I [...] Read More

So this weekend I got a lot more bike stuff done than usual. • Most notable is the addition of the email list. Subscribe now, and you can get $50 off your first purchase of a frameset (note: does not apply to custom racks, custom forks, or repair work). • The most exciting news is [...] Read More

The 29′er frame is essentially finished. I need to lightly brush over a few of the fillets with some sandpaper, remove some of the surface rust with hydrochloric acid, and she’d basically be done after that. Today, I should be getting the re-do of the waterjetted parts from Skaaly. That will encompass the head tube [...] Read More

Got a call yesterday about doing a custom fork (possibly two) for a couple of old Croll cyclocross frames. Yeah, I can do that. I’ve pulled together a quote, but now I have to call the guy back because the email address I have for him isn’t working. Thank God for the iPhone’s “History” function. [...] Read More