So I’m writing this from between classes at Wordcamp Minneapolis — I’m here to learn how to get more out of Wordpress, which is the platform I use to run this site. Thus far, it’s been mixed bag — the first 9AM session I attended wasn’t very useful, but did go quickly, so I jumped into the last half of another talk, and it was much more useful. The 10AM session was pretty good, and I’m…
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April Fool’s
I briefly contemplated putting up a fancy-schmancy April Fool’s joke here, but ultimately discarded the idea. Not because I deemed it unprofessional or anything — I do love a great practical joke — but because I couldn’t get the idea of Cannondale’s failed attempt at creating motorcycles out of my head. So instead of crafting some elaborate joke, I find myself writing more about t…
New Site Feature
So this weekend, I’ve put together a new little bit of functionality on the site that I’ve been wanting to add for awhile now. Specifically, if you own one of our custom steel bicycles, you can type the serial number into the search box on the site (located in the footer), and it’ll bring up a link specifically to your bike, with pictures, etc.
The plan is to create a historical log for…
I Killed a Bike
I’m sure you can see the crack in the weld in that picture up there — you’d have to be blind not to. I could have just poured a little more bronze in there and no one would have been the wiser. But I would. And given that the front triangle was finished, it wasn’t a situation where, “Oh, I can just scrap this subassembly and re-do it.” No, it was having to craft a whole new front triangle.
Convert to Disc Brakes
o maybe you’ve got a slightly older Surly, a classic mountain bike, or a touring bike that you’d like to convert to disc brakes — either hydraulic or mechanical. Well, if it’s steel, we can do it, and for a reasonable price.
And if you’re a Twin Cities resident, you can even hang out and watch the magic happen. Because we love you.
What We Do
We take your bike, and using the highest…
Riding with Three Stars
Went out to test the knee after last weekend’s downhill endo debacle, and discovered that it works and quite well. Not even a twinge of pain.
It was good to finally actually ride with Josh — I’ve known the dude for a couple of years now, and while we’ve spent workshop time together, we hadn’t actually ridden. I’m slow and I’m sure I held him up a bit, but it was still a fun time.
T…
How it Used to Be
It’s not quite like this anymore. Still, it’s impressive to see just how much of their supply chain the old brands were responsib…
Anxiety, More
Sent a frame halfway around the world last Saturday, and it’s due to arrive today, in Singapore. My anxiety has been raging out of control — what if it’s damaged during shipping? What if there was a miscommunication with me and the client and I botched something? OH GOD THE ANXIETY. Seriously, it’s pretty bad. My stomach has been churning all morning.
In other news, I’m ordering up som…
Something Happened on Sunday
These past few years, I haven’t been riding much. A super-stressful job, a new marriage, the impending arrival of a baby, focusing on framebuilding, etc., have all kind of taken their toll. To be fair, a part of that is also my internal wiring — I frequently made excuses not to ride when I could have spent less time watching TV or fucking around on the Internet or whatever.
Sunday, though,…
Noodling with Ideas: Minnecycle 2012
So it’s never to early to start thinking about our local framebuilders’ show, Minnecycle. I’ve been kinda building up a mental list of bikes to show at this year’s edition, and am trying to avoid bringing anything that I showed at the 2011 show.
Thus far, my list kinda looks like this:
1. Lugged commuter bike. I already have the frame and fork 95% complete. There’s some minor cosmetic…
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