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Dust it off...
Don't call it a comeback, I've been in the basement for years.Pulled Sarah's first (ok, only... she's a hardtail gal) FS frame out of the basement today to get it ready for a trip to NM in May (these...
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Tuesday Rant: Down With the Metric System!
Seriously, weight weenies, listen up. I was once one of you. Your brains are being tricked by the evil metric system.You weigh something like 80,000 grams, plus or minus 20,000 or so. If you're really...
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Spring Cleaning Part Deux
Updated: price drop!I built this fatbike for Miguel several years ago. In the intervening time, it's been ridden all over the world, put on planes, raced, and generally beaten on. And fatbike...
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PSA: Get paid to build and maintain trails!
http://www.losalamosnm.us/jobs/Pages/OpenSpaceSpecialist.aspxIt's not too often that this kind of job opens up and Los Alamos is a very, very cool place. They even have a brewery now, to go with their...
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72.5cm effective toptube...
Not much to give it context here, but this is going to be one BIG bike...29+ is a godsend for those really big folks out there! Upward curved toptube? Standover's not a problem when you have a 94cm...
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Fist test says...
...Ronnie's 29+ will have loads of room for big tires.And yes, my fist is bigger than a Chupacabra. I do use real tools to measure as well...
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29+ pics, a few thoughts
I love 29+. Not just because my Chupacabra+curved blade rigid fork is the smoothest ride short of suspension I've ever had (and allowed me to ride rigid again for the first time in years) but also...
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Holy Chromoly...
72.5cm effective toptube, folks. 7 pounds of steel, 29+. I used 34.9mm Supertherm downtubes for the toptube and seat tube (yes, those are really fun to bend...) Ronnie should love it.1 5/8 x. 049"...
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Blackbuck + WW + Knard = Fun
I think that a lot of older frames are going to get a new lease on life as 29+ (or 27.5+, or weird combos) front rigid bikes. Great for tandems too. And a lot of us over-the-hill folks with bad necks...
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Pics from Mike with comments from Walt
Mike rode the White rim and sent over a couple of pictures:Not wearing your Waltworks Jersey, Mike? For shame!Panorama shots used to be a pain before smartphones. Now nobody is impressed, Mike.Mike...
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Dr. Supertherm or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Warning: geekery. Extra warning: framebuilding content.Supertherm is the bomb. I talk to framebuilders all the time who are trying to find a tube to do something weird, or a tube for a big strong...
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You killed Kenny!
Perhaps I should have noted, yesterday, as I waxed enthusiastic about Supertherm, that it kills cutters...Slain by a lowly head tube gusset!
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Pictures from Jake
36" cruiser, baby!Cutting your steerer tube is just something you don't do with a Waltworks, apparently.
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The opposite of New Mexico...
Thanks to Jackson for the photos. A nice change of view as we finish up our NM trip!
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Long strange trip...
We had nothing but rain on our NM trip, but got a few rides and hikes in at the end. Plus consumed tons of green chile and beer. Good times.Back at work starting 5/21, updates to the blog to resume...
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Return from Vacation Rant: Nobody Cares About the 80s
Framebuilders who started during the great 2000s wave all sort of fit the same profile. White guys, some with silly facial hair, who quit art school/day job/social life and decided to make bikes for...
View ArticleThe Great Powdercoat Debacle of 2015
Something is rotten at my usual powdercoater. Frames (as those of you who follow the waitlist have noticed) are taking 6+ weeks to get done - and are often back for re-shoots 2 or even 3 times.It's not...
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