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Just a quick note to say hello and that things are kicking right along here. More work on the step through, some detail work on the paper boy, and a few other projects in the planning stages (a couple cool single speeds, a road frame, racks galore…). We had another great photo shoot this week (on real film no less!). Those are being processed, but I’ll post when they go up. Here is a point and shoot snap

Pictures! My friend Rick Gersbach has been kind enough to help me start updating my images from quick process shots to genuine thought out, high quality and professional images. We started with two bikes on hand and will be adding more as I can bring them in from the hinterlands. We are still working on the most user friendly browser display size, but in the short term I decided to err on really big, high resolution

Just a quick progress update on the step through - The main triangle is pretty well together. All the structural brazing is done, and the main tube joints have their first clean up. Looking good so far! This weekend I’m just going to pick away at a few prep and detail jobs so I can put the rear end on early next week. Still debating a couple of seat stay ideas, but I think I’m narrowing it in quickly. Mor

Strickly butter baby, strictly butter* I put down some sweet fillets on a step through cruiser today. This bike will be the match to the paper boy I posted below. These bikes will head out as a set. They will have a nearly identical parts group and be painted to compliment each other. I decided to start in on this second frame so that I could use them both to generate ideas for the other and to keep the flavors and l

I’ve been using a very nice fork jig that preforms well, but has been a bear to adjust. With a few forks to make in the immediate future I decided to make a new jig that could be adjusted without having to essentially disassemble the jig, and that had a wide enough range I could build 16″-29″ forks. I came up with a pretty basic design that runs machined key ways in all the sliding/ adjustable parts

I have been having some stylistic concerns with the seat stays on the current cruiser build. I designed the frame to mix a bit of paper-boy cruiser splash with twin top tube British butcher/ service bikes. Mostly straight tubes with a little flair. But the seat stays- swoopy? No, to distracting. Straight and capped? Nope. Traditional butcher bike shallow “s”? Not feeling it. Ah ha! Hybrid. Take a good bit

Welcome to Winter Bicycles! My name is Eric Estlund. I am the designer, builder, email guy and official floor sweeper here at Winter. Winter Bicycles manufactures custom bicycles and luxurious necessities including forks, stems, racks and other fittings. Here at Winter the focus is on fresh, clean, year round bicycles. The bicycles are purpose build and rider-centric. That means each frame, each detail, is designed t