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My first batch of Velo Orange accessories landed. VO offers a great selection of well priced accessories for well trimmed city, porteur and randonee type builds. I’ve decided to start bringing in their stuff to compliment the full range of integrated builds I’ve been working on. Along with the standards like full coverage fenders and upgrade brakes pads, VO is starting to offer a line of house branded han

Today was a scorcher! I don’t know what the rest of the country is doing, but Eugene is on fire. 103* F outside today, and easily 20 degrees warmer then that inside. Finishing tape was all gummy. Thats right- finishing tape. As in… finished! Kyle, your new road rig is ready! Come by when you get the chance and we’ll do a final fit tweak before sending it home. Kyle’s bike is designed as a spor

It’s been really fricken hot here in Eugene. Hot enough to type “fricken” if that is any indication. We’re talking 90* outside, and up to 115* or so inside with all the tools and fire on. Makes for some slow work at times. Between the heat, a broken computer and a fried (literally, the heat did it!) camera, there hasn’t been a lot to blog with. Here is a quick up to the minute shot of th

…Makes Eric a Dull Boy. I build bikes with most of my waking hours. I love it, and I love to talk about it. But every now and again I need to take a day off. That means a full 24hrs without sneaking to the shop for a quick couple of hours. It helps keep me fresh and excited, and it gives me something other then bikes to talk about with my very patient wife. Today we decided to head out to the coastal mountains

I’ve been very fortunate to have access to a full range of frame prep tools. The down side is that there is a lot of back and forth down time between operations. Today my wife and I drove out to pick up the last piece of the below assembly- thanks Eric! Despite almost being hit by lightning on the return trip (literally 30′ from us- wowzers) I’d say it was well worth it. Having these in house will d

Busy as a bee, but the main computer is down for the count. Photos are being taken, but they take way to long to play with on this computer. That means you’ll be getting a few choice shots over the next few days, then one massive update to fill in the blanks! In any event here are a couple of shots from a new road frame- Fresh drop out- I really like the soft inner scallop Still warm BB shot- And straight from

I thought I’d throw a few pictures up of a quick stem project. The idea with this guy was to be able to swap a front end (fork/ stem/ bars) quickly to make a track frame convertible between full on sprint bike and fixed gear trainer. The built in rise moves the position up and into a bit more neutral higher mileage position. Raw fillet- Beginning the clean up- In the nude- And to celebrate the holiday; raspberr

More pictures pre paint! I’ve found that taking lots of macro pictures not only provides me with blog fodder, but also helps me really focus in and look at each detail as a specific piece. Just like a picture, each braze on, each detail needs to flow and be a complete unit. It can lead to some obsessive behavior, but sweetens the end product. Art kid photo showing some clean fillet edge feathering- Chain stay b