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First up- I’m heading out of town to visit family for the holiday. I’m headed up to Whistler to see if I still remember how to snowboard, and I will be back next Monday. Feel free to contact me in the mean time, but please forgive me if I don’t get back to you for a few days- I’m not sure what my phone/ email situation will be like. The week started off with a couple of rack projects. First up

My wife is out of town- which historically leads me to go a bit crazy on a combo of to much caffine, not enough sleep and an odd habit of going OCD on detail work. Team that with a natural tendency for ADD and you get a super cocktail of plan, revision and obsession. In this case all of that means a slew of ideas for my new bike. I’m working on a bit of a “tribute” bike that makes a nod at several p

I love that there are more and more womens products in the cycling world now and that there are lots of options for woman riders. That said, I am sometimes frustrated by the marketing side of things, especially when a lack of options is repackaged as a benefit. A few examples:- Women’s bikes that are the same spec as the male version, but with “girly” paint. - Manufacturing taking shortcuts- the los

I snuck* in a bit more work on my road frame. I had my eyes dilated today, so it was a great day to work on side projects. I mostly just squinted and filed until I made more scrap, but I think I managed to make a new seat tube laminate. Tomorrow’s fresh eyes will tell me if its symmetrical enough to use for real. I reshaped a BB shell yesterday, and I’m echoing the simple and clean points. The bike will b

Wow- I was just checking some of my web site and blog stats. My web site has been viewed: - On 6 continents- In 43 languages- In 56 countries- In 753 cities In the last 100 blog visits I’ve had visitors from:AustraliaBelgiumCanadaChileFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyJapanNetherlandsPolandSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUnited KingdomUSA I guess word is getting out, eh? For all of the international folks checking ou

(Optional mood music) John sent me a note a few months ago looking for a stem for his new frameset, and inquired if I had done one of my 50′s style quill stems in chrome. Up until now I have not worked with a chrome plater, but John was gracious enough to give me time to work through the new process, research platers and put this together. I dropped it off at the plater and was able to pick it up just in time f

I’m back! The show went great! From preliminary reports it looks like we had around 2000 visitors walk through the booth over the course of the weekend. It was a great chance to hang out with some other builders, visit with some friends and to meet a bunch of new folks. Here is the last moment of quiet before they opened the doors: And another shot of all the visitors: I was fortunate enough to be busy all week