Molten Lava!

Molten Lava!

Here is a shot of Matt’s new SS 29er.  Black lava powder with a semi gloss clear fade. Jeff Moote had his road frame revamped with a new top tube and some black lava powder. Trevor had his True North Foco road bike repainted and reparted.  Colours are to match...
Paint and Preshow Prep

Paint and Preshow Prep

 It’s getting very close to both the North American Hand built Bicycle Show and the Toronto Bike show and as such it’s quite busy here at the shop (this seems to be a re-occurring theme in these posts). Although we as a shop will not be going down to the...
Frame Repair and Delivery Times

Frame Repair and Delivery Times

It appears winter is just around the corner. The long underwear and toque have become standard building attire again. I am looking forward to a very productive winter building season. There are already an abnormal number of builds schedualed for the spring. I have...
Summer Rush!

Summer Rush!

Usually things slow down quite a bit during the summer months. I am not sure what has happened this year as I seem to have more orders than in the peak spring rush. The temperature with humidex has been at least 35-40C the past 3 weeks in the shop. It has been quite a...
Full Speed Ahead!

Full Speed Ahead!

It has taken quite a bit of work to get the new shop set up and operational. The showroom is now painted with bikes on display. The other shop had almost twice the showroom area so we are going to keep a little less P@A and only 4 or 5 bikes on display. The...
S&S Coupler Retrofit

S&S Coupler Retrofit

I just finished a retrofit on Dave Jolkowski’s old touring frame. I charge $800 for this service. Dave also has a custom TN touring bike with S+S couplers.