Jul 30, 2009
 We have been working with S and S couplings quite a lot in the past week and I am always amazed at just what a great idea these little gems are for traveling. Here is a shot of Rick’s new frame in the process of being built. Hugh has been hard at work welding...
Jul 23, 2009
We finished up Jonathan’s new 29er yesterday. Jonathan is 6’7 and his existing bike was in no way big enough to match his size. We built up the bike with a mix of new and existing parts. Highlights include a Fox RLC 29 fork, Shimano 29er wheelset and a...
Jul 21, 2009
 Bob stopped in today to pick up his new S and S equipped touring bike. As with all new bikes equipped with couplings, we spend the afternoon going over how to disassemble and re-assemble the bike with the client.  Bob’s decided to go with a brown theme on...
Jul 16, 2009
We have posted a lot of road bikes and touring bikes on the website as of late so i thought i might put up a few mountain bikes. Rob came by and picked up his new single-speed bike. Rob has broken a bunch of frames and parts in his day so we built this one extra...
Jul 9, 2009
Kristin brought by her F.W. Evans for a repaint. We think it turned out quite nice. We also repainted one of our Demo bikes so that Mari could use it for her learn to ride seminars. We’ve been busy getting a bunch of wheels ready for upcoming builds. Building...
Jun 23, 2009
The 24 Hours of Summer Solstice took place on the weekend and like clockwork it signaled the end of Spring and the beginning of Summer. It rained incessantly on Saturday causing Chico to call an end to the 24 hour race at midnight for fear of irreversible trail...
Jun 18, 2009
I thought I might use Hugh’s commuter bike to highlight some new products that have made their way into the shop in the last little while. Hugh uses this bike for traveling back and forth to work and as such it’s set up to be comfy, predictable and adept...
Jun 12, 2009
Bob’s Touring frame is coming along nicely. Jerry’s bike is getting some nice finishing touches like a maple leaf in stainless steel for a head tube badge. We spent much of today painting. It’s amazing that an old fork can go from this, To this,...
Jun 9, 2009
 Work started on the Misfit frames this week at the shop. Not since Hugh built the Rennaissance frames for Cervelo has he done a run of production frames. It’s kind of amusing to see multiple identical frames lined up in a shop where the norm is a new and...
May 22, 2009
Two more Ti bikes went out the door this week and for the foreseeable future the focus will switch to steel frames. Anne came by today and picked up her 650c Titanium Tri bike. We’ve been upgrading bits and pieces of Anne’s old bike for a while and this...
