Posts from ‘December, 2008’

Meaghan and I are off to Hawaii tomorrow for some sun and surf. I traded out three of my old boards for this bad-boy today.  I’m pretty excited about it. I’ve never surfed an epoxy, so I’m interested to see how it compares. I bought it because epoxy boards are much more durable and boyant. [...]

Portland is buried! Highways are closed. Roads are closed. Busses are crashing. Its a winter Armageddon!
But, have no fear!  Those of use with mountain bikes will save the day.  
I got my Ibis out for the first time in awhile and riding around in the snow is actually really fun.  I probably won’t build myself a [...]

Chris and I made some changes to the road dropouts due to some limitations of the water jet process.  These will be easier to make, and I think look better as well.  They’ll also be stronger due to the radiuses inside and around the “A”.  Thanks to JB at Goodtimes for his help on these.

I’ve added some products to the online store, so if you haven’t gotten your t-shirt or jersey then now is the time! I don’t have a ton of each size of the t’s, but I’m doing another run and a new design by the middle of January.  I’ve got lots of jerseys in stock! 
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Here’s an illustration of the new dropouts I’m working on. These will go on everything with a derailleur, they’ll be made out of stainless steel, and the inside area around the “A” will be either lightly sandblasted or polished depending on what the customer wants.  I think its so important to have stainless dropout faces, [...]

I’m almost finished with Meaghan’s stepthrough.  I just finished the chainguard, which will be polished stainless. Sorry for the lack of recent posts.  I’ve been having user caused technical difficulties – meaning it took me a while to figure out the new blog.  Pics of the finished frame will be up Wednesday before it goes [...]