In 1956, International Harvester had a two-tone pickup with this color, Cambrian Coral, as an option. Here it finds itself on a handmade bike 68 years later. I’ve shared a lot of posts of this bike coming together over the past few months on Instagram and Facebook (and even TikTok). For those of you who […]

I’m approaching 20 years of bike building but I’m still finding new things I haven’t done (or rarely do) to keep it fun. Chip’s bike was a first for me on a few fronts and I’m psyched with the final result! Is it a mountain bike? Maybe? It depends who you ask. It can definitely […]

I’ve known Rob at MER Bags in Brooklyn for 20 years. We discussed having me building him a bike a long time ago (I actually took his measurements in 2011!). This one is long overdue. About 10 years ago I built a fork for his Soma track bike and so I ended up building this […]

The main color of David’s frame is New Zealand Green with a very dark version of that green on the head tube and gold detailing all around. Custom from rack with detachable lowriders, a custom bilaminate quill stem, integrated lighting, connectorless generator hub, etc. Lots of details to zoom in on!

Joe’s 700c dynamo powered Di2 disc randonneur is finally ready! I did away with the battery in this iteration (this is the 3rd dynamo powered Di2 bike I’ve built) but it still needed a capacitor in order to shift at slow speeds. So it goes. He’s been incredibly patient which I am greatly appreciative. But […]

This VW Reef Blue bi-laminate 650b randonneur/light touring bike was a fun one to put together. Even more fun to test ride as it’s almost exactly my size! Lots of details include the custom bar ends, matching bi-lam quill stem, and the modified Miche needle bearing headset. The brand new Dura Ace 7700 (GS rear […]

This tandem has been an ongoing project here in the shop. I started it in January 2023, I think? Technically I started it last year by making the fillet brazed brakeset. I do very few tandems so I really never know how much time to dedicate to such a project. It was originally going to […]

Back in 2016 I started building myself a new 650b light touring bike to replace the 700c bike I rode in the Oregon Manifest in 2011. What I built ended up getting sent to Bicycle Quarterly to be reviewed in issue 61. And then when I got it back, I continued to ride it as […]

I’m hoping that people choose a color scheme like this on future builds. The head tube is a shade of the VW River Blue that I cut with a white pearl and sprayed over a white base. The effect is very pleasing to my eyes. One of the (many) neat details on this bike included […]

It’s very rare that I get to build a single speed these days. When I worked at Circle A Cycles, it seemed like every other bike that went out the door was a fixed gear or single speed. The building of this one conveniently coincided with the fixed gear show in Brooklyn put on by […]