I can count on my hand the number of single speeds I’ve built under my own name. Those few bikes are some of my favorites and this one is no different. I don’t know if it’s the color, the big tires, the rack, or the simplicity of a single speed but this bike makes me […]
This bike was started right as the coronavirus pandemic was picking up back in March, 2020 and then the world was turned upside down. This is officially the longest it’s ever taken me to make a bicycle. Working so few hours in the shop is the main and obvious reason. Bi-laminate construction, custom rack, custom […]
“I only build complete bikes” is what I’ve always said. But there are always times when I make exceptions. This was a unique situation where Glenn is a mechanic who takes great pride in the assembly of his bicycles. I handed the bike off to him as you see it here. I was in charge […]
I started working on John’s rinko bike in late 2019, if my memory serves me correctly. It was one of those bikes that I knew was going to be a challenge for me. I had never done a rinko travel bike but I had seen many other builders do them. I liked the concept even though the actual use for traveling might be minimal.
When Steve and Laila came to me with the idea of a matching pair of bikes I was pretty excited. It wasn’t anything I’ve ever done before and I thought that the process would be sped up a little since I’d be doing two of everything. Well, only one of those things was true. These […]
Tom is a tall fellow and was interested in having me build a bike around a 650b wheel size. After plugging in all the numbers and designing the frame, he went with a 700x38c for a more balanced bike. The frame ended up being 64cm with standard oversized tubing and a tapered down tube. It […]
This is the second bike I’ve built for Kim and it is very different from his first. I don’t build a lot of bikes in the drop bar MTB style but it’s definitely growing on me. Kim knew what he wanted right down to the color and I was excited to make it. Clean lines […]
I haven’t built a whole lot of Rohloff Speedhub equipped bikes but I find them to be a curious challenge. Every builder seems to have their own way of handling the dropouts, the shifter, or the nuances of cables and routing. The last one I made was a travel bike outfitted with couplers and fenders. […]
Being that this is the second bike that I’ve built for Ted, I thought the process would go quicker. The fact that it’s a road bike should have also made it go quicker but alas, it didn’t. There’s a lot of details integrated into this lightweight roadie. There are loads of ways this bike could’ve […]
Jacquie’s touring bike
May 4, 2021
There’s a lot to say about this bike so I’ll try to keep it concise (but I will go on about Jacquie). When founding WOMBAT, former pro MTB rider, and all around rad person Jacquie Phelan asked me to build her a bike, my heart skipped a beat. We have a few mutual friends but […]