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 […]
If 15 years ago you told me that my future self would be building a touring bike with a Wald basket on it, I’d have thought you were crazy. Wald is not known for making the highest quality components but their baskets are the standard that all others are compared to in the bike world. […]
When I started building bikes at Circle A Cycles, my friend Mike was an early supporter of mine. I think the bike I built for him was one of my first 10 that I made. I was excited when he wanted a new bike from me. The first one I had built for him was […]
I like keeping it new and fresh by taking on projects that make me step outside my usual comfort zone. With this bike I was stepping out of my comfort zone and into a time machine. This bike may look like it’s from 1980 but it was just finished in 2019. The biggest challenge with […]
Elisha was originally looking for a rigid off road bike with a 3”+ tire but that was beyond the scope of what I do. We compromised on clearances for 60mm tires (2.35”) with an option to run 47mm tires with fenders. She had an Ultegra 11-speed drivetrain from another bike so we incorporated it into […]
This is the second bike that I’ve built for Jon. The previous bike was more of a 700c randonneur but this one was to be a straight up road bike. I conveniently came across two sets of Reynolds 753 and offered to build his bike from one of those sets. It was my first time […]
Building this bike for Gene was like building my bike over and making a bunch of little improvements along the way. I do love my bike but some of the details I would’ve changed include using an inverted Edelux headlight, slightly different wire routing, seat tube taillight, improved lowrider design, and a needle bearing headset. […]
I’ve known Frank for years as he has been a staple at many handmade bike shows. He even puts on the Ann Arbor Handmade Bicycle Show in Michigan. He’s well known in the cycling community as the curator of Lugs Not Drugs on Instagram which features beautiful handmade bikes from around the world. So when […]
Kim’s 650b+ all road bicycle
September 15, 2019
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 […]