April 27, 2010
More Moots!
Doing a bit of writing on Moots lately and that is not about to change as we have a few more coming in soon and all are pretty custom and trick. This article is on my personal Moots Compact that I purchased about 4 years ago. Since I have a...
April 19, 2010
New AC build; '09 Moots VaMoots
We have not been doing a very good job of posting our bike builds lately which is a shame as we've had some pretty amazing bikes go out in the past few months. So we'll do our best to rectify that starting now! This is an '09 Moots VaMoots frames...
April 08, 2010
Thursdays picture
This is high on the list of my favorite views while riding in the Bay Area. It's actually a pretty endless list that continues to grow every day which is why I consider this one of the top cycling destinations in the world, but more on that later.This picture is...
March 26, 2010
How To Make A Composite Rim
We had the great fortune to make a visit to Easton's composite factory (dubbed EMX) in Tijuana, Mexico this week. In addition to road and mountain rims, Easton builds a ton of composite hockey sticks at EMX, including custom sticks for hundreds of professional hockey players. At EMX they also...
March 23, 2010
Totally Foolproof Cleat Mounting System Part Deux
OK, so if you’ve done Part 1 of our cleat mounting process correctly, you’ve got a line on the inside of each foot and two sheets of 8.5 x 11” paper with tracings of your foot. Now let’s get into the challenging part. Step 9: With the two foot drawings...
March 22, 2010
Totally Foolproof Cleat Mounting System: Part I
Around the shop here, we're fortunate enough to have our bike fits done by former European pro racer and coach to the stars (he helped Kristin Armstrong win Olympic and World Championship gold), Craig Upton. After Craig helped fit me on a new bike not so long ago, one thing...
March 16, 2010
A Crush On Campagnolo Explained
Seems that if you’d never heard of Apple Computer (let alone, seen the ‘1984’ commercial, had a PowerBook 100, first-edition iPod, spent thousands on iTunes, etc.) but happened to walk into one of their stores, put your hands on any of their products and started using it, you’d know that...
March 02, 2010
Good Stuff From The North American Handmade Bike Show
(Photo compliments of BikeRadar.com)Even without a massive NorEaster bearing down on the East Coast, it would’ve been tough for us to make it out to Virginia for last week’s NAHMBS. Long way to go, even if the venue was packed with bikes from 150 amazing builders. Based on those that...
February 25, 2010
Photo Essay Of The First Moots RSL
February 23, 2010
How To Tell If You’re As Fast As Pantani
Was in a meeting with some good friends that I work with the other day and we were obsessing about the weight of a new product they have coming out later in the year. It’s 4-ounces or a little over 100-grams lighter than the nearest competitor’s. So we started getting...
