Current Work Archive

2012 going fast
- 01/20/12

Wow is this year moving along at an insane rate. I can not believe we are into January with no snow and the big news being a 1" dropping tomorrow. That hardly seems news worthy to me. I am sorry for the lack of updates but I have been working on my house as well as making bicycles. It is hard since I feel I use a good amount of my creative juices at work and then I go to our house and need to keep up the same part of my brain while working on the house.

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Year in review
- 01/03/12

What a year. Being a parent has been a really amazing experience. I am struggling to find enough time in the day but it is all worth it. The bicycle industry had an interesting year with the economy below average and for us the weather was really rough. In the end we had a nice December and the weather gods paid us back for an awful August and spring.

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More Titanium
- 12/08/11

Somehow I have been rather prolific this year. Despite being a new dad and having a rather hectic life I have still actually kept ahead of schedule. This extra time has allowed me to forge ahead with my goal of having the Ti bikes ready for 2012. I am not rushing but have a goal and I really want to meet it. This week I am making a bike for my buddy Shawn who has always been one of my main test people. Shawn is a rather accomplished rider and has a rich history in the MTB world. His comments are always welcome and he has helped me get great feedback on how the bikes work. It also does not hurt that he punishes the bikes in what might be some of the roughest terrain in the country.

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Monster Black
- 11/29/11

Always been a fan of the simplicity of the Ducati Monster Black. I am not totally a Ducati fan but that model captured out of the box what a lot of people were looking for. Simple, no thrills but well executed. This bicycle featured today is as stealth as a bicycle could be. The only de-branding we did was take the stickers off the DT rims. The rest is just a non in your face logo design. Almost an entirely USA and EU made bicycle. Tires, tubes handlebar, calipers and chain are the only exceptions. That seems like a lot but in truth that is a small percentage compared to the norm.

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Product Development
- 11/09/11

Where have I been?? Well I have been working like a mad man trying to introduce some new products for next year. It was a hard decision but I have given up on the idea of a fully welded stainless MTB. It did however make me revisit the Ti bikes and have been working on getting everything where I like it.

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Technology
- 10/06/11

About 1 month ago the bike shop's POS (Point Of Sale) which really is an acronym for three other words decided it would stop working. This is the 3rd time this year the CPU crapped out except this time it was on a Saturday. This means we can not accept credit cards which is kind of an issue. What started as a CPU replacement quickly snowballed into a complete system revamp when it became apparent that nothing made 7 years ago is compatible with something made today. Just Wed. morning we got the entire system back up and running. That is an insane amount of time. I thought bicycles had a strong hold of their customers but these computer companies are even worse.

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Are you a grunge fan??
- 09/23/11

The New York Times has a Friday quiz. This week it is a test to see how good your grunge music stupid fact knowledge is. Here is a link to the test:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/09/15/us/grunge-quiz.html

I apparently am a grunge fan!! Yes it might be a generational thing but it was not hard for me to get most of the answers. I was not very good at the producer questions but other than that I was getting them right.

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Who does not love fall??
- 09/20/11

Last Thursday at 4:00pm the fall season arrived. The humidity dropped, the temp dropped and the summer was over. August was a bit of a letdown with all the rain and September is not much less wet. This past weekend however the weather was super and the smell of fall was in the air.

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Cross Season
- 09/08/11

Since when did cross become a summer sport!!! I hardly consider myself a person stuck in the good old days but this early season cross racing seems crazy. I remember when Labor Day was when you stopped riding your road bike and switched to only riding your cross bike. We called it N.B.C. (Nothing But Cross). Corny but was something we all looked forward to. Now the race season begins the weekend after labor day!

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Need for speed
- 09/03/11

There is a type of person who always finds excitement in taking things to the limit. This is a personality trait that is hard to keep at bay. This bike is made for someone that wants to take it to the extreme limit. I suspect this bike could get many people in trouble by allowing speeds that are clearly out of control but (a) you either don't realize it or (b) you actually don't care and wanted to go that fast. I look forward to hearing about all-day epic journeys which included a 1 hour downhill.

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