In the Seattle Times today, there was a report about a guy who conned a string of NW bike shops into letting him take wicked…
Mark V
Tokyo Messenger Portraits in COG magazine
Photographer Yohei Morita stopped by my shop last week and dropped off a copy of COG magazine, a magazine devoted to the machines and culture…
Monkey See, Monkey Do
My girlfriend spotted this on Boingboing. It’s 1967 bicycle safety film called One Got Fat. It has that weirdness that every Sixties-era public service film…
Hotspur and Oversize Titanium Tubing
For the Hotspur frame, Bill Davidson decided that to use the Feather Tech oversize titanium tubing. The key feature is the custom milling that Feather…
Custom Fizik Saddles
I’ll admit it: I’m obsessive about colours on bikes. I know that black saddles are practical, but they so soboring. I love seeing someone with…
At the Handbuilt Bike Show: Another Brake on a Fixie
Here’s a brake configuration that I had never even thought of. Sycip Designs put a disc brake caliper on the down tube which grabs a…
Hotspur and Bikehugger
Though Davidson Bicycles’ new Hotspur frame precipitated from Bill Davidson’s ideas on what a high performance bicycle should be, Bike Hugger provided the impetus to…
Davidson Hotspur Debut
Today in Portland, Davidson Handbuilt Bicycles debuts the Hotspur frameset. In an age of single-season-use carbon frames built built for some Pro Tour rider and…
Brakes on a Keirin Bike
Five years ago few people knew the difference between Kirin and keirin. But the traditional, steel track bikes used in the Japanese professional racing circuit…
Test: Nokon brake and shifter housing
Nokon segmented aluminium cable housing has been on the market for a number of years; I’ve used it myself for at least 4 yrs. It’s…