It seems like new gravel bikes are popping up everywhere, including the recently debuted Salsa Warbird version 4 and a lot of them are obviously influenced by…
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The Best Ride: Steel and Ti
I think it was Will, a welder in the old Elliott Bay Bicycles frame shop that said to me once The best ride is a…
Vivax Bikes
Vivax is back in the news with reports from the Italian press that a masters racer was caught by officials with a motor in his…
Issue 03: Mark’s New Bike
By Mark V Mark V’s new Cross bike Bicycles……I love them. Maybe not as much as girls with foreign accents or prescription drugs, but they…
Vivax Edit
Here it is, the infamous Vivax, of motor doping fame. Built up for a Davidson bicycles customer. And in this edit Bill Davidson, the builder, insists…
1x Retrofit for the Road
Even among staff at Bike Hugger, there is an ongoing debate about road & gravel bikes equipped with “1x” drivetrains, which employ a single chainring with…
Chris King ThreadFit30 bottom bracket
BSA30. Yet another bottom bracket standard? Yes and no, but…mainly no. Okay, but what is it? BSA30 isn’t so much a new standard as the…
DKCB, NAHBS Preview
Stopped by DKCB and got a NAHBS preview. This 333 Fab whip is one of the show bikes and there’s quite a lot going on…
DKCB: Spindle Speed
Tortoise or Hare After the opening party and booking orders, DKCB (Davidson & Kullaway Custom Bicycles) is about to start making bikes. This is just…
DKCB Making Bikes in Seattle
Bike-making Ballahs at DKCB From the center of the universe, at least the bike one in the Pacific Northwest, Bill and Max are making bikes.…