Spring Cleaning Swap Meet, Food, Beer and Live Music

Big-time event, be there.

Click the poster yo!

Speaking of Erik Rolf...

He's been doing a bit of work for us as well: Get Excited!

Handmade Bicycles

Good friends Matt and Nate, from Signal Cycles, won "Best City Bike" this year. Rumor has it they would have won last year, but the bike in question didn't have a rack. Brutal criteria? I'll let you decide.

I met Erik Rolf, full name Eriksen Rolf - which is why he can't/won't put his name(s) on the downtube, at the 2009 show in Indy. He was an apprentice at the time and is now the builder/owner of Alliance Bicycles. His bikes looked great and this one happens to be for sale.














Local GB Chris Urbauer got a new Kish 29" single speed. After plowing snow in Lincoln, he drove straight through to Austin for the show.











The conversation went like this:

Nate Woodman, "I brought you a shirt, I hope you like pink."

Richard Sachs, "The pinker the better."

ATMO!

I love it when things are in the works.

From Twitter

Dots are coming

More round threaded thingys

It's a down tube...we'll not yet exactly. Just a thin-walled cheater bar with H2O cage capabilities.

Anything Cage?

Modified Pete S's Pugsley fork to accept Salsa's Anything Cage(s), as if a Pugsley fork didn't have enough braze-ons.
















This fork also had the sad fate of a freewheel backing itself off into the dropout. Guess which is harder? Yup, freewheel. Missed/forgot the before shot, but here is the after and the after-after shots.
















Luckily, the grove wasn't too deep. Brass ought to do the job from here.

















While we're on the subject, I can add bosses to 'most' any fork, especially V1 Fargo forks, to run the Anything Cages. Contact me if you're interested...

Greensprints tomorrow night! Bricktop, sign up at 8pm, race at 9pm. Facebook info page.

Day Job

It's not everyday you get to work with your friends and get paid for it. The MWC has some new signs.
















Corrugated tin will finish the awning.

















South side.


In War Axe related tom-foolery, I've been messing around with building segmented style forks. This allows a lot of freedom with the design of the fork, with both tube diameters and wall thickness. After mocking up a few, I've decided to design some dropouts specifically for this and will be getting them cut out soon. Hopefully, this will satisfy the aesthetic I'm going for and I can pump out some fork orders.

Calendar of Events

Not really a calender, but there are some fun events coming up...

Friday January 28th:
Lincoln Ve-Low Winter Sucks Party

Here are photos from last years party.


Thursday February 3rd:
GREEN SPRINTS w/ Greenstreet Cycles @ BRICKTOP

Here are photos from Greensprints @ The Nomad Lounge (scroll down)

See you there?

Fork work

Doppelganger Grudge Match!

Since people have been confusing us, Matt Setzer challenged me to a grudge match at the Greensprints in Omaha a few weeks ago. He kicked my ass...





Which one is me?












Socks ready for action.












Shot and a sprint?

RAW

Materials.

New from Primal Wear...

... feels vaguely familiar.

Sam on the Concept of Doing a War Axe Embrocation Blend...

"I love it.

Schmedium heat.

Wind barrier, sure.

Light bronzing.

Spermacide.

Just kidding on the last one. This actually makes me excited. I feel very inadequate on the embrocation front..."

Ka Blam!