Spinning Wheels and Spouting Words

Several weeks ago, amidst our busy summer season, two customers asked us to build up two different types of bikes. Our eyes lit up like it was Christmas in July and we gladly accepted the challenge! We’ve wanted to custom-build bikes for ourselves but building up a bike for someone else is a close second.
First, a customer, wanting to stand out in a crowd, chose to build up a Traitor Exile frameset. After a jaunt down to Ferndale, WA, to the Traitor Cycles warehouse, we built up this beautiful Curry Dragon road frame with carbon bars, Easton EA70 wheels, and a 1×10 SRAM Rival drivetrain.

Then another customer asked us to help restore a stunningly well-kept red, 1961 Raleigh that he had picked up recently. Since we both own old Raleighs, we knew this task was just up our alley. We cleaned the frame and added some new parts, like a vintage-looking north-road handlebar with cork grips and cream-coloured tires. We think the finished product looks pretty sharp; a show-piece, for sure!

You can see a couple more photos on our Flickr site.

On a completely different note, last week we met with our Felt sales reps and they gave us a sneak peek into the Felt 2011 line-up. We’re pretty excited about the 2011 road series and the commuter bikes. We’ll give you an update when we get the official catalogue and when we see the bikes at Interbike.

So, here’s the reason I haven’t posted a blog since May 19: my wife and I had a baby. His name is Nathan, and he’s pretty awesome. We insisted that his first outfit should be this little, green bicycle number, even though it’s big enough for two of him.

Things are pretty busy as it is this time of year, but now we have the added task of indoctrinating an infant in the cycling world. It’s tough, you see, because he doesn’t communicate very well yet. That being said, we have gotten him on a bike once already, and he’s quite good as sitting/sleeping in a Burley.

Next month, we’ll be training him for bike maintenance.