NAHBS 2010! Sturmey Archer S3X

This is my Sturmey Archer S3X, 3 speed fixed gear, all rounder road machine tested and proven over 77 miles of Oregon's finest offerings of road surface at the Manifest builders show. What a hoot! This is a Ritchey Breakaway frame and is my go to bicycle. I love having the fixed gear in three ratios. Endless fun!

NAHBS 2010! Driven NRZ

So it's all coming together here before the show.

The big surprise is the Driven NRZ road group that was sent over from our friends at Sunrace/Sturmey Archer. Boy is this some nice equipment. I have some pictures that Jim my build-kit assembler has taken. Let's get his take too. "I can see this being competitive with the Dura-Ace or for the cynics Ultegra for sure. Looks to be top shelf all the way. A nice alternative to the ever increasing price tags on the usual fare. A budget conscious racer would appear to be well served on this kit. We'll see for sure if I can sneak this on to my bike after the show!"
Until that happens this NRZ kit will be residing on one of the Cambridge Bicycles cyclo-cross team frames. This is going to look sharp. Exciting stuff!!!!!







Detail Shots.
Cranks and rear derailleur.




This is a very trick cassette. SRAM-esque with the unit machined as two pieces but out of 7075 aluminium with a ceramic coating for wear protection. Two top cogs together and the remaining eight cogs are impressively light and an amazing bit of machining.

Swiss Build

This is a fixed build made last spring & shipped to Martin Hotan in Switzerland. I had a lot of fun with this build. It has a stainless seat collar with an eye cut out between the seat stays with little tears just for fun. Cool Paragon stainless track drops for that shinny bits appeal.Hope to go to Switzerland to visit it some day.

http://www.rapha.cc/french-broad-river/?cm_mmc=email-_-continental-_-img4-_-french+broad+river

http://www.rapha.cc/oregon-manifest-2009/?cm_mmc=email-_-feature-_-img1-_-oregon%20manifest
So I made a Break Away bike for the Oregon Manifest held on the 1st weekend of October. What a blast to see what the other builders made & hang out with them & ride 77 miles in the Cascade mountains back to Portland. The bike I made flew with me to Portland for $15 in the flight bag, fenders, bag rack & all. The bike had the new Sturmey Archer S3X fixed 3spd hub. Thank you Sturmey, it was a good test run for this much awaited hub. I will post some pix as soon as I get a camera.
In the mean time check out the Rapha connection above.
Cheers!

http://www.granprixbeverly.com/

Boston Velodrome

Boston Velodrome, just think how cool an indoor velodrome would be in the dead of winter. Every school in the area would want to have a team. If it was in Boston that would be the bee's knees it would be used a lot. Intercollegiate rivalry's would be just grand. All the fixie crowd could go fast in circles with no cars. The prospects are vast. So go take the the survey & get behind our own future velodrome: www.bostonvelodrome.com

Cafe Freestyle Fixie

This build is going out today.
A mostly American build, Phil Wood blue hubs, Pauls cranks,
King Blue headset, Hell Yea blue H Bars, Portland Design Group
cool leather grips, Brook Swift saddle ,
Phil BB, Deep V Australian rims, a mix of tubing: a 853, 38mm downtube
and a mix of True Temper tubing. Track fork with stainless caps,
SS headtube rings & a SS seat clamp plus the Igle Eye on head tube,
oh yea Pauls neat track drops with adjusters, even a blue chain (a theme here).
A classy build if I can say that myself.
I forgot to mention the always impeccable King Cage stainless steel bottle cages!
If you order a frame from me, King Cages come stock.
Thanks Ron.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o
Wish I was still young, but this kid has a future!

NAHBS Iglebooth 2009

The Sturmey Archer S3X 3 speed Fixed hub is a NAHBS Favorite.

Available in Anodized colors. Thanks Sturmey!
and more from Sturmey...coaster brake one speed fitted with Delta's belt drive system.

Oh yeah Belt drive Smoooooth!!!!!!!!

you've seen the One speed, you've seen the Three speed....now here's the two speed! Hammer-schmidt dual speed, 650B, Chris King inset headset, a spectacular 953 stainless down tube. Kingdom Trails here we come.

NAHMBS

Building madly for the 2009 North American Hand Made Bicycle Show out in Indianapolis, Indiana. A lot of builders will be there so it is the candyland of gum dipped bicycles. Some of the best builders going. IgleBike will be in booth # 227, next to Kieth Anderson Cycles. Kieth & I have too much fun at these shows so it should be a large time. Uncle Ross will be missed though he is out launching his cool new seatpost:

http://cantitoeroad.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=108
A very interesting design. Can not wait to try one. The idea sounds so practical.
Anyway, I am excited to be at my 4th NAHMBS displaying with such great people. Have 4 new builds to show off, which I shall save for later with snap shots of the booth & maybe some fun.
Have more forks to go make,bye.

 
 
 
 
So looking at the web sight there are no pictures of the Traditional New England Segmented Fork (T.N.E.S.F.)so here are some rather terrible photos I took & now are here for the curious.
Making NAMBS show bikes right now, will have a selection of bikes to show out in Indianapolis. I will say more once I know certain parts are going to make it. One bike is figured out & it is a hoot: A belt drive coasterbrake get around bike, something for the fun of riding around. Making commuter bikes calling them "Yoyodyne" as that just sounds like something corporate that will take over the world(thank you Thomas Pynchon)

Paragon's Latest Functional Art

 
So these are the Bee's Knees of cool drop outs.They a Paragon's latest art work. Disk mount out of the way & rack & fender eyelets for the everyday. One could have either a derailleur hanger or use the awesome ENO hub for single speed application. Can't wait to build someone a dream bike. Stay tuned!

We got Snow

 
Still open for biznez. We have a lot of snow & the XC skiing is great. Come on get off your rollers & lets go out side!Had a big mention from Cambridge Bicycles on their new web page. Check it out WWW.Cambridgebicycle.com

 

Happy Holydaze to all.
Well, a new year & a new outlook is a good thing to have with so much going on. I think everyone would agree that a new year would be great with more riding of one's bicycle. Riding to work has always been my favorite pedal. Going into your day to day with it in your face makes you always have a better day. Even if it is not a good day at work your ride home can be the best part. Personally, & that is what a blog is about, a commuting bike is my most favorite ride to build. To not use a car to get to one's gig is just the best for everything. You get to work awake & more ready to work than those who drove, you have the caffeine already careening through your veins & your health care costs go down (employers take note). Though one should, when riding at night , wear white, use a light & stick to the right. Also no lights no rights would go along with it, though it may offend, think about it. If one rides the road & can not be seen, it is not the cars fault.
Anyway to keep the ride to work theme in the light here I get to show off a bike I am really excited about, Miriam Kornitzer's Supper Commuter. Assembly by Thom P. who is a great inspiring blogger & has more pix of this great bike: see TomP. on the right side...over there->

 
More snaps of a lovely small cross bike for the famous Zoe. I like making special bikes for people.To make a bike that fits someone who never had one that fit before, that is what it is all about!

Penguin 29 single speed with Paragon slider

 
 

 
Igleheart T shirt version 08, worn here by the wonderful Loretta Esparza

2008 Sterling Win! Congratulations Mr. McKittrick

The Verge podium with our friend on the top step after a hard fought muddy victory.