“Bike building is a lot like the Internet. They both involve a series of tubes.” Elliott McFadden, Violet Crown Cycles If you are a regular reader of this site or attended the Texas Custom Bicycle Show in October, you know I built a new bike for the show, a travel version of my La Salle [...]
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T-minus 10 days until the Texas Custom Bicycle Show
The Texas Custom Bicycle Show is just 10 days away, and I’ve been liternally burning the midnight oil to get the show bike down for my Violet Crown Cycles booth. For the show, I decided on building a travel randonneur bike with some special features. As the bike is designed to breakdown into a regular [...]
A Series of Tubes: Ferguson City Bike with Carbon Belt Drive
“Bike building is a lot like the Internet. They both involve a series of tubes.” Elliott McFadden,Violet Crown Cycles This fall, I was contacted by a customer wanting a Ferguson city bike as a possible replacement to his car. He lives and works downtown and was ready to give car free living a try. The [...]
