Posts Tagged ‘English Roadster’

In addition to my framebuilding business, Violet Crown Cycles, there are only a handful of U.S. custom builders focusing on bicycles truly designed to replace cars as a valid transportation option. Mike Flanigan, formerly of Independent Fabrication, is one of those builders making great roadster style bikes under the name Alternative Needs Transportation or A.N.T. [...]

“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 problem [...]

“Bike building is a lot like the Internet. They both involve a series of tubes.” Elliott McFadden, Violet Crown Cycles
On Friday, I dropped off my latest custom city bike to the customer. She choose the Ma Ferguson, the step through “woman’s” style to replace a her recumbent. She had gotten the recumbent for comfort but [...]

This week The New York Times reported on what Marcus and I have always known: Dutch bikes aren’t only practical, they are very stylish. The Times goes on to mention how traditional European city bikes are becoming increasingly popular with the fashion set.
This new It object is the glossy black Dutch bicycle, its design unchanged [...]

Back in August, we purchased an Azor Secret Service handmade Dutch bicycle from the Seattle Dutch Bike Company. We’ve written several reviews of the bike and its accoutrements since we got it, and have ridden the bike quite a bit to events and as a general commuting and car-replacement bike.
The Azor is a great bike, [...]

This article is is the final part of a series I’ve been writing about my experience taking a two week bicycle frame building class in December from master framebuilder, Doug Fattic.
Two weeks somehow became three and a half months. Back in December, I spent two weeks learning the trade of framebuilding from Doug Fattic in [...]

Thoughts on Interbike and transportation cycling
The granddaddy North American bike industry trade show, Interbike, kicked off this week, and aside from the the show girls in mini skirts and midriffs, it’s always fun to see new product roll outs and trends in the bike industry.

In the past, there has been relatively little in the way [...]

This article is part of our AustinBikeBlog becomes PortlandBikeBlog series I’m writing on my recent trip to Portland and my exposure to its bike culture. Look for additional articles later this week.
While staying in Portland, I decided I needed to make a pilgrimage to Clever Cycles, one of the bike stores leading the move toward [...]

Giant wins EuroBike Gold Medal for Urban Bike Design
Eurobike, one of the bike industry trade shows, was this last weekend and with it, the bike industry rolled out more of the latest, greatest hits in high performance carbon fiber items. While thus far, carbon bike on utility bikes has been limited to Bontrager’s questionable seat [...]

My Experience:
One week of using the DToplight Senso for commuting, including several night and dusk trips (approximately 20 miles of nighttime riding) on an Azor Secret Service bicycle.

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