One of my pet peeves when I am talking to a non-cyclist is the question “So, are you ever going to ride the Tour de France?” I understand that in America the overuse of the phrase “Tour de ___” by innumerable charity and century rides has diluted the idea of the TdF, but really? I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘randonneur’
Photos From 2011 NAHBS- Day 1
The North American Handmade Bicycle Show continues today at the Austin Convention Center with framebuilder from all over the US in Austin. Here are some shots I took from Day 1 including my favorite bike so far, a beautiful randonneur bike with wicked cool integrated lighting built by Herbie Helm. I’ve also included some pictures [...]
Series of Tubes: Show Rando Bike with Belt Drive & S&S couplers
“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 [...]
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: Final buildup on Marcus Rando Light Touring Bike
“Bike building is a lot like the Internet. They both involve a series of tubes.” Elliott McFadden,Violet Crown Cycles Earlier this month, I wrote about the randonneur bicycle, a French style light touring bike, I designed and built for Marcus. It came back from powder coating a few weeks ago, and I built it up [...]
A Series of Tubes: Marcus’ Randonneur Bike, Details, Details, Details
“Bike building is a lot like the Internet. They both involve a series of tubes.” Elliott McFadden, Violet Crown Cycles To followup on my initial post in this series on frame building, I wanted to share some of the work and challenges that went into designing a randonneuring bike for Marcus, my co-editor. The frame [...]
A Series of Tubes: Articles on the Art and Science of Framebuilding
“They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the Internet. And again, the Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It’s not a big truck. It’s a series of tubes. And if you don’t understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, [...]
Book Review: “The Golden Age Of Handbuilt Bicycles” by Jan Heine
Summary: Lovingly photographed and well written, The Golden Age Of Handbuilt Bicycles by Jan Heine will satisfy the velo-Francofile and handbuilt framebuilders in every way but may be of limited appeal to general cyclists. Rating: 3.5/5 Price: $60 Availability: Order directly from Vintage Bicycle Press or purchase at finer local bike shops Jan Heine, the [...]
