Posts Tagged ‘utility bicycle’

This article is part of a series I’ve been writing about my experience taking a two week bicycle frame building class from master framebuilder, Doug Fattic. Things moved quickly the last few days. After spending a week and a half working on small parts of my frame and learning brazing techniques, my frame parts came [...]

This article is part of a series I am writing about my experience taking a bicycle frame building class from master framebuilder Doug Fattic in Niles, Michigan. I’m beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel on my frame. The last few days have been great with parts of my frame now [...]

This article is part of a series I’m writing about my experience taking a two week bicycle frame building class from master framebuilder Doug Fattic. Wednesday was an exciting day, our first stab at brazing. Doug warned this would be our toughest day. In my opinion it was not the toughest by far (see my [...]

This article is part of a series I am writing on my experience taking a bicycle frame building class from master framebuilder, Doug Fattic. I think the name of this class should be changed to “There will be blood.” As I type this article with my thumbs on my iPhone, I am nursing not one, [...]

This article is part of a series I’m writing about my experience taking a bicycle framebuilding class with master frame builder, Doug Fattic. I woke up before dawn this morning ready to get started. Since we don’t meet for class until 9 AM and I hadn’t exercised since Thankgiving, I got up and went for [...]

This morning’s Weekend Edition of NPR had an interesting story about Worksman Cycles, America’s oldest bike maker still in business. Their focus is cargo, utility, and industrial bikes, and Worksman is one of the few non-custom American bike builders to still build their bikes in the U.S. out of their Queens, NY factory. The thing [...]

I was very disappointed to hear today that my Xtracycle Free Radical kit is on back order for at least 30 days. (Thanks for psyching me out and thinking you had it in stock, eBikeStop!) However, I was heartened to find this video over at Bike Hugger of the Waffle Bike. The rider of this [...]

If you have any questions or want any other impressions or component specifications, just comment below or send me an email, I’ll do what I can. Azor / Henry Workcycles Secret Service bicycle, ordered from the Dutch Bicycle Company of Seattle. RESULTS: Style: 5/5 Ride Comfort: 5/5 Initial Impressions of Build Quality: 5/5 Accessories: 3/5 [...]

   The mailout – loaded bike 3, originally uploaded by austinbikeblog. 200 manila folders, packed with items we needed to send out for work, loaded into the panniers and the box on top, secured with a cargo net. Was it heavy? Nope, not that heavy (I have no idea how much weight was added, but [...]