Wanna race 'cross

If you are looking for a bike to go fast on and you are 5'9", this is it. Bike says: Ride me, race me, skid me-I don't care, I'm not paying your race entries and you are buying all of my tires" This is the fabled 'pit bike' that saw very little use last season. It's all Dure Ace and the rest is all the best. $2,400 takes her home.

Lee's frame

Even working in the e.r. at a local hospital can't sway Lee from giving cyclocross a try. This is the final frame in the second spring batch. These frames will be off to the heat treater in the morning and by the time I'm back from a little r&r they will be back, too. At a tad over three lbs. this frame won't bruise your shoulder. It's still a long way to go until 'cross season but a lot of folks are getting ready early, very early comared to last year. If you are going to race you had better get you training, tires and fitness together as it looks to be a very competitive bunch of neophytes coming to a race near you.

spring batch #2 almost done

One more frame and this batch of 7005 frames will be off to the heat treater. Eight frames in about eight days.......hard work but rewarding just the same. The furthest frame on the rack is a 29er for a 6'7" team rider. The frame I have to build today is a 'cross frame, the last of the litter. Even though 'cross season is four months off I have been building 'cross frames almost every week.
Panels are back in style , as this frame shows. It's a tig-welded steel frame with modern components but the customer decided to give it a classic British '70's motif. The matching fork crown is a nice touch, all the customers idea. This is an all-conditions road bike for our deteriorating Santa Cruz county roads. The 48-39 chainrings will be mated to a large rear cassette, hence the XT rear der.

on any given sunday....

Leo's frame

This frame came out lighter and cleaner than any previous aluminum MTB frame I have built. I wasn't trying to make it really light but 3 1/4 lbs. is stinkin' light. No super light tubes, just Easton Elite, good stout stuff for beating on. Just a few cable guides and a discmount and it will be a done deal.

On any given Saturday

fancy town bikes in the garage

You won't find a BMW or Mercedes in our garage but we have a pretty fancy town bike assortment. Nice stuff for getting food from the weekly farmers market close by. Yes, those are Brooks saddles......maybe not the most comfortable at first but they won't wear out any time soon.