can't we just get along ?

One custom bicycle framebuilder's take on the rights , wrongs and just plain stupids in the tiny world of custom bikes.

Saturday, October 31, 2026

The apprentice

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 A guy on a '70's Raleigh rode up to my shop door last week. It had been  a very busy day and I had just gotten back from some erran...
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Sunday, August 9, 2026

We lost a good one- Charlie Cunningham

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Yesterday I went up to Marin County- Fairfax to be exact- the birthplace of the sport of Mountain Biking , at leas according to legend. I we...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Another one bites the metal dust-Pargon Machine works.

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 Well, you don't know what you got 'till it's gone.......Paragon machine works in Richmond, Calif. has been manufacturing parts ...
Sunday, January 4, 2026

Be careful for what you don't wish for

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Every year from Christmas until Jan. 1st I effectively close the shop and work on 'fun' projects. A lot of times these projects star...
Friday, December 12, 2025

State of the sport

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Here it is, mid December and cyclocross time for some of us but not many of us. I can gauge the health of the sport by coming to the nationa...
Friday, July 4, 2025

What if nobody cares anymore ?

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 I'm not talking about custom bikes-although nobody caring about them would leave me with a shop full of useless tools and metal. I'...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

Sorry, son.....

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My annual visit to the Sea Otter classic just happened and I had the usual experience of sensory overload mixed with running into folks who ...
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