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Tag Archives: frame building
The welder will see you now: Eriksen’s Brad Bingham
“Moots got my name from that class, said come on out and weld for us. So I took a 69-cents-an-hour pay cut.” Continue reading
Frame building for credit at the University of Iowa
Historically, frame building often begins with brazing the first frame. But TIG welding is a more universal skill in terms of application. You don’t braze a trailer hitch, for instance; you weld it. Continue reading
A memorable name. A memorable bike. Pedalino
Sometimes the question isn’t what’s new. It’s who’s new. It’s a better question. And leads to a more interesting answer. Continue reading
A conversation with Rob English about his 10.8-pound road bike, single-sided hubs and getting his weekends back
Rob English is focused on engineering, development and supporting production at Bike Friday, the packable bike/folding bike company based in Eugene, Oregon. That’s one job. He’s also a custom frame builder who hawks his wares under the English Cycles flag, … Continue reading
Posted in Bike Friday tikit, Business, Equipment, Other bicycles
Tagged English Cycles, Eugene Oregon, frame building, Project Light, Project Right, Rob English, velomobile
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Cyclepedia peddles iPad app: Weekly Linker, December 18, 2011
Could Cyclepedia be the most beautiful bicycle app for the iPad ever? Could be. Imagine interactive graphics and museum-quality 360-degree views of 100 fine bicycles—and being able to zoom in at 20 times magnification. Of course, my lousy satellite Internet … Continue reading
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