Tag Archives: Rob English

Best of (Handmade Bicycle) Show: Rob English. And Campy turns 80.

Posted on February 28, 2013 by 16incheswestofpeoria

Congratulations to Rob English of English Cycles who took home two awards from the recent North American Handmade Bicycle Show. Continue reading →

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A conversation with Rob English about his 10.8-pound road bike, single-sided hubs and getting his weekends back

Posted on March 31, 2012 by 16incheswestofpeoria

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 →

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Bicycles for the 1%: Worth it?

Posted on December 23, 2011 by 16incheswestofpeoria

I don’t spend much time thinking about the high end of the bicycle market. First, I have a hard time telling one miracle machine from another, despite the generous decaling. Second, you can have tremendous amounts of fun on bicycles that … Continue reading →

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Rob English doubles up Down Under

Posted on March 2, 2011 by 16incheswestofpeoria

Bicycles come, bicycles go. (So do websites, which will eventually break a couple of the links in this article.) Two Bike Friday machines departed the production world in 2007: the SatRDay recumbent (a used one was listed on Green Gear’s … Continue reading →

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