Sep
12
2009
What to do with that old ride?
So you have an older bike and want and want to update it. Here are 4 easy steps. 1) Get that old bike out of the garage. 2) Strip it down.3). Assemble a nice mix of new parts. Say, Campy Chorus 11spd Grouppo, Miche Road hubs, rims, tires, and bar tape to match.4) Build it …Read More
Sep
8
2009
New builds.
This Gunnar went out last week. 2nd bike with an exact fit to the gentlemans Seven Ti rideAnd……… more wheels. Fun ones though. Older 105 to a CXP23.Old XTR 960 hub to a Salsa Gordo Rim.Sram p5 internal hub matched to a Alex Adventure. Good strong rim at an affordable price.Oh, with spoke washer too.Just …Read More
Sep
4
2009
Holiday Weekend.
In celebration of the last holiday weekend of the summer we will be CLOSED on Sunday the 6th. Back again on the 8th. …Read More
Sep
2
2009
Salsa 2-4 fest recap.
aka 24 hours of Afton was this last weekend. We went, we fixed, our 2 teams kicked royal ass. Behind Bars/Little Guy Racing2nd place (yeah 2nd) solo (18 laps) Jeff Austin.3rd place (yup) solo (17 laps) Tim Hayes. Damn, those guys are good. LCR3rd place overall 4 man open team5th overall, 1st place Masters 4 …Read More
Aug
20
2009
Broke
Well, its slowing down a little at the shop, so in order to even out the work load Josh decided to take a digger on Saturday night. If you look close you can see his collarbone trying to escape from his skin. Hope y’all have fun at the All-City this weekend…he wont. …Read More
Aug
16
2009
Sale?
Hey, 2009 bikes are on sale. 20% off. Need to make some room for when the 2010 bikes start arriving. The Masi Guy and his crew were in town earlier this summer. The new catalog features yours truly (that would be me), Josh the service manager, and host of other cool folks from Minneapolis. I …Read More
Aug
8
2009
Internal Hubs and more wheels.
So last winter I sent Josh (service manager) to a Shimano tech seminar about overhauling a Nexus inter-8 hub. The funny part is that the Shimano tech couldn’t get Humpty back together again.Yesterday a wheel with this very hub got dropped off for service. Gears were jumpy and the coaster brake was hardly working. Well, …Read More
Aug
4
2009
4th of July part 2
The surprise cake. Surprisingly Metal. All in good humor. D.J. Andy throwing down more Metal than one man can handle. Ooooooo.Ahhhh…The reall boss handing out the depth charges. Re-grouping during the big ride. Yeah, it was that steep. …Read More
Aug
3
2009
Ute Review.
I got a call from D.O. earlier informing me that the Strib did a write up on the Kona Ute. Oh, and we have one in stock right now. They are getting hard to come by till the 2010′s come out. C. …Read More
Aug
3
2009
Mark your Calendar
Our friend Erik over at Peacock Grove has put together a little diddy showing casing some of Minnesota’s local frame builders. It’s at the Ivy building this coming weekend. Check out the flier. …Read More
