May 18, 2010
Here is a shot of Matt’s new SS 29er. Black lava powder with a semi gloss clear fade. Jeff Moote had his road frame revamped with a new top tube and some black lava powder. Trevor had his True North Foco road bike repainted and reparted. Colours are to match...
Feb 24, 2009
 It’s getting very close to both the North American Hand built Bicycle Show and the Toronto Bike show and as such it’s quite busy here at the shop (this seems to be a re-occurring theme in these posts). Although we as a shop will not be going down to the...
Oct 17, 2008
It appears winter is just around the corner. The long underwear and toque have become standard building attire again. I am looking forward to a very productive winter building season. There are already an abnormal number of builds schedualed for the spring. I have...
Jul 18, 2008
Usually things slow down quite a bit during the summer months. I am not sure what has happened this year as I seem to have more orders than in the peak spring rush. The temperature with humidex has been at least 35-40C the past 3 weeks in the shop. It has been quite a...
Apr 30, 2008
It has taken quite a bit of work to get the new shop set up and operational. The showroom is now painted with bikes on display. The other shop had almost twice the showroom area so we are going to keep a little less P@A and only 4 or 5 bikes on display. The...
Jan 20, 2008
I just finished a retrofit on Dave Jolkowski’s old touring frame. I charge $800 for this service. Dave also has a custom TN touring bike with S+S couplers.