Puff tag-a-longs.

This last weekend a bunch of us went down to Oakridge for the Cascade Cream Puff. I have never been there and it always came as a great source of embarasment that I hadn't rode Alpine, Moon Point, and all the other rad trails that Cardinal talks about shredding when he lived in Eugene. I should mention that out of the 12 that went down only 3 were racing. The other 9 softies were in town to ride way shorter rides and root for the home team. I should also mention that I only rode one day, prefering to chill by the river with Elizabeth while the others rode Larison Rock. It was nice until some annoying hill children started throwing rocks and disturbing the peace and quiet.

We started the drive back to PDX just after Matt Hall finished(congrats Matt) and was able to cheer for John Dorfer, Kate Weck and Megan Faris as they left for their last short lap. The huge smiles on their face made me believe they were having fun or maybe their diallated pupils and halucinations made us all look really funny.

We delivered Ellens SS 29er last week and she got it built up and was in Oakridge riding and helping out at the aid stations. She loves her new bike! Its always great to hear their excitement.

Back to work folks. Thanks for stopping in.

July is here and I want to ride my bike!

I did the short track race last night and had a blast! If you scan the results and see how I did you could come to a couple conclusions: #1 I am slow, #2 I am fast. Placing exactly in the middle of a race is a difficult thing to accomplish, and I have to thank Erik Hofland for letting up a bit on the last lap so I could be on the high side of the halfway mark. Erik was the other half of the half-way there club, just depends on where "there" is. Thanks to the crew for putting on another fun event. I was a bit bummed by all the people yelling "PEDALPEDALPEDAL!!!!" in my race. That tree hairpin was hard for everyone, and if you think yelling is going to get you through any faster, you should be racing the pro field. It's singlespeed! Relax!!

This weekend we are heading to Oakridge to support the hard core few who will be riding the Cascade Creampuff. I was going to do it this year, but decided the stress was too much to bare. Instead I will ride some fun trails and cheer for Matt Hall, John Dorfer, Kate Weck, and Megan Faris. And feel guilty for not joining them (if they ask). Yeah, 20,000 feet of climbing on a singlespeed demands a lot of preparation and respect. Good luck guys!

AND this week we should be seeing Ellen's Oregon themed signal back from paint, maybe just in time to shred some Oakridge singletrack? I hope so!

In other news, Nate and I decided to keep the fillet brazed straight stay frame price at $2000. So we are only upping the price for s-bends and lugged bikes. Thanks for those of you who have emailed questions about the new pricing structure, I think it's all up to date on the pricing page.

Enjoy these salad days!

Price increases coming in August

Nate and I have decided that we really need to charge a bit more for our bikes. I will be making adjustments to the pricing page this week with a date of August 1st as the start. We have a few new expenses that we need to cover, and we're realizing that the details that we love to put into every frame take a lot of time. Check the pricing page for the most current details. The biggest changes are that we need to charge more for s-bend seat stays, and lugged bikes. As of today, we have a 4 month turn around time, and if you ask nicely, we might be able to get you a cross bike for the coming season.

Have a fun, safe holiday weekend.