• Nutmeg Country Club TEAM

    Nutmeg Country Club TEAM

    Been meaning to post these team photos! well if you remember back to some other post last year when I went in depth about the Rons CR1 country road bike, I had mentioned that a group of us within our group had commissioned 9 matching frames in Ferrari red with yellow “Nutmeg” downtube decals. We… Read more

  • CR1 batch two process

    CR1 batch two process

    just pulled the van back into the great state of connecticut. nice to be back from the winter travels, well timed too! So today I will bring you on a little trip across the river from Hadlyme to Deep River CT to check in on the progress of the RONS CR1 production over at Larkin… Read more

  • ALUMAX II, the undercover gravel advancements

    ALUMAX II, the undercover gravel advancements

    What defines a high performance bicycle? Interpretations abound, really something for everyone out there these days. In this the ALUMAX II is exceptional, without being the exception. Gently ask yourself: do i naughtily fantasize the notions of the s-crux, enve mog, allied able, open wide, and the etc, but wince at carbon, internal routing, dropped… Read more

  • a new tire is born

    a new tire is born

    kinda the first “press release” of a new tire Patz (above) and I have been working on for about 2 years. As a small company (Patz, Troy, and me), it is fun for us to notice things in the pro grav dad ranks, and follow up with our own testing before getting out the graph… Read more

  • Hubert’s single speed EVOO 29er

    Hubert’s single speed EVOO 29er

    hi! I am out here in southern Arizona waiting for a bunch of bikes to be built by frank and Darren back home. more travel blogging in future posts, but today I wanted to showcase Hubert’s (of the defunct madrean fabrication) personal one off single speed EVOO. fun fact, Hubert and I met at J.P.… Read more

  • Rivendell Atlantis 2 customer build

    Rivendell Atlantis 2 customer build

    Hi folks! 3rd customer Atlantis build in 3 months. This one is a “2”, and is pre long chain stays. Waterford built. the “1” was Toyo Japan. I have had all three, but could not choose what one is best. the shorter chain stays dooooo look the part IMO though. this one was purchased by… Read more