• drop bars alumalith

    when building up my alumalith 01, I had a decently difficult time (in the best of ways) deciding what bars I wanted to use, both more functionality and overall example to the internet. as many of you know I went with my uncle rons ortho upright bars, as I do believe them to be the…

  • ATB local looping (vacay pt 3)

    now that we were back home with a 2 week staycation ahead of us, we could relax into the Hollidays — most of my friends were off work too, so plenty of mid week jaunts into the woods were in order. I am power posting these blogs now that I figured out the layout. I…

  • wintär vacation pt 2

    freshly returned from the west coast, Arya and I went into the factory in Waterbury to tie up loose ends before the 2.5 week staff vacation. we drive by Castle Craig (such a funny name for a castle) every time we commute betwixt our home and work, and for whatever reason never made the stop.…

  • wintär vacation pt 1

    December has been a pretty relaxed month with bursts of action and work. We got things set up at the factory so that we could work remotely for a few weeks and headed to Ojai for some quad sculpting in the sun with friends Serena, Kasia, Taylor, Jordan, Sean, Patrick, Arya and myself. we rented…

  • to Larkin Cycles to go halves on bike boxes

    could be the last ferry of the season … good excuse to take a ride over the other side of the river to deep river — home of the recently LA to here transplant, and all round really talented and great guy. we had to buy some bike boxes. its so hard to find the…

  • since the leaves came down

    ive been getting out on my winter bike hikes and its been really nice, okay?

  • social season

    October is our busiest month on the calendar — intentionally busy, pre 2020 it was a time we’d always turn our wheels east to visit family in the peak of golden season — the most nostalgically scenic time of year, and quintessentially New England. now that we live here, and have some increasingly less mouse…

  • “meet me in johnstown” they said

    Al Morris stewed up a fun weekend in a place they’ve never been — a place a lot of people have never been — the ol’ steel town of mythical floods that aren’t so mythical. a tragic history to this town // thousands dead // several floods. you can read more on that somewhere else.…

  • my first official vacation

    its true, now that we are working stiffs, rides that used to be our job’s are now our vacations. not sure how that happened — too early to tell if it was a good decision — but what isss a good decision anyway?? it’s been well documented that humans get used to just about anything……

  • 2022 nutmeg country single track spring fling

    Easter Weekend! Meet at the Hadlyme Ferry landing in Lyme CT across the river from chester at 10:40. the first ferry of the day leaves the chester side at 10:30am. last ferry from the Hadlyme side is 5:20 pm, so take into account your fitness and bike handling skills if you plan on parking in…