Forum: Smoked Out

Hi, I'm Conor Buescher, co-owner of Vendetta Cycles. I first garnered an interest in real bikes during my college days. I was ski racing for...

Steve Garro from Coconino Cycles here. So far in this series the lives seem to have traveled a theme, a common thread or vein. well, my life wasn't...

My name is Eric Estlund, and I build and own Winter Bicycles in Eugene, Oregon. Like most guys I have a long term love affair with bikes but I’ll...

Call Me Late Bloomer I had some metal shop training as a part of the high-school agriculture program back in the late 70's when I was a kid. Arc...

I'm Jonathan Greene of Jonathan Greene Cycles and my story is a journey. There was not some single point in time that a light went on in my head and...

a note from e-RICHIE - i have invited Diane Lees to join not only the Smoked Out world but the V place community at large atmo. i know she's been...

Restlessness! I’ve never spent more than 5 years in any one place my entire life. Even as a kid, I almost never went to the same school for more...

This is my second try at writing this. The first draft was four pages long and included an extensive cycling, educational, and employment history. ...

Howdy, I am Wade Beauchamp (beechum) , my nickname is “Vulture” and so my bike frame company is called Vulture Cycles. Simply put I got the nickname...

Foresta: Craig Ryan In the framebuilding world, I'm one of the new guys. It's a place every framebuilder has to go, a place established builders...

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That's the name that my friends have given this vehicle I'm driving on the road from poser to pro. So far, you've heard from some pretty solid dudes....

“Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not...

First off thanks to VS for starting this really interesting dialogue! I guess metal started calling my name in high school. I went to an Arts...

Roots - disenchanted with our current tandem’s capabilities, my wife Christi and I decided to embark on designing a new tandem to meet out needs....

First off, a big thank you to Josh and Richard for allowing me the honor and privilege to kick things off here. I suppose I can trace my desire...

I was hit by a car, rear ended outside Salisbury, England. My Schwinn World Voyager frame was destroyed along with both wheels. It was the summer...

Spooky in 1993 sold hardcore and straight-edge-influenced t-shirts at races up the east coast. Kevin Hopkins, his then-wife Christine, his brother...

On Me Very well - where do I begin? I blame the 1970s: my love for bicycles - and this is when they looked like something, not like the modern...

My name is Erik Noren, and the company I run and own is Peacock Groove. My story starts a while ago and has had many strange twists and turns.......

House Industries formed in the cultural vacuum of the early '90s when corporate excess and a digital euphoria left letterers, illustrators and...

I’m going to skip past the “why I got into Framebuilding”. I think it’s enough to say it was for the passion. I’ve raced since I can remember,...

So Richard emailed me and asked me to do a Smoked Out post. Thinking he must be insane, I ignored him. Smoked Out posts are something framebuilders...

Tyler Evans :: Firefly Bicycles I would like to thank Richard Sachs for pushing me to get this rolling. It all started with a dream. I dreamt...

Hi folks, my name is Jake Rosenfeld, I'm 41, and tentatively flirting with the name Huckleberry Cycles for no other reason than that it is hard to...

a note from e-RICHIE - this thread is another departure from the typical Smoked Out effbuilder columns that are now V place fixtures. to continue...

Not sure where to start, so I will begin slightly before I opened my bike shop. I spent my younger years learning my way around the kitchen and...

Many of us who build bicycle frames either as a full time profession or a legit side job were the recipients of fair bit of serendipity, blind luck,...

Thanks to Mike and Craig for getting the ball rolling with this, and to Richard for scheming up new ways to entertain. My name is Matt Cardinal, I am...

Guys, I’m long winded, so I hope not to bore you all. I have to say that I’m humbled to even be taken into consideration on “Smoked Out” and to be...