Winter Bicycles

[Eric Estlund]

Hurt magnet:

So the other day I discovered I had cut my finger by rubbing flux in it.


Not one to leave well enough alone, I spent the day rubbing brass dust into it while working on some fillets.


Why stop there? Since I was on a roll I figured I might as well burn in a rack tab:


I'm a little scared to see what tomorrow escalates with...

[Eric Estlund]

A little of topic...

Yesterday I met with Jaesy-Jay Anderson, Olympic Gold medalist, board builder, and overall nice guy. He was training and testing with his team up at Hood. I emailed him a bit before the trip tire kicking, and we got to talking about the boards. As luck would have it, I was heading north for some work when he had some time to kill after dropping team mates at the airport.

We met up in PDX and ended up talking for a little over 3 hours. We both build high end niche sporting equipment- it was really fun to geek out not only on the boards, but the business side of things. There are quite a few parallels with what we do- tailoring the specifics of the product to the rider and their uses, personality and tastes. Real nice guy, and very excited about what he's doing. It felt quite a bit like being on the other side of a conversation I have with my clients.

After about 2 hours we both though we were done, and I got in the truck. After another hour of chatting (I got out of the truck) with the lights on I ended up getting a WC winning jump start. What a goofball.

I picked up a very cool slalom board- check out his stuff if you are in the need for new race or freeride gear.

[Eric Estlund]

I've just updated a new web gallery for the . The "1918" is a modern reinterpretation of a classic Columbia Military Model as ordered by the US government during WWI.





I tried to keep it very close to the spirit of the original while updating the fit (much smaller) the brakes (two hand activated drum brakes from a single rear coaster) and the shifting (5 speed internal from the originals single speed). The internal cables and stem shifter help preserve the original profile. The front drum brake bracket is integrate into the fork to appear seamless, while the rear is a chrome strap- a detail you can see in the original catalog advert.

A fun detail are the inset pennies-one from 1914, and one from 1918. These were supplied by the client and bracket the war.



Many of my bikes are made with a nod to the past. Some, like the M1918R, are made with specific historic reference. I have recently added a subcategory on the web site where I will be adding bikes made in these Historic Patterns.

[sevencyclist]

I've just updated a new web gallery for the . The "1918" is a modern reinterpretation of a classic Columbia Military Model as ordered by the US government during WWI.





I tried to keep it very close to the spirit of the original while updating the fit (much smaller) the brakes (two hand activated drum brakes from a single rear coaster) and the shifting (5 speed internal from the originals single speed). The internal cables and stem shifter help preserve the original profile. The front drum brake bracket is integrate into the fork to appear seamless, while the rear is a chrome strap- a detail you can see in the original catalog advert.

A fun detail are the inset pennies-one from 1914, and one from 1918. These were supplied by the client and bracket the war.



Many of my bikes are made with a nod to the past. Some, like the M1918R, are made with specific historic reference. I have recently added a subcategory on the web site where I will be adding bikes made in these Historic Patterns.

Nice! Love those pre 1918 pennies.

[Eric Estlund]

Thanks! We have a 1914 and a 1918 on there, dates up.

[-HvA-]

This might be a dumb question, but what was the original purpose of the double top tube?

[Eric Estlund]

Not at all- I've answered that one a bunch at the show.

Bike tubes in 1918 were crappy. The only thing crappier where the "roads". Two top tubes helped (to varied degrees) keep it bike shaped, especially loaded.

Now, with modern materials, it's because it looks so damn cool.