Winter Bicycles

[Eric Estlund]

Sean-nos: what's old is new again. Gravel, schmavel. In my day they were called "bikes".



New studio web gallery hitting my site tomorrow morning.

[Amaro Bikes]

In my day they were called "bikes".

Damn yes!

[Eric Estlund]

Some annotation on this weeks FNL-

Sprucing up an old Prugnat- 5mm taller, cleaner shape, and an angle change (not shown in this photo):


Sweating in some silver:


Details, details, details:


Judging a bike by it's coverage:


Day is done:


This is going to be a pretty fun commuting bike. Once we had the functional details I asked the client if there was anything she was excited about with the metal working details or features. Her response was perfect- "I just want a Winter, and I know you'll make it nice!".

Here's to "nice"! Off to paint this week.

[Eric Estlund]

I work pretty closely with Ely at RuthWorks SF. Ely makes the bespoke bag sets for most of my rando and touring bikes, and when good things happen for him I get excited.

RuthWorks SF just picked up a little Japanese press at GEARED! Check it out (and keep an eye out for his kind name drop for Winter Bicycles)!

Geared- RuthWorks

[Eric Estlund]

New "Galene" rando gallery up at Winter Bicycles!

“Galene”- named for the Greek goddess of the peaceful seas. This new Winter Bicycles randonee bike is destined for many miles of exploration in the maritime Northwest.



This one is designed for all year, all weather daily commuting with rando events and weekend tours.

As a side note- this one blew through the Rohloff/ Gates warranty stiffness tests. The guys at Spot (who administer the tests) warned me that some traditionally styled steel bikes falter- this one passed by "a wide margin" and still looks great and classic.

Be sure to check out the full photo set and description at the gallery linked above.

[Eric Estlund]

That girl thinks she's the queen of the neighborhood
I got news for you, she is

[Eric Estlund]

Thanks for all the interest in the Quiscale bike. I just wanted to update and let folks know that it has found a good home. Thanks again!

While I'm here- this is a little eye candy. This is for an existing Winter bike that went out with a stock stem to dial in the position. Now that the rider is comfortable he commissioned a fully custom option that includes the bell mount, brake hanger and a custom lamp holder for an Edelux II.