Winter Bicycles

[Eric Estlund]

I will- these frames should be headed in Monday.

In the meantime, here are a few of the 700c bikes I built in the last batch. Note- the fillets on these 650b's are next level, so I expect they to even be cleaner.

[-HvA-]

Loved the previous batch, looking forward to seeing the new one as well.

[Bill Bryant]

Beautiful work, Eric. Wow, what fine fillets!

A question, please-- I see what looks like a lone water bottle boss below the upper DT, not far from the shifter bosses. Is that a taillight wire port? Or...?

[Eric Estlund]

Yup- internally wired through to the BB shell, then it skips into the fender.

[Eric Estlund]

A little fender line porn. The front (inside chain stays) is not bolted up in this photo- it's even smoother in real life.

[Eric Estlund]

I have not been particularly pleased with the changes to flickr. While I'm not yet ready to jump ship, I have decided to investigate a few other options and see how they work for me.

Winter Bicycles has just joined the Instagram universe- still fledgling, but you can check it out here. I'll be adding photos straight from the shop.

[Eric Estlund]

I will be doing a radio chat tonight at 8 (Pacific). I'll post up a link when it's archived, but you can also listen live at Over the Top Radio.

[Eric Estlund]

Just wrapped up- thanks, George!

Over the Top Radio: Eric Estlund

[Eric Estlund]

"1039 miles"

[Eric Estlund]

With the nature of a remote clientele, I am not often around to see someones first impression of their new bike. This week I had two in state hand offs, which was priceless for me. I mean really, how cute is this?

This week it was happy faces!

[Eric Estlund]

The first frame (Flashbulb) picked up some love over at Prolly, while the second bike (Calypte) was featured on Cycle Exif and stahlrahmen-bikes, as well as my full web gallery.

[Eric Estlund]

I just wanted to give a general shout out to the folks willing to share here and in the FB section. I followed a few leads and am good on drop outs for a bit. Always appreciated- thanks, guys!

[Eric Estlund]

Between some vendor phone tag I had a chance to braze some of those into some stays- pretty excited to work on this one:


Alas, phone calls all landed and it put me back on track with my current mixte project. Here is a shot of the BB fillets just out of soak:

[Eric Estlund]

I had a little bit of down time while waiting for some fenders, and decided to get cracking on another Tool Series road bike. This one is built with some bigger pipes and is roughly a 52 ST/ 55 TT.



Once all the parts land it will be a demo in Portland area.

[Eric Estlund]

A little sneek peek- spent part of today building it up for a photo shoot this weekend.

[Eric Estlund]

Helping out a pal...

Sometimes fancy cages get mangled (ie- broken) during international trips.

A little bit of rehab, and voila, ready to go back into service.

[Eric Estlund]

I posted up a teaser a bit ago, but I now have a full web gallery for La Balade- a new mixte frame just delivered yesterday.





Full photo set here.

[Eric Estlund]

Stahlrahmen Bikes takes a look at the Winter signature laminate: Ganz vorne in der Kunst des Besonderen: Winter Bicycles

[datas_brother]

Hi Eric,

nice article! Congratulations.

[Eric Estlund]

Cycle Exif take a peek at La Balade