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Gifford: Powdercoat and Details
This color is hard to photograph. I've done my best at getting an accurate portrayal in these photographs. It is a brown with a lot of red in it. The Surly Karate Monkey comes in a similar color. In this photo you can see how clean the fillets look...
Posted 28 January 2010 02:12 AM by AlexWetmore | 23 comment(s)
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Building Headlights
I played with building my own headlight back in November, and just got back into it last Saturday and yesterday. I think I'm done with such projects for now and I'm using this blog entry to document what I've done so far. What I've built...
Posted 01 March 2009 07:28 PM by AlexWetmore | 4 comment(s)
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A quiet blog doesn't mean I'm idle
A minor pre-note... I ignored the comments for a while, but I just moderated them and went and answered any questions in them. If you were waiting for an answer you should find one there now. I've been mulling over stuff to write about, but none of...
Posted 29 January 2009 01:00 AM by AlexWetmore | 5 comment(s)
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A couple of new racks
The first one was made by Mark Vande Kamp and I for his Curt Goodrich bike. It is a low-rider which bolts on quickly for overnight/couple of day type trips. Mark has a touring bike too, but prefers riding the Goodrich. We made special fender mount bolts...
Posted 04 January 2009 11:06 PM by AlexWetmore | 11 comment(s)
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2008 Cycling Recap
I liked John's entry on this subject , so I'm copying it. It's a good reminder of what I've done and enjoyed. Rides The truth is that I probably rode less miles in 2008 than in a long time. I didn't do any multi-day touring and the...
Posted 02 January 2009 05:43 PM by AlexWetmore | 2 comment(s)
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Oregon Manifest
This weekend was the Oregon Manifest. I didn't go to all of the activities, but I was able to go to the bicycle show for a few hours on Saturday. It primarily featured builders from Portland, but there was representation from other parts of the Northwest...
Posted 12 October 2008 05:44 PM by AlexWetmore | 3 comment(s)
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bicycle blog tag
Some cycling blogs are playing this tag game with a series of questions about bikes. I was just tagged by John . I've also read the same set of questions on Tarik and Kent's blogs. I think this tag thing is kind of stupid, but I'll play along...
Posted 25 July 2008 03:37 PM by AlexWetmore | 1 comment(s)
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A little bit of progress on everything
I have nothing finished to show, but I have progress on the deck, cargo bike, and my bicycle jig. The deck is half done. We were hoping to finish it this weekend but the 90F weather kept us off of the roof. We're also waiting on 5 more boards to be...
Posted 30 June 2008 04:38 AM by AlexWetmore | 3 comment(s)
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Saturday morning by bicycle
Last Saturday was my favorite kind of Seattle Saturday morning. I left the house around 8:30 armed with a moderate sized shopping list and a bike trailer. In the next three hours I visited an interesting garage sale (noted because they listed a lathe...
Posted 27 June 2008 05:32 PM by AlexWetmore | 7 comment(s)
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Badger Lake S24O -- Spokane
I'm visiting with John Speare for a couple of days and last night we did one of his favorite S24O's out to Badger Lake. It's a great ride, with the way out having a mix of gravel and paved rail trails and old dirt/grass roads and the way back...
Posted 13 June 2008 10:47 PM by AlexWetmore | with no comments
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My new bike project -- Cargo Bike
A year or two ago I drew up this design for a 20" front, 26" rear wheeled cargo bike and posted about it on this blog. This basic design is often called a cycletruck after the classic Schwinn sold around WW2. The idea is that a smaller front...
Posted 06 June 2008 04:34 PM by AlexWetmore | 11 comment(s)
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Seattle Framebuilding Chat
(photo by Alistair Spence, from his flickr site ) A couple of weeks ago I posted a message on the framebuilders list inviting amateur and hobbyist builders to come over to my house for some beers, chips, and to talk about building bikes. Yesterday was...
Posted 25 May 2008 04:53 PM by AlexWetmore | with no comments
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Great Rack Building Sequence from Alistair Spence
Alistair just finished up this large porteur rack for his tandem and posted an extensive series of photos documenting the process. He also annotated many of them, giving a lot of hints along the way. It's recommended viewing if you are interested...
Posted 30 March 2008 02:39 PM by AlexWetmore | 2 comment(s)
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Easter 2008 Cargo Bike Ride
Perhaps my favorite series of organized bicycle rides in Seattle are the holiday-oriented Cargo Bike Rides. These were started a few years ago by Val Kleitz and have grown to be well attended with a wide variety of bikes (cargo and not). The Cargo Bike...
Posted 25 March 2008 05:31 AM by AlexWetmore | 5 comment(s)
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A new way home
I've lived in the same neighborhood for almost 10 years and have been working on the same campus for 12 years. I thought I had explored all of the good options for my bike commute home. On Tuesday I was heading towards the intersection of 140th and...
Posted 20 March 2008 04:01 PM by AlexWetmore | 6 comment(s)
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