Bike Monkey

Sean Walling of Soulcraft recently wrote an excellent article for Bike Monkey magazine.  If you haven't checked out Bike Monkey before, do it right now.  In addition to producing a great-looking and well-written magazine on bicycling, they organize some of the Bay Area's best road, cross, and mountain races, including the Gran Fondo, Dirt Crits, Monkey Cross, Boggs Eight Hour, and my personal favorite, Annadel.

The following scans are from Issue 12 of Bike Monkey, which may not be in your local shop just yet.  Thanks to Carlos and Greg at BM for letting us use these.  Click to enlarge and read, or better yet, go pick up Bike Monkey 12 at your local bike shop.

The Carbon/Ti 650B Randonneur Bike: Part Deux

Here you'll find an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the build process for the second (and final) carbon-tubed, titanium-lugged randonneur bike (the first one debuted at last year's San Diego Custom Bike Show, details here and here). Bruce designed, fabricated and hand-filed the titanium lugs and dropouts, and Mike Lopez and his crew at Serotta Composites made the tubing required and assembled the thing. This one was built for Mike's personal collection and is a bit smaller than Bruce's carbon/ti rando bike.

With no further ado, we present to you: The Process.

Next Weekend!

The San Diego Custom Bicycle Show is happening next weekend, April 8, 9, and 10. Bruce will be there with a new custom-built bike which may look a little familiar to some of you. I'll put some previews up this week, as well as a new video of the build process.

Here in Sonoma County, we've had some perfect pre-spring weather for trail riding in Annadel or weekend touring to the coast. If you're planning a tour for the summer, now's the time to order some racks, new panniers, fancy cantis, strapless clips, or even a complete new bike. What better way to celebrate good weather, higher gas prices, and (hopefully) a hefty tax return?

Go outside. Go for a ride. Enjoy the wildflowers on North Burma or the California newts on Marsh Trail. Treat yourself to breakfast at Howard's after an overnight trip to the coast. Get off the computer and have a great, great weekend.

San Diego Custom Bicycle Show 2011

Bruce Gordon Cycles is proud to be a part of the San Diego Custom Bicycle Show, which will be happening this year April 8th, 9th, and 10th at the Golden Hall at the San Diego Concourse.

A Ruota Libera

Sean Walling of Soulcraft (and formerly of Bruce Gordon Cycles) and Anthony Mangieri of Una Pizza Napoletana have put together an event to showcase the very best framebuilders and machine shops in the Bay Area.  Come have a pizza and a beer with us.  Give the flyer a click for more details.



A Visit from Dirt Rag

Maurice from Dirt Rag stopped by the shop this week to pick up a rack and some cantilever brakes.  While he was here, Maurice showed off a few tricks he's picked up over the years.  Look at the focus, the passion, the precision and grace of this trick, called "the Maurice":



A Brief History of the Rock 'n Road

It may be a bit rough around the edges, but we're nevertheless proud to present...