Fresh Tune-Up

You know what this means? I'll be bringing up the rear at some Crusades this year.

Made In?

Here's a pretty good article on where some large bike manufacturers have their production done. I'm not sure how old the article is but it seems pretty accurate.

Read it

The Future?

Dead

sexy

Waiting for the start of the State Crit.

Sometimes...

I still build bikes.

Return to Racing

I make my return to the NW racing scene this weekend

The Obvious

It's hot

Selling Out?

This logo

and a PDX address; I'll see a huge gain in business?

So it would seem judging from the shear number of builders in the greater metro area. 20 guys doing the same bikes? Really? Are they all making money and this? If it's true, I'm destined to be a non-profit builder because I'm not moving to Portland any time soon. If anything it might help to move further away from Stumptown. To a cycling community that isn't so close to a nexus of cycling that PDX has become.

Pretty soon a statement like: 'Marcroft Cycles Not Made in Portland' might be cool.

China

A great place for athletes. Here's an article from Cyclingnews that talks about it.

I have terrible asthma and can only imagine that the second I got off the plane in Beijing I'd have an attack that would cripple me.