Andrew Martin

(Click the photo to go to the Etsy T-Shirt page) Just a quick post on something I stumbled across on my Facebook activity feed. I…

Saw this cool Mercier setup in Pike Place Market yesterday. Drop bar with a bar-end shifter, Sturmey internal hub, wide tires, and platform pedals. Pretty…

Cold feet suck. For me, it’s feet and hands that make the difference between a good and bad wet ride. Living in Seattle, wet is…

What started out as a cheap little project turned into a bit of a pricy effort, but I’m quite pleased with how it all turned…

I just caught this tonight on my flight home. Apparently this has been out there for months, but it’s first I’ve seen of this partnership…

As part of my retro-build, I got the screwy idea of tying and soldering my wheels. Sure Jobst Brandt thinks it’s worthless, but it’s retro…

I’ve been shaving with Leg Lube for a couple weeks now. In general, I think the stuff is pretty solid. The lube goes on easy…

A new build, a new obsession. I have had the Dia Compe 610 brake calipers on my mind all day. It’s the last gap I…

I wish I had before pictures. This is my dad’s 1972 Coppi frame that I just had sand blasted and re-painted at Seattle Powder Coat…

I turned into a Fred pretty quickly by simply adding 2 “horns” to my helmet. The Topeak HeadLux was appealing because it was a simple…