The Specialized Fjällräven Great Nearby dropped earlier this week. The two brands have teamed up to create a line of products that celebrate the love…
Davidson
Davidson CX Bike Becomes a Commuter
Ed. note: This is one project that we never shared (there are a few more) for one reason or another. I blame Covid. I found…
Harley-Davidson Serial 1 Electric Bicycle
The product manager will regret those white tires on the Harley-Davidson Serial 1. Everything else, I like. A lot. It’s an ebike that looks really…
Mark’s Monster Cross Bike
Mark’s Monster Cross bike is the subject of the 4th episode of Late Night in the Shop. Monster Cross is in between a cyclocross and…
Late Night in the Shop: Building Wheels
Late night in the shop…the spokes, the hub, the rim, Mark V builds wheels. Turns out, I used to spend a lot of time in…
Davidson Handbuilt Bicycles 2020
I expect 2020 to be another great year for Davidson Handbuilt Bicycles. That’s the shop we write this blog from and where I’ve had a…
Mark V and the Tale of the Dropped Chainstay
It seems like new gravel bikes are popping up everywhere, including the recently debuted Salsa Warbird version 4 and a lot of them are obviously influenced by…
The Best Ride: Steel and Ti
I think it was Will, a welder in the old Elliott Bay Bicycles frame shop that said to me once The best ride is a…
Vivax Bikes
Vivax is back in the news with reports from the Italian press that a masters racer was caught by officials with a motor in his…
Issue 03: Mark’s New Bike
By Mark V Mark V’s new Cross bike Bicycles……I love them. Maybe not as much as girls with foreign accents or prescription drugs, but they…