Non bike sewing projects

Here’s a few interesting sewing projects from this spring that weren’t for bikes. Custom e-chain covers for an electronics manufacturing clean roomSpecial fancy fabric and special fancy thread for a clean room environment. My study Bible was in need of a...

B.S.M.E.

Here we are, finally done with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and wondering/looking for what to do next! (Incidentally, this is a really good time for any of you to order custom sewing – turn around times can be really fast since I’m out of school and...

The Two Towers

Over my last spring break probably ever, I worked 4 days but went climbing on Friday.  Five of us climbed two classic desert towers in Colorado National Monument, Kissing Couple (5.10, 5 pitches) and Otto’s Route on Independence Monument (5.8 4 pitches).  We had...

Fatigued Fisticuff

Way back in 2009, Vassago had their legendary Black Friday sale, and I picked up a Fisticuff. Last month, after about 11,000 miles, I noticed a 1 inch long fatigue crack in the weld at the top tube – head tube junction.  Rather than risking a catastrophic...