Are we there yet?????!!!!

by | Aug 17, 2011 | Uncategorized

Well, it took the adventure itch out of my system for a while, but I just rode the last ~120 miles or so of the Colorado Trail, from Carson Saddle to Durango, in 2 days, actually about 37 hours total….. and it totally fried me in body and mind. There was Lots of...

“The Works”

by | Aug 7, 2011 | Uncategorized

Another busy week or two. In fact, I can’t remember what days I made some of this stuff. First, a grey curvy frame bag to go with a magical grey curvy bike frame. Then full kit for a Misfit Dissent – panel loader frame bag, seat bag, bar bag, TT bag. And,...

Flowers!

by | Aug 1, 2011 | Uncategorized

The weekend was wonderful, I rode up to Cooper Gulch trailhead, then hiked up to meet some friends for the night. Great people, millions of wildflowers, and…… (drum roll please)….. my first summit in about a year and a half, since I skied Baldy...

Another seat bag revision

by | Jul 29, 2011 | Uncategorized

Well, the R&D saga continues with yet another revision to the seat bag design. I’ve lost count of the pattern and concept revisions. This time I took the huge seat bag pattern and trimmed a little off the nose area, then added gripper fabric to the velcro....

Alpine Trail

by | Jul 24, 2011 | Uncategorized

A couple years ago, I got tipped off to the Alpine Trail by another poster in Mike Curiak’s classic trip report “Big”, and finally got around to riding it. I started Friday night and got back to the car on Sunday morning. knee deep stream crossings...

Crazy Time

by | Jul 19, 2011 | Uncategorized

Well, it’s been a busy few days. Thursday and Friday night 2 seat bags got made, Saturday a huge Fargo bag and a bar bag were born, then Sunday and Tuesday night a full kit was finished up. we’re also running bonkers on the day job: working...

Tis The Season!

by | Jul 14, 2011 | Uncategorized

Well, more thread is in – 3 spools each having 4 ounces of thread, black 1000 Denier Cordura is in for frame pack tube panels and reinforcements, gripper fabric is in for seat bags, everyone’s asking for rush orders, and I need to move my sewing...

Destructive Testing

by | Jul 10, 2011 | Uncategorized

So today I had some fun with fabric scraps. I made a bunch of little stitched loops, clipped a piece of webbing into them and stood on it to see how strong it is with different stitch patterns. Most loops failed with the fabric breaking at the first line of stitching....

Where’d all that thread go?

by | Jul 9, 2011 | Uncategorized

Well, I’ve gone and about sewn myself out of thread again…….. But at least I got a lot done this week. Bar bag, 2 bags for Niner Air Nine Carbon medium frames, and a bag for a sick Vulture Cycles titanium break away do everything bike. Lots of...