New Slim Chance Frameset

Slim Chance

When the first Slim Chance arrived on the scene in 1991 I was still working in bike shops. It was one of the first “production” tig welded steel frames on the market, and I loved the no-nonsense approach. Back then I preferred the more laid back Eddy Merckx Century geometry, so I didn’t get one […]

Richard Sachs on New Framebuilders at NAHBS

I just read this opinion by Richard Sachs in Handbuilt Bicycle News twice and I’m still not sure what his point is. Toward the end he seems to conclude: “My observation is that the average person wants a fast(er) track to the workbench, one that bypasses a true learning and mentored experience.” This may be true. Seems […]

RIP Brian Baylis

Brian Baylis passed away yesterday. Read the tributes by Richard Sachs and Bruce Gordon and Dave Moulton.

How To Launch a Cycling Brand, Circa 2016

Velonews just posted an article called “Cycling’s Industrial Revolution: How crowd-funding, rapid prototyping, newly affordable manufacturing and social media make it easier than ever to launch a cycling brand.” In it writer Nathan Hurst notes that “If you want to start a bike company, there’s never been a better time.” They key? “Unprecedented access to manufacturing facilities […]