This past week Guitar Ted over at our sister site Twenty Nine Inches has been throwing out some thoughts/rants/opinions on 650b, long travel, full suspension bikes. The thoughts/rants/opinions are more about why 29″ long travel bikes are superior but there is a good amount of information on the post.
Here are a few […]

As I mentioned before in my Handmade Passion post I have been working with Ezra of Fast Boy for my newest ride. We have been hammering out the details for about a month trying to get everything dialed in before the build process started.
Fast Boy Cycles is a very new company. He […]

There is one thing in life that I am more passionate about than cycling and that is art. Handmade bikes blur the line of my two passions, art and bicycles, into an exciting piece that can be ridden and admired. Don’t get too excited, I don’t plan on […]

Found this snipit over at RideMonkey. Thanks to MMcG for the information!
The bike pictured is actually a Carver 96er frame, so tire clearance is a little tight - but doable and geometry was dialed in via some adjustmentes to the eccentric bottom bracket.

Per Davis:
Since we use an eccentric BB, we can rotate it to […]

Over at About.com they have this mountain bike expert, Kevin. He’s an engineer and all in all knows his stuff. Every few days he’ll put out a new article involving almost anything that is mountain bike oriented. There is an article he wrote about 650b’s and his thoughts on the […]

As I am in the works of creating my own custom 650b I’ve been searching out those builds and frames that have already gone down the path. Looking at the angles, fitting, what forks people have used and loved or hated. I’m learning a lot from google, blogs, custom builder gallery’s and […]