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Category Archives: Building Bikes

Last of the parts ordered

An update because I’m excited. Yesterday I spent about an hour on the phone with Jay at Rivendell. I got all of the remaining parts ordered for my bike and the Surly Big Dummy I’m putting together for my friend Dave. The Big Dummy stuff should arriveĀ  sometime this week and my bike should get [...]

How to build a bike wheel (Part 1, lacing spokes to a wheel)

The parts for my wheels (and a few other things) have arrived! I picked up all my wheel components that I detailed out in this post. My plan was to build the front wheel one evening and then the rear sometime later (turned out to be the next night). In addition to the parts there [...]

How to twine (whip or whipping) bars

I’ve seen quite a few bikes that have twine around the ends of the bar tape (near the stem), and various other places like the kick stand etc. I’ve always wondered how to do it, tonight I found a video that shows how to do it. Turns out its a lot like tying a fly.