Took my Rat Ride for a cruise the other day and rode the Marsupial bridge. Seemed a good spot for a photo and a little mammal on mammal action. Yep, we do build some great bikes but I often like to ride bikes from other manufacturers simply because they are awesome. The Surly Rat Ride [...]
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Fat Tire Tour of Milwaukee
The legendary bike ride pub crawl “through the underbelly of Milwaukee”, The Fat Tire Tour of Milwaukee, celebrated 26 years this year. Just posted a Fat Tire Tour of Milwaukee XXVI Flickr Photoset. Venues visited in no particular order were and not necessarily official: Cafe Hollander Best Place – the new pub in the old [...]
Fat Tire Tour of Milwaukee is Saturday!
Get ready because it is coming whether you are ready or not! We will pay homage to the brew city’s bowling heritage and the movie The Big Lebowski on Saturday, June 12. We’ll be visiting legendary bowling alleys like the Holler House, the oldest lanes in the US. We’ll hit Long Wong’s too and they’ll [...]
Get Ready for Ray’s Indoor MTB Park in Milwaukee
The hugely successful Ray’s MTB Indoor Park is coming to Milwaukee in Fall 2010! I’d been hearing rumors and plans for a while now but a recent Bicycle Retailer and Industry News (BRAIN) story confirmed that this is no rumor! Here is a bit of the low down. Ray’s was the first indoor mountain bike [...]
Greg’s SuperFast
Had the SuperFast out the other day and decided to see how it worked on the local MTB trails along the Milwaukee River. I hit the section from just south of Capitol to south of North Ave. and the SuperFast worked well. Admittedly, this section of the River Trail is reasonably tame but the SuperFast [...]
Tony’s Smitty Carbon Drive
Here are a few quick shots of Tony’s Smitty CDS, our Smitty built using the Gates Carbon Drive System, before it goes to powder coating. Using the Paragon Machine Works belt drive slider drop!
Carlos’ SuperFast
We finished up Carlos’ SuperFast and it turned out great! Highlights of the build include: A hand-built True Temper Verus HT frame Shimano 8-speed Alfine Internally-geared hub Shimano Alfine Dyno front hub Avid BB5 road disc brakes Versa 8 levers Velocity B43 rims in red!
New Belgium’s Tour de Fat Coming to Milwaukee
The country’s merriest festival of bikes, costumes and whimsy is coming to Milwaukee for the first time. Tour de Fat takes place at Milwaukee’s Humboldt Park from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 3. New Belgium Brewery has been taking its whimsical Tour de Fat around the country for a number of years. [...]
Decorah Time Trial Photos
Trevor rocking a Teesdale 29′er at the Decorah Time Trials to a 3rd place just seconds out of the overall win. Way to go Trev! See all the photos from the 2010 Decorah Time Trials.
Wrap Up – Schlick Cycles | The Nut Factory Open House 2010
On Saturday night, February 20th Schlick Cycles was part of the 6th annual Nut Factory Open House Located in the historic Nut Factory building at 3720 N. Fratney St The following artists had their studios to show their work and working environments: Christopher Poehlmann, Gregory Klassen, Michael Davidson, Schlick Cycles, Tom Jelinske, Shana McCaw + [...]
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