I was apparently unaware that I should have prefaced the initial blog post about this frameset with a ***spoiler alert*** or at least just held off for a little while. I will repost the initial images as soon as the bike is unveiled at St. Ali (maybe sooner). My...

Bike people like t-shirts, probably as much as music people do. Spring may finally show up here in New England, so it was time for some new tee's. While we do lots of different colors and spins on IF logo shirts, we were struggling to come up with some fresh designs...

The final bike we brought to NAHBS was an XS Club Racer. This bike was designed to use the Paul Racer Brakes and to accommodate the stainless steel Honjo fenders that we painted and pinstriped.The seat cluster lug had to be specially made just for these brakes.This a...

The fourth Bike in our NAHBS series represents a project we are working on for the Wounded Warriors Project. A complete bike (very similar to this one) is being donated by IF to help support the cause. Each time you purchase a $10 raffle ticket (HERE) you get a chance...

The 40th anniversary Phil Wood bike. We will be making 40 of these titanium frames for Phil Wood, actually 41 if you count this one, #00, for Peter who is THE MAN over at Phil Wood.We cut the tubes and sent them over to Phil Wood headquarters to get polished, then we...

Thanks to all that came out for our show last Friday night, it was a blast. The Paper Labels Project was huge fun for us and our co-conspirators. Out friends from Highsnobiety came by our factory to find out more about the project and our man Stebs from Quarter...

As part 2 of our 5 part preview we have another bike going to NAHBS this year. This is a Titanium Deluxe 29'er set up for winter riding (or shredding as the case might be).Safety and durability were 2 of the main concerns we wanted to address when undertaking this...

We will be bringing 5 bikes to NAHBS this year, a couple of which are finished. We displayed them, along with some other bikes at the Paper Labels show on Friday night. For those of you that didn't make it to the event we are going to share a little bit of the inside...

Let me just start by saying that: "Collaboration is a good thing". The best thing about it for us was letting go for a moment. In our years of building bicycles we have built up many biases and beliefs as to how a bicycle should look and how it should perform. By...

We've had a special project in the works now for a few months... and it's all coming together.A little collaboration, if you will... between us and a couple of our partners in crime.A little bit of limited edition action.More information to come soon.

The winter here in Boston is really taking its toll on our bike parts. Here we have Jon Bruno's (captain of the IFracing team) winter commuter. He came by the shop yesterday and in keeping line with some recent posts of "bikes in distress" we had to document it.This...

Dick Ring: the voice of bicycle racing in New England since... like forever. Dick has been riding an IF Crown Jewel since 2001.It has been meticulously maintained and updated throughout its life.As you can see he has put some serious miles on this bike. It has a nice...

Deep in the heart of winter we in New England ponder escape.Real escape, into a land of smooth, clean and endless roadswith a little hill here, a little hill there. We yearn to get packedup with only the necessities and be ready for anything.In our minds we imagine a...

Take a look at Ken Bloomer's new freshly updated website and not so new, yet awesome, blog.Thanks for all of your hard work spreading the IF love over in Germany.

Jamie is always tinkering with something...A little while ago he got a 1000 watt front hub, built up a wheel and retrofitted it to a deluxe. The first fork he used was a suspension fork. Upon his first test ride he twisted the throttle to cross a major intersection...

Today's subject: Clint's winter commuter.A titanium S&S singlespeed with a freakshow mix of parts and a dark purple paintjob with a little bit of experimental flair.This bike represents not so subtle blend of comfort, an eclectic mix of parts from the archives and...

Winter in Boston is rough on your equipment. Joe is rough on his equipment. Not a good combo if you happen to be his winter commuter.It's hard to keep up with the maintenance required to keep things in showroom condition this time of year. I just couldn't resist the...

A rare opportunity to purchase a complete IF from us. This bike was featured in the 2008 catalog, and has served us well as a showpiece since then, but it's time for her to actually be ridden, so we are looking for a good home.Specs:17 inch ST, 23.75 inch TT, 71...

Imagery from around the shop of words & letters on machines.

We've come into a secret stash of Rapha/IF cross kits just in time for that last minute Christmas gift to either yourself or a favorite cyclist. Modeled above by Kevin "Sparky" Wolfson, giving his best Blue Steel.This kit features stash pockets on both the bibs and...

Our Man in Japan Daisuke Yano just finished doing the 2009 Cycle Mode Tokyo trade show representing Independent Fabrication as well as the Rapha line of cycling clothing.Daisuke and his crew always do an amazing job of representing us.Daisuke had many of our bikes...

These handles get a lot of touching.They start the day cold but are warm by sundown.The machines themselves develop a surface patina, whether it is dust, oil or some other type of grime, but the handles are always gleaming.Everything is so solid in these machines that...

I had a thought a few weeks ago on my commute home. I knew I didn't have any beer at home and it was a long day of welding so I stopped by my local packie to get a some. As usual, I had a bunch of stuff in my bag and had to maneuver an unwieldy six pack into my...

Finn's new 29'er singlespeed... new frame with his old sweet parts on it. Instead of the normal gloss clearcoat, Finn asked Clint to apply a matte finish. This gives the frame a real soft look and beckons your hand to touch it.The frame is painted Gahden Green and the...