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...
Reduce, reuse, recycle… the 3 R’s of being a good citizen. So when my wife wanted a new bike for gravel roads and inclement weather, I tried to do the right thing and reuse an existing frame to build her a cross bike. Beautiful bike, it just didn’t...
Another installment of complete Independent Fabrication bicycles from owner submitted pictures swiped directly from IFrider.Independent Fabrication is a bicycle building company. We are not just a a builder of road bikes, nor just a mountain bike builder. We...
