Painted, built up and photographed, just in time for the deadline. This one is getting some real world testing down in Connecticut as I write this.

Per request, we're going to take a look at some of the bikes that the people here at Independent Fabrication ride. This will have to be a multi-stage entry. If we focused on everyone's bikes at once it would be too much to handle....Lloyd's steel Deluxe 29'er:Note the...

At IF we have lots of different kinds of dropouts, each type is made out 3 different materials: Steel, Stainless Steel and Titanium. Today we're going to take a look at a few of them, up close and personal style.Below are pictured the steel disc dropouts. They are...

Little 500=super awesome.You must see the pictures (here).

Monday morning spy shots of another Indy Fab full carbon prototype that we have dubbed "Corvid". All EDGE/IF carbon fiber tubing and lugs. Hopefully it will be ready for a photo shoot on Friday to be in our ad in the next issue of Rouleur...Headtube in the jig...BB30...

Today we will take a close up look at the 2009 special color Tahitian Pearl.The first couple of pictures are of a frame that just came out of the paint booth this morning. These pictures were taken under fluorescent lighting.No headbadge yet....No water bottle bolts...

Per request we will take a look around the shop at some of the special tooling that we use, focusing on (but not limited to) some of the more handmade items. Once again, no fancy talk, just tools. Below is Tony, Tony has a little brother named Tiny:This one purges...

We're gonna try something different with this blog for a little while and see how it goes. Every few days we are going to focus on something in, at or around Independent Fabrication. It could be physical, it could be cultural, it could be insightful or even a little...

Epic event. This years NAHBS far exceeded just about everyone's expectations in terms of quality.Quality builders.Quality craftsmanship.Quality attendees and attendance.There was also an amazing sense of community with an overall positive attitude. The whole thing was...

Thanks to all that showed up last weekend for our 3 day gallery style bicycle show. The turnout and response to the show was unbelievable. The Friday night party was awesome and it was really nice to see everyone. We would also like to send some shout outs to DJ...

There has been a lot going on here at IF over the past few months. The new 2009 Catalog is done, the website is up and running (obviously), there is going to be a huge IF event this weekend, and the NAHBS the following weekend. Somehow we have managed to still make...