3 March 2007 Archives

Day 2: Pacenti, longbikes, Sycip rumors, and more

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

[The cherry blossoms are
already blooming down here.]

Today was another action-packed day here in San Jose at the Handmade Bicycle Show.

I finally got to meet Kirk Pacenti. Kirk is a former product designer at Bontrager and is well-known in the framebuilding world for his lugs (the things that join frame tubes together), but I wanted to talk with him about his plans to move to Portland.

Currently based in Tennessee, Kirk is ready to immerse himself in the Portland bike community,

Red Full suspension Mt. Bike. qQick release wheels, red blinking light in the back, white blinking light in the front, cateye computur.

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Ms. Michaels gets her mixte

Here’s a nice bike love story for you.

Sprockette and Portland school teacher Maggie Michaels got the surprise of her life today.

Maggie is the girlfriend (and muse) of builder Joseph Ahearne and he has been secretly working for months on a special “mixte” style bike that he unveiled today.

She showed up at the Handmade Bike Show in San Jose and “was shocked” when she realized this super-special bike was hers. I showed up a few minutes after she saw it and I could still see the tears in her eyes.

[Clever Cycles’ Todd Fahrner
in San Jose.]

Cleverchimp founder and Clever Cycles co-owner Todd Fahrner is here at the Handmade Bicycle Show and he just gave me an update on his plans to open up a new bike shop in Portland.

Todd and his partners in the business (his wife Martina Fahrner and Rachel and Dean Mullin) have signed a lease on a space at 1516 SE 9th (just off Hawthorne, across from the Lucky Lab Brew Pub).

Todd says the 1800 square-foot shop should be ready for a grand opening this spring.

Large, aluminum frame, dark blue and purple, Cannondale rode bike with clamping rack, shimano shifters, peddles that have clips on the bottom side and are flat on the top. Has yellow handlebar tape, quick release wheels, small brackets on the down tube for adjusting the shifting tension.

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Day 2: Pacenti, longbikes, Sycip rumors, and more

Stolen Novaro Ponderosa

Ms. Michaels gets her mixte

Clever Cycles signs lease on new shop

Stolen Cannondale R300

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