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black cat bicycles

April 30th, 2008 by Phil | 2 Comments

black cat bicycles

primarily our work is in aluminum. and it’s nice to change things up. these dropouts, made of good ol’ 4130 chromoly, are for todd over at black cat bicycles.
he makes handmade bicycle frames, utilizing this dropout design of his and subtle mods such as the ever so sightly radiused toptube on this bike [...]


little ol’ wine drinker me…

April 30th, 2008 by Phil | 5 Comments

little ol' wine drinker me...

merle haggard shows up on the ipod the other day and and i was stoked! little ol’ wine drinker me caught my attention especially since i’ve been experimenting with these dust caps on the pedals: (these are the pedals off my bike, being disassembled for inspection. everything looks good.)

it seems [...]


Super Rat Machine Works Pedals!

April 4th, 2008 by Phil | 8 Comments

Super Rat Machine Works Pedals!

the inaugural batch of S.R.M.W. pedals are finished! here are a few pics of what they look like…
spindle detail:

end cap:

the end cap proved to be a slight hurdle, it’s not necessary to the function of the pedal but i felt like it needed to be there [...]


friday report, pedals version 3.0

March 28th, 2008 by Phil | 1 Comment

friday report, pedals version 3.0

after spending some time with pedal v2.0 and talking with people about them and looking at them way too much we decided to make a few changes… they still have a slightly larger area but i brought the angle of the sides in and shaved away some material, chose to use flat head bolts that [...]


friday report, terrible-one stems…

March 28th, 2008 by Phil | 6 Comments

friday report, terrible-one stems...

i’ve got a couple of pics of the latest revision of the terrible-one stem. we made a few tweaks to the wedges that clamp the steer tube, added a nice transition between the split cap and the relief on sides now wraps around to the back somewhat. i think it even shaved a little [...]