Tour de Afrique

Check out what our friend Brian Vernor is doing right now!
ethiopia
Sudan
and
Egypt

It sounds hard, but we can't help but be a little jealous!



Find out about the entire trip here.

Jamboree

sign stolen from
Church of the Sweet Ride


The 9th annual County Line Jamboree came and went. It was a beautiful day, and 70 plus people once again subjected themselves to the 40 miles of road
train tracks
and beach.


It feels more like 60. We're not sure how many people finished, but we did see some really tired folks dragging themselves to the Pajaro river. Which is sort of the point.
The beach is deceptively hard, by the time you reach the end of the 20 miles of track, you have this false sense that the beach will give you the break you so want, but it just gets harder! It all comes down the beach.

Jeff and Curtis finally found the perfect gear, and smoked nearly everyone.


Except for Smiling George Hope, who was the fastest man for the second year in a row!


Kathleen "Hard as Nails" Hannon was the fastest lady of the day.



Photos thanks to Matthew Scott. The rest can be seen here Flickr.com/photos/matthew_cole_scott


Good times, see you all next time.

warp drive to bike show and beyond

Howdy folks...
Checking in with a report of the Handmade Bike show.... Mary-Anne and I attended and particpated, showing off all our stuff, talking to many people and generally having a good time...Lots of old friends and new contacts...The booth was busy and loaded with stuff...Heres a small sampling....
One word.... SWAMPER....

Full blown 29er singlespeed, short chainstay ultimate shredder, this rocketship is mine !!!




20'' cargo bike with tricolor paint... woodwork by KB....

I am selling this bike for 1500$ complete... Jump on it now before I start riding it every day....



Full suspension for Mary-Anne... 29/26 race bike...3.5" travel... pivots around the BB shell...carbon fiber seat tube...

Long distance touring machine dubbed " The High Plains Drifter " .... You'll never getted chased out of town on this horse... Built for Jeremy from the town of Bolinas... He's threatening to ride it to South America with his surfboard...


Flat Black SWAMPER for Philippe in the country of France... French guys have good taste....

Drop-outs provided by The Todd at Black Cat Cycles.... Smooth seat cluster provided by Mr. Elbow Grease and his buddy Bloody Knuckle

Sparkle orange CX singlespeed picked up at the show from Shinya of Circles Bike Shop Japan...


Theres more but gotta get busy....
Rick

uploading the down low....

Monday morning pics of happy people, small frames and crazy art....



Marin and her new 29er. I went over the pro's and mostly con's with her and she still had to have one....

Sampson the Great going off with the brush work... Nevermind the bike, check out the ART !!!!!




I need to work now....
Rick

Little China

Doing some constructive procrastinating here... Followed are glamour shots of some Pajaro's..Script and head tube bird handpainted by local pinstriper Sampson... The Pajaro's will be built to order, mainly stock size single speed bikes of any wheel size with a few options and a half dozen choices of color. Base price for a frame will be at least 500$. These are basic bikes built well... Made within spitting distance of the Pajaro river... I'm making these as a relief from the over analyzed, overly serious, overly snobby world of custom frame building... The beauty of bikes for me is the sight of someone riding one, with a smile on their face, with a destination in mind, a place to go, fresh air....The Pajaro's will evolve as all my bikes have evolved, as the caveman has evolved, slowly....







Rock 'A' Billy Rebel

Medium duty 29er rambler for Devo the nomad... Pokey and Gumby color scheme... Word on the street is that Pokey was Gumbies love slave....


Super crowns... 29er mtb-CX-CX curved

Stock size XL 29/26 good old fashion mountain bike

Great Divide Basin, Wyoming... Early AM....

Thanks
Rick

Sunday BlogDome

Howdy folks..
Trying to catch up here with information, distribution, and satisfaction... Lets get to business...

Picture of raw fillet braze...I then sand it down a little and polish it out, but thats what it looks like after soaking off the flux...
Blog Zone World Wide Web Debut of the " Pajaro " brand of bikes... Made right here in the Pajaro river valley with the 2 same hands that make the rest ot the schlock that comes out of this joint... Pajaro's are just good ol'e bikes, tig welded full cro-mo work horses and beach combers... More to come....

Pterodactyl---- Caveman in the sky !!! !!!
Stems too, nothing new, all shapes and styles...
Long Chainstay touring rig... Great for down and dirty drifting...
More stems
Fixey commuter monster cross for Larry in Ohio
I like the rear end to have a little curve...
20 " cargo truck coaster braker- split in half kind of bike... Fun projects for sure and hopefully future production...

OK cool...Thanks
Rick

Blog Down in Quake Town

Hunter vertical drop-outs
Close up of Break Apart seat cluster
Sleek and smooth travel CX frame
Chava's new bike after La Ruta...
Chava's new bike before La Ruta...

you stab em' we'll slab em'--you want it we'll build it

Hey Folks
Been getting somes calls about Unicycle frames... I still make them and like to make them. I don't ride them ( confession ) but I can build them...I can build lots of stuff that I don't really want to ride, like 16" BMX bikes, I would knock my teeth out with my knees !!!
Uni frames built to order, any wheel size up to a 36er...So cute...