Out of Costume // - It’s rare that I talk about other stuff than bikes here in this space. But bikes are only one piece of a trifecta that have been a constant in my life. Sketching/art/design have been the second for as long as I can remember but fishing was the third constant in my life. My best buddy and I would ride our bikes all over town, taking us to local baseball diamonds but they’d also take us out of town and into the woods in search of fishing spots. We had a few we’d frequent along the Perkiomen. As things go, when I came to the age when I required a license to fish, I didn’t have the loot to buy one but by then, I was on to other endeavors. - But that love of fishing never really went away. I sorta pressed pause until early in 2024 I got the itch to learn to fly fish. Talk about coming back home…. I realized just how much I missed it and how down right at peace it made me feel with the tangible world all while losing one’s self to the process of fly fishing. Fast forward to this past weekend and we headed out early Friday to go North past the Notch for some fly fishing. Conditions weren’t the easiest with high winds at times and low water levels but despite those challenges I managed a handful of Rainbows and a Brookie (my fourth of the season). Once again the art of fly fishing has given me so much in return and I couldn’t be more grateful to have come back home to this process I dearly missed. Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend as well. Now back to building bikes…

Swingarm Yoke Assembly // - Next up is the slightly tweaked Swingarm Yoke Assembly. Most of what is updated is actually on the inside of this part although tire clearance and chainring clearances have been improved along with a few minor details. But the whole assembly is the 15-5 3D printed yoke thanks to @ram3dprinting the keyed pivot axle blanks thanks to Joe at @cobraframebuilding that I do finishing ops in-house and 7075 2mm taped shims I turn in-house as well. A group effort if you will! But thanks to all who have helped bring this project to the next step of iterations. Fingers crossed this one is as close to production as I believe it will be…

Marauder Ti SS in Review // - There were a lot of questions about all the details and specifics of this build so I went ahead and wrote up a blog post with all the nitty gritty details that went into this build. Link up in bio.

Details // - It’s a lazy Sunday morning so grab a cup of coffee and let’s get in close and pour over all the details of the latest Marauder Ti to head out the doors of HQ. Any favorites? Speak up now! I’m digging the client requested RAW welds…

Titanium // - Had to go to the moon and back on this build but I think, as you’ll soon see.. that trip into orbit was worth it! Thanks to @bikes_beers_1gear_ for his patience on this one. As he mentioned early on: good things take time! Thanks Eric!!

Marauder Ti SS // - Eric’s race rig is wrapped up. We went to the moon and back on this one. It took some doing to get this parts kit together. Special thanks to @intend_bc @trickstuff_official @industry_nine @berdspokes @boonetechnologies @canecreekusa @paulcomponent @chriskingbuzz @wolf_tooth_comp for delivering the goods along with @bti_usa and @qualitybike . Literally could not be doing this without any of you. More pics to come!