This final week of the year we had a number of roundups to show off the miscellany we saw around the tradeshows this year, including some interesting gear, sweet road and gravel bikes, ridiculously awesome kids bikes, and a collection of interesting urban-ish bicycles for all manner of adventure and commuting. We also put out […]
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Photo submitted by Damon Ockey, “This is in Fish Creek Provincial park in Calgary Canada. Two of my buddies Mark and Carter Bishop on the bikes. I was flying my drone.” We always love seeing photos from where you are riding and are happy to share them with our readers around the world here on the Pic Of […]
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Velotraum has always caught our eye with their utilitarian look, but their new Speedster marries 26″ or 27.5″ road plus tires with a drop bar and 2×11 drivetrain to speed things up a bit. It’ll still take a rack, fenders and everything else you need to carry a load, and the 203mm front disc brake […]
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Need to get your kid shredding alongside you? The Propain Frechdax gives them 90mm of single pivot travel with a shock tuned to their pint sized weights (max rider weight is 40kg). The frame works with a 100mm fork to support both 16″ and 20″ wheels and comes complete with either for €1,399 to €1,599. […]
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The Robert Axle Project has a new light weight option if you’re looking for replacement thru axles. Called the Lightning Bolt-On, the axles aren’t meant to carry a trailer. Instead, they’t simply meant to offer a light weight option instead of the quick release axles that probably came stock. But the axles also have a […]
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Ridley building the next generation of racers – Sure most bike companies are out supporting pro riders. But Ridley actually sponsors 10 youth development teams. Not only does their R&D division work with pros on cyclocross, road & track, but also with young talents. Take 19 year old Robbe Ghys, who’s been riding on Ridley for several years […]
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Pole’s take on mountain bikes is a bit unique in the industry. While the recent trends of contemporary trail-ready geometry has pushed most bikes out with longer toptubes and slack head angles, Pole still stands apart with some of the longest wheelbases of any bike maker out there. All of their bikes look almost exactly the […]
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We had a pretty good look at the new Dura-Ace R9100 group when it was unveiled over the summer, adding a proper top-level set of hydraulic disc brakes to Shimano’s premium road race groupset both in electronic Di2 and mechanical shift options, as well as an integrated power meter crankset among other drivetrain redesigns. But […]
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Bags… If you’re anything like me you’ve got one for every part of your life, and a growing need for another. Every one we collect is easily justifiable for commuting to work, school, a friend’s place, or casually riding around. Each commute requires similar needs, but with different sizes, styles, and tech. Timbuk2 hopes to meet […]
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Photo submitted by Steve Winters, “12/27/2016: Fatbiking the Pine Hollow Trail #047 (Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest), American Fork Canyon, Utah. American Fork Canyon is becoming the fatbike destination for riding in Utah, thanks in part to the local Forest Service office recognizing that fatbikes are here to stay are not just a fad. They have stepped […]
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Making a list of trails to hit for next year? Looking for a challenge? With his Trail Boss video series, Jeff Lenosky has been seeking out the toughest trails around the U.S. that you may or may not know about. As always, Jeff makes everything look way too easy, but if you happen to be near […]
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Token wants to eliminate all of the downsides of Press Fit bottom brackets with their new Thread Fit setup. They aren’t the first company to come up with the idea of threading a bottom bracket back into your modern Press Fit bike, but with a modular system, a couple of bearing options, and a wide range of […]
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2016 is quickly on its way out. With everything over but the end of the year rides, as we look forward to the new year many of us also like to take a look back. It was a great year for Bikerumor both from a coverage stand point and the riding perspective, which is what […]
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Quick, name your favorite saddle bag. That will probably be difficult for a lot of us, because first, you need to have a saddle bag, and second, you need to have one you actually like. Like a lot of friends and fellow riders, the crew from Speedsleev simply weren’t happy with the current state of the saddle […]
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Another look back at warmer days. Reader Dennis Willyard sent in this great shot he took of his “friend and teammate Todd Greene carving a smooth corner” during the Alma, Michigan Snap Fitness Alma Grand Prix of Cyclocross & 5K back at the start of September. “With just a bit of rain, the course was perfect.” We […]
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Inspire your windows with these 3 decorating ideas for winter window treatments and keep cozy during these cold months. Consider the following ideas: adding a cheerful statement, considering bold prints and dressing up plain curtains.
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Adding a Cheerful Statement
Think big and bright when making these bold ornaments. Red and green scrapbooking paper in fun patterns adorns shapes cut from poster board. We found ornament silhouettes online then enlarged them to suit the window. Glue three papers onto each ornament. Punch a hole at the top, then hang them on red cording or yarn taped to the top of the window. A valance of live greens finishes the display. Source: MidwestLiving
Considering Bold Prints
Bright florals that attract traditional tastes and graphic geometric patterns that offer youthful spunk are some of the bold prints being seen on windows lately. “With pattern becoming more important, it will change the way a designer designs for the window and how the client views her [or his] window fashion,” says Barrett. Source: HGTV
Dressing up Plain Curtains
Although it’s hard to go wrong with simple, solid sheers or panels, why not take them a step further? Give them a custom look by painting on a pattern or stencil, try glueing on embellishments such as silk flowers, beads or pom-poms. Or add bands of contrasting fabric to the bottoms of curtains that need a little boost.
Budget: Modest. Pretty trims can be had for a few dollars, and unadorned curtain panels for not much more. You also can go heavy on humble fabrics and light on expensive ones to get a more upscale look for less cash.
DIY: Absolutely, whether you’re working the sewing machine or wielding a glue gun. Source: DIYNetwork
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Tired of all those to-do lists and home improvement projects piling up year after year? Here are 3 holiday season remodeling ideas that you might want to consider, including: interior and exterior, lighting and upgrades.
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Interior and Exterior
A beautiful front door and front entryway is not only the home’s first impression it is a traditional symbol of the holidays. Adorned with wreaths and garland, highlighted by permanent and seasonal lighting, a beautiful front entryway is the perfect way to welcome guests. Whether its upgrading the door, the hardware, the lighting, building a new porch, or adding stone steps or decorative elements, this effort can make a beautiful first impression. Many of our clients are looking to us to update their interior entryways as well. New flooring, stair railings, dramatic lighting and custom woodwork can all add interest and elegance to your front entryway.
“Unfortunately it’s a little too late to build an addition, remodel a kitchen or add a guest suite – will have to save that for next year. But there are still a few fun ideas we can accomplish to make our homes a little more festive this holiday season.” Source: HurstRemodel
Lighting
The lighting plays a huge role in getting the holiday feel. By selecting the right lighting materials for your living, dining, and foyer areas, you can add personality to your home. This holiday season, install oversized lights for a more dramatic effect. Source: PremierRemodels
Upgrades
– Upgrade your kitchen. The holidays are often associated with lots and lots of food, but it’s hard to prepare a large meal if your kitchen is too small or lacking the proper amenities. Consider remodeling your kitchen by upgrading your appliances, adding extra food prep space, or installing new cabinetry.
– Remodel the bathrooms. When you have lots of guests, you’re going to need lots of bathrooms—it’s just a fact! Why not consider upgrading your fixtures and installing low-flow toilets before your aunts and uncles descend upon your home for vacation?
– Finish your basement. Sometimes a single guest room isn’t enough. If you’re worried about where your guests are going to sleep, consider finishing your basement. A finished basement will give you extra living space, additional guest rooms, and a place to store all of those holiday gifts that won’t fit under the tree.
– Spruce up your guest room. Is your guest room too small? Does it have enough closet space? If not, consider expanding the closet to give your guests more storage space, or add on a guest bathroom for additional privacy!
– Add on. Maybe your home is lacking a guest room—if so, add on! Adding on to your home can give you the additional space and comfort you crave year-round. Source: DesignBuildRemodelingGroup
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T°Red Bikes is an Italian bike builder whose metal and carbon disc brake road bikes have popped up on our pages over the past year. But a few weeks back they happened to be in Prague where we have our EU HQ, so we had a chance to get a closer look at a few of their […]
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Recently we’ve seen a lot of new gear from Scottish company Endura in the way of clothing, whether it was to deal with wet riding on the road or trail, or on the backs of women’s and men’s road pros. But they’ve also done some good work as one of the early companies to work with […]
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After a win at the Tour de France, and multiple Olympic medals, Sir Bradley Wiggins is calling it quits. Announced via the team Wiggins official facebook page, the 36 year old British champ is moving on from competing professionally though it appear that Team Wiggins will carry on. The news comes just weeks after numerous press […]
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The end of 2016 is quickly closing in, and that might make a lot of folks happy, but there are a number of things we’re sad to see come to an end. One of the biggest would have to be the racing career of Steve Peat. A true legend of the world cup DH scene, […]
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Austrian brand Simplon’s bikes have a simple yet unique aesthetic, and clever features abound as you explore them close up. We covered a couple of their mountain bikes here, and you can see some of the same lines on their 2017 gravel/cyclocross/gran fondo bikes. This Pavo Gran Fondo Disc uses offset fork dropouts and thin, […]
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Most cyclocross racers do not start out on high end carbon bikes. Instead, it’s more often something cobbled together from race worn spares, an affordable alloy bike, or even a mountain bike. Regardless of how it starts, many reach a point where they’re either tired of spending money on entry fees, only to push themselves […]
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The Rockingtor AirCobra is designed to be the first clear, floating shin guard, but that’s just the beginning of their tech story. The multi-part design lets your piece together the protection you need. Modular sleeves, need pads and cushioning join together, and all parts are highly perforated for awesome breathability. The shin guards are held […]
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Photo submitted by Eric Lewis, “Came across this lizard sunning itself on the trail on my ride at Blue Gum Swamp, Winmalee, New South Wales, Australia. Would be at least 1.2 metres long.” We always love seeing photos from where you are riding and are happy to share them with our readers around the world here on […]
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8bar bikes has been piecing together custom built urban fixies and much more since 2011, with their newest Mitte hitting the popular all-surface gravel segment. And as they get ready to roll into 2017, they’ve revamped their new Berlin showroom and are expanding. With their new shop they are making it easier to get on […]
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Over the last several months from our European office we’ve started to see clothing from Swedish bike brand VOID popping up on our roads. With a fall that seemed to disappear quickly into the generally cold and wet weather that so far has characterized our winter here, it isn’t really that big of a surprise to […]
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A new set of wheels is one of the easiest ways to upgrade your fat bike. Not only is there a potential for a huge weight savings due to the massive size of the rims and hubs, but there’s also the tubeless question. A lot of stock fat bike rims still aren’t tubeless compatible. That […]
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In 2015, I attended the SR Suntour Durolux R2C2 enduro suspension fork launch at Mountain Creek in New Jersey. It was a big announcement for them, introducing new technology on an all-new chassis for a new wheel size. And the proving grounds they chose were aggressive and gnarly, chewing through tires at an alarming pace. The […]
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Typically, ‘as it lies’ is a phrase that I would associate with golf, or Happy Gilmore. Though in this case, the title certainly fits the riding in the latest clip from Chris Akrigg. He states in the description that he isn’t one for overbuilt lines and purpose built trails, but when you have the skills […]
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Typically clothing articles are more or less an overview of key specs and details, but once in a while there’s something more to say about a specific piece: Rarely does a jersey have the kind of story behind it that Rapha’s Namibia Team edition can claim. After going viral at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, […]
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Photo submitted by Samuel Rowlett, “The snow was too deep to ride the trails at Daughters of the American Revolution State Park in Goshen, Massachusetts, however the lake provided the perfect canvas for some fat bike cryotherapy.” We always love seeing photos from where you are riding and are happy to share them with our readers around the […]
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After meeting Eleven Bikes’ founder Thomas German at a ‘cross race a few weeks ago, we set a date for him to come visit Bikerumor HQ and go for a ride. It also gave us a chance to discuss the brand, his design background and philosophy, and spec decisions in far greater detail than our […]
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Dear Readers, It’s almost the end of the year, and no matter what or how you celebrate, all of us here at Bikerumor would like to wish you the very best. I want to say a very big thanks to all of you for reading our stories, having us along on your rides and supporting […]
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Can you believe new products were launched this week? Well, they were, with Vee showing off the new T-Fatty and lightweight Rail Tracker for “plus” mountain bikes, and Rocky Mountain introducing the Suzi Q 27.5″ carbon fat bike. We also posted quite a few roundups, from custom painted shoes to mountain bikes to gear, tech, components and […]
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We’ve almost made it. 2017 is just around the corner. It seems that many people feel that 2016 was a dog of a year, but there’s still a lot to be thankful for. While there seem to be quite a few less holiday themed bike clips this year, we’ve found a few – and a […]
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Newmen Components is a relatively new company, but brings years of experience to create premium, lightweight carbon fiber parts that pass all safety testing. The designs are their own, with some parts using texTreme fibers to reduce weight while improving strength and stiffness. What caught our eye were these limited edition colored carbon rims, seatposts and handlebars […]
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Filed under “absolute last minute”, we just found out about Honey Stinger’s Holiday Variety Pack, which appears to be an REI exclusive item. For $10, you get two organic waffles, two organic energy chews and two energy gels. There’s the regular version and the gluten free version, each with six total different flavors. It’s a […]
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Running a successful Kickstarter campaign can be hard. Especially when you set a goal of €200,000. According to Motion France, they chose such a high funding level to ensure that they could meet all of the costs to produced the fork in France. The Kickstarter did manage to raise just shy of €60,000, but due […]
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Uber admits its self-driving cars have trouble with bike lanes – While we’d love nothing more than being able to sit back and let the car do the driving while we post more goodness on Bikerumor, the challenges to full robotic chauffeurs remains. Uber’s self driving test fleet apparently has trouble recognizing bike lanes, but at least […]
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Shortly after announcing the addition of the Rail Tracker tread pattern to their line of plus tires, Vee Tire Co. has more plus size news. This time though, instead of a new tire, it appears to be just a rebranding as the Trax Fatty that we’ve covered in the past looks to be morphing into […]
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Bike maintenance is sometimes a bit of an afterthought, so anytime it can be made quicker, easier or more efficient, we’re all ears. Walking around the shows this year, we found a number of innovative tools and cleaners that do just that, starting with the InnoBike 105 High Tech 4-in-1 chain care. Not only does […]
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Pushed back late into the fall by the Rio Olympics, Danish cyclists Amalie Dideriksen led her small three-woman team at the start of World’s in Doha back in October. Even after crashing earlier in the race, Dideriksen came back to win the sprint at the line and become the 2016 Elite Women’s Road Champion aboard her Specialized S-Works […]
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Winter has officially begun for our Northern hemispherians, but that also means that every day we eke out a little more daylight to ride again. Looking back to the extreme, reader Morgan Wardell sent in a couple of pics from his summer solstice ride back in June. “Not to waste the longest day of the […]
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Where has the year gone? 2016 has been a busy and exciting year for the A Team. We had the pleasure of building homes for clients in the United States, across Western Canada and two log cabins in Italy. We traveled some beautiful countryside, completed some stunning projects and met some great people along the way.
We thought we’d share a quick roundup of some of our highlighted projects from 2016.
In addition to our own projects we also partnered with a couple of larger development firms in B.C. It was great to work with these companies installing some wood elements where traditionally steel is used.
Our clients couldn’t be happier with the home and love all the open space to entertain and spend time with family.
We had the privilege of building this 3,300 square ft. custom timber frame home about 10 minutes from our shop. Our clients came to us in early spring with a scale wood model of the large trusses to be found inside the great room, we had them engineered and proceeded to hand cut all the beautiful Douglas Fir beams that can be found through the home.
Our clients couldn’t be happier with the results.
They are still finalizing a few of the things through the cabin and we can’t wait to see the finished pictures in 2017.
It was a fun project to work on knowing that two generations of the Artisan family have worked on the home. If you are ever in the area it’s a must to stop by this restaurant.
Located near the ocean on Vancouver Island, the cabin was built with Yellow Cedar due to its amazing natural characteristics that make it very resistant to decay and weathering. They also choose hardy plank siding and glass panel railings for low exterior maintenance.
The Rivard family has moved into their large custom Post and Beam home in Northern Alberta. Its been a labor of love and they’re thrilled to be finally enjoying their dream home.
This home has been one of our most popular styles due to the large cedar flared wood we used in the design. You will likely be seeing more of this home in the future.
Italian Log HomeWe also had the pleasure of heading back to Italy to work with our clients from a few years ago.
Following the build of their log home in Italy in 2012 we returned to help our same clients build two cabins that will be opened as a bed and breakfast in spring of 2017. We supplied and built 2 very unique elevated log cabins in the Piedmont area of Italy.
Theses cabins are built 16′ off the ground with an amazing set of circular log stairs to access them. The views are spectacular and will be thoroughly enjoyed by many lucky visitors in the years to come.
It was a great project to work on with Kasper Developments and hope to work with them more in the future.
We enjoyed this project as many of the children have never played on real logs and wood before.
Every project is unique and special to us. The people and the families that we meet along the way make every home memorable. We are very fortunate to be invited into the homes of our clients and made part of their family as we build them their dream home. It is a huge pleasure and honour.
Thank you to all of our clients past and present and we look forward to an even better 2017!
If you or someone you know is interested in building a custom log home, cabin or timber frame please visit our Log Home 101 section which can help answer some of the common questions you might have when it comes to building. As always, you can contact us and we would be happy to answer any questions you may have.
