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About mbudd

My name is Matt Budd. I am an athlete, engineer, and citizen of Massachusetts. I can build you a bike that will meet your functional expectation of it whatever that may be but I can't do it for free.

Make it Real, OR ELSE!

Tweet May be interested in changing my brand to reflect the new direction I’d like to focus my energies, something to reflect that what I offer is design actualization rather than merely building another bike frame. Not to take the … Continue reading

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The first bike of the last year (or) until the what pays for the how

TweetIn the deluge of information from the globally consequential to the utterly inane, a bit of news that may have escaped some folks daily feed was that Budd Bike Works intends to take a hiatus and close it’s doors.  It’s … Continue reading

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NAHBS Photos (or) Low Snow Packs in Colorado

Tweet  That time of year again folks, can’t wait to see what everyone has up their sleeves.   Sounds like conditions are less than ideal for skiing in the rockies this year, the theory I heard that fat bikes’ll be the … Continue reading

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NAHBS Photos (or) Will Handbuilt bike frames be the next Hip Hop extravagance?

TweetProof. That time of year again folks, can’t wait to see what everyone has up their sleeves. Say hey to the Rockies from Budd Bike Works, I’ll be in the basement.

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Support your local Bike Racer

TweetWould there still be a bike race in Philly this Summer if Bart Bowen won?  Probably about the most inconsequential “what if’s” to ponder on inauguration day 2013,  still, I’ve got to wonder if had Lance not won a million … Continue reading

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Humble Bikes goes Silent (or) Talk Talkers and Walk Walkers

TweetHanging a shingle as a framebuilder in a place with as rich a tradition of manufacturing these blessed conveyances as the Boston area almost seemed like something of a foregone conclusion for me.   Spending any amount of time immersed in … Continue reading

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Prioritizing (or) NASA announces the existence of ice on Mercury, Budd Bike Works no longer taking orders for Bike Frames

TweetSo this is exiting news about the results of  a level of human achievement that I can barely comprehend.  I listened to the live feed of the announcement while I typed this. Far less momentous is my own announcement that … Continue reading

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Pitching tent with the Windfall (or) Champions of New Jersey

TweetAbout the end of every month it’s imperative to take stock of what to plan for in the next cycling of the moon. You see, much as it is the all consuming nexus of my life, Budd Bike Works can’t … Continue reading

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Marking the time (or) Getting Wheelie Excited for Providence

TweetYup, It’s OCTOBER as of Monday, the Harvest moon is upon us.   Even as an urban dweller without a true stake in the season as our farming fore bearers might’ve, there is something to the air as the temperature … Continue reading

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Marking the time.

TweetYup, It’s OCTOBER as of Monday, the Harvest moon is upon us.   Even as an urban dweller without a true stake in the season as our farming fore bearers might’ve, there is something to the air as the temperature … Continue reading

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