Category Archives: New Bike

A month of Sundays

TweetFebruary is incredibly slow in the moving business and the little I’m bringing in through my labor of love handbuilding frames, the work I have to do on the old funeral homestead/shop for my landlord, and a sale of a … Continue reading

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Black on Black

TweetI was initially pretty bummed when sponsored BBW rider Ben Frank insisted upon flat black as the color for his much delayed by the painter Cross Bike. Finally getting it in hand after 2 months, a rejection, and a re-coat … Continue reading

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What’s cooking at Budd Bike Works? Smells Delicious

TweetThe last step before I can do any welding once all the tubes mitered tight for a fresh, baked to order frame is to get them scrubbed clean inside and out. Getting them to dry a little faster in the … Continue reading

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Get Busy Filing or Get Busy Dying (or) The Build List

TweetActually, there were options on my plate this past weekend besides getting my shop organized & cutting some tubes for the growing backlog of  Budd Bike Works frames on order or facing the reaper, namely racing.  Though, it would have been grossly … Continue reading

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The Pain of Success

TweetTh e debilitating leg cramp that just coursed up my left hamstring and threatened to turn into the dreaded double by cramping the quadricepts or calf as well as I stretched it are as sure evidence as any that BBW … Continue reading

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Labor of Love

Tweetgetting caffinated and carbohydrated to take a test ride on the personal off road frame that I just finally finished after over a month in the jig and the drawing board.  I can’t wait to get some pics that actually … Continue reading

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Paint Delivery Quandry-Quashed

TweetAfter a good time at Lars Anderson’s bike show and swap meet last Sunday I had to get down to business prepping some bikes for paint.  Stripping the parts off of the really big bike, the really small bike (that … Continue reading

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Its Weak how fast I count off the Weeks going by, The ReCounting of one won’t slow it but it is worth a try.

TweetMonday-Checked the Schedule f0r the trucks the evening bef0re to find out monday morning I was free and was presented with an opportunity to get a ride in an aut0mobile with some fairly fast mountain bikers to some out of … Continue reading

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Frame Discounts to Photographers

TweetI need some glossy, pretty, studio quality pictures of my frames, complete bikes, and shop action.  I have to concede that I am inept at capturing what I see through a lens. If you are a budding Avedon looking for subject … Continue reading

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BBW #20 on The Roads of Boston

TweetJust delivered this,  a mix of old and new parts on super sprinty, semi-aero frame. 3.2lb frame, 18.4 lb. build w/ pedals.  Really like the chainstay gusset and cable routing.  

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