I more or less finished building the Blériot today. Took it out for a 25-or-so mile spin with a nice climb up Humboldt Rd. (a notoriously rough road), over a few wooden bridges around town, and back home. The bike performs with steady grace and predictability, and the fatty 32mm tires make it a pleasure to ride.
I took this photo with my phone, just after a storm had passed. This is facing east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. Behind, to the west, were clear and sunny skies. :-)
Still to come: shellac over the bar tape, Honjo fenders, a Nitto mini front rack, and a Nigel Smythe little loafer - in green tweed, of course. Perhaps a lowrider for camping and definitely fatter tires!
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The Gino Light Mount, by Paul Component Engineering
Now available at the Paul store.
Here are four examples of my "joint endeavor" with Paul Component Engineering. Introducing, the Gino Light Mount!
This light mount allows you to run a headlight down low (but not too low!), where it should be. It works with nearly any light that you'd mount on your handlebars, and you can mount it anywhere there's a 5mm (M5) braze-on, like a front rack, mid-fork, and so on.
There just didn't exist a viable mounting option for battery powered lights, so I designed this rough sketch, and then refined a few details with Paul. He made it look amazing, and fun to touch. Thanks, Paul.
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The Paul Flatbed was actually designed around a case of Pale Ale. Two Chico originals. True love.
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Not quite finished, but this'll be her summer clothes for commuting 'n rough stuff camping 'n whatnot.
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