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Mr. Tanabe

Kalavinka NJS frame
Thanks Toshihiko Tomita for the photos!
here is a video of Mr. Tanabe building a fork.

Yoshi Konno

This is Roa

Chester Cycles

From this
To this.

Chester Cycles is a fantastic place to get a full service eco-friendly paint job. It is run by Duane Waller, who is literally one of the nicest people I have ever met. I went to him with a VERY vague idea of what I wanted my fuji track pro to look like and he sat down with me and the brainstorming began. Duane is a fantastic book of knowledge when it comes to color theory; he can advise you what color you're actually looking for when you ask for a generic blue, also he can tell you what colors work well together and what colors should not be combined.
He stands by his work and for good reason, it's top quality that I couldn't be happier with.
Word is starting to spread around, that for paint, Duane is the go to guy.
I was #109!
I highly recommend him.
for more info and a look at other frames he has painted here is his website

This Texas Toast needs no butter.

A Taste of The Toast from Michael on Vimeo.
check out more here

The truth about Aerospokes

I know there is some confusion as to the ruling concerning what you can do about a busted aerospoke and sending it back to the company to get it trued/fixed/a new one. There have been claims that you cant, or you need a receipt, etc.

This was something that I was definitely curious about, considering I run one, so I e-mailed Bill Micol (aerospoke representative), and here is how the conversation went.

Hello,
First I would like to thank you for making such a fantastic wheel. I have a front aerospoke currently (I know, WHAT A SURPRISE!?) its in great shape, nothing wrong with it at all. I was just wondering *crosses fingers if anything did ever happen to it, could I send it in for a new one for 150.00 WITHOUT a receipt, I pray the answer is yes.
Thank you so much for your time and production.
Robbie

Robbie:
Yes, you can. The $150.00 replacement is available to anyone with an Aerospoke. This would be for the natural color, painted wheels are more.
Shipping is $13.00 in the 48 states.
Thanks for the kind words.

Thank you,

Bill Micol
248.685.9009