we will be there about august 1st

Monkey Wrench Is Moving to 19th and Q

Belgie colors and an ode to Mod!

I stole the whole Belgium colors to finish off the bar wrap job idea a couple weeks ago for my road bike from my good buddy and fashion leader Mod Savery (thats a long sentence, technically incorrect). I liked it so much that I decided since the Moots was hurting a bit from last CX season i'd take the Belgie theme one step further and add sky blue Deda tape to the mix, little more color than the white i normally run. here's the result. Thanks MOD!

Ibis Demo day and Evening

If you've ever wondered what the new Ibis bikes ride like, stop by the shop this Tuesday evening and come along for a ride. My good friend from back in the Manitou days Kirk is the head Ibis demo guy and he'll be here with a sprinter van full of new Ibis bikes to check out. If we can ride the park we will, if we can't it might be a cross/road bike ride out to some small town, probably Davey. Call the shop for more info if you'd like to get the scoop, ask for nate. (477-4104)

classic, i wish all road races had a couple dirt sections.

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6 Moots on the Tuesday Night MWC ride

Hunter CX bike

Rick built this bike for us back in october of 09, i've had it done for a while but never got around to taking some pictures of it, and truth be told still haven't, but until then, these two crummy photos from my phone will have to do. This bike rides nice, and for an all steel cx rig with 32 hole King wheels comes in at 19lbs, not to shabby, althoug it'll probably go up just a smidge in weight when the right DuraAce STI shifter geets installed. This Hunter happens to be a tig'd bike, but you can have yours anyway you'd like as long as it's tig'd or fillet-brazed.

Signal Cycles light duty 29" city bike for NAHBS 2010

My good friend Nate Meschke and his partner Matt Cardinal from Signal Cycles built this amazing bike for me around a vintage m730 XT parts kit and some WTB grease gaurd bits. They also took it to the North American Handbuilt Bikeshow two weekends ago in Richmond Virginia. Nate and I use to work together here in lincoln at the old Bike Pedalers. He then moved on to Portland with his wife Emily. Three years ago he and Matt Cardinal decided they needed to put their creative hats together and build some frames. They had asked me if i'd like to supply a parts kit for a show bike and hoped that it would be of the vintage MTB variety, and i was more than happy to help. I think that the finished product turned out pretty amazing! i can't wait to ride it, after i take of the slicks and put on some skinny 29" knobbies! Chris King himself even stopped by the booth to check out some of his old handiwork with the WTB/King headset. I definetly suggest that if you're in the market for a beautiful handbuilt lugged or fillet brazed frame, you check out www.signalcycles.com and see what Nate and Matt can come up with for you! I also would like to thank Sean Chaney at vertigocycles as well for the custom Ti bar, and my good buddy Scott for polishing the salsa skewers!

MGMT's version of a Speedvagen, Think "the kids"

some things i saw at NAHBS this year.

Don't Fret Summer will be here soon!

And before you know it, Jesse will be back to trying to use his sensitive ponytail man skills to stop us kids from having fun on bridges drinking fizzy soda pop, all the while he will be giving you all the gun show.

New Avid Ultimate CX cantis

While attending QBP's annual Frostbike open house this past weekend, i stumbled across these two examples of the Avid's new CX canti's. They are both the new Shorty Ultimates, just in wide version and low profile for the rear use. They both look and felt quite good. i like the fact that they use V/brake style hardware instead of post style pads, and they seem to have good mud clearance with a lot of lever travel. The brake fixing hardware was very reminiscent of the old Avid TriAlign II series which was super nice. anyhow, thought some of you might be interested in this as it signals Avids return to a higher end CX cantilever as really the shorty series was not that.

Lincoln Ve-Low party tonight, Fri, 2/12 from 7-10pm at Grata Bar (27th and Yankee Hill). Ride your bike and I'll buy you a beer. 21+.

Speaking of Salsa

My buddy Scott at TMCO did me a solid and super high polished these Ti Salsa skewers for me. They are headed to the North American Handbuilt Bicycle show in Richmond VI later this month. They will be mated to a handbuilt Signal Cycles built by former lincoln bike mechanic Nate Meschke. check them out at: signalcycles.com

2010 Salsa Vaya In Stock at the MWC!

Salsa has really done a great job in the last couple of years at building bikes meant to be ridden. They sure are filling the gaps with some really cool bikes. The Vaya is your do everything road/CX/touring rig. they mated the dropouts of the Fargo to the rear of this bike, so you've got a whole slew of eyelets for fenders and racks, not to mention the super cool chainstay mounted disc brake, out of the way. It's got a mix of Tiagra and Lx, and with the super metallic brown paint, a set of Brown Chris King hubset and Headset would look top notch. It runs 37mm wide conti touring ride tires at the moment with enough clearance for fenders and up to 45/47 without fenders. stop by MWC lincoln's only Salsa dealer and check them out! Also keep an eye out for the Ti salsa's showig up in a couple of weeks!

Before . . .

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Scouting the Beaches

Goodbye 'ol Friend

Monkey Wrench lost their one and only shop dog 'Scout' last weekend.
Although Scout was retired from the shop he will still be greatly missed.