All of the bikes displayed in this gallery have found a loving home in the greater Denver area. I have included a picture and a small story for each of them. My hope is that they show what my bikes are all about.

Monte Carlo

This was an awesome mid-70’s road bike from Dutch Manufacturer Batavus. I did upgrade the Bottom Bracket from a cotter pin system to a sealed cartridge square taper unit for reduced weight and improved reliability. Everything else was original, and in great working shape.

I found this vintage Peugeot with well intact original decals but some serious chips and flaws in the paintwork. I was able to mask off the decals and hit the bike with a fresh coat of white before building her back up to be a super smooth, super clean street machine

Pure Peugeot

Carly’s Gravel Racer

One of my good friends, whose name you can guess, donated an old steel framed single speed to be rebuilt. I decided to make it a really kick-ass gravel and/or cyclocross machine based on the Aston Martin DBR-9 of Le Mans winning fame.

Nishiki City and Gravel Olympic

I picked this bike up as a mid-70’s Nishiki Olympic that needed a-lot of work. I had to take the frame to a local bike shop to help me get a siezed Bottom Bracket cup out of the frame. But the end result rides incredibly smoothly. This bike was agile enough to ride in the city, but tough enough for gravel trails.

AJ1 “Chicago” Bike

This was one of the bikes I felt like I had to build as a lover of both sneakers and the NBA. It’s paint scheme is based on the Air Jordan 1 “Chicago”, one of the most iconic, recognizable, and hard to acquire sneakers of all time. I got a kick out of the idea that I could make and sell a bike for about 15% of what a New Pair might cost on the open market. Eat your heart out resellers.

Nishiki Commuter

This was my first build to feature a completely custom paint scheme using Spray.Bike. It’s expensive but absolutely worth-it, as I learned from this build. I used a keirin flake top coat (essentially an enamel with bits of reflective metal mixed in) to give it a really subtle gold shine.
I also managed to ride it down a pretty treacherous staircase at Daniel Park in Golden, which was super fun.

The Silent Parisian

This late-70s motobecane was all about subtle confidence, and quiet beauty.

Aside from its pewter paint job, which has more depth and complexity than first meets the eye, this bike’s best trait was just how quiet it was. I’ve ridden numerous more modern, and far more expensive bikes that were way louder to ride.

This is the only bike that I have sold or will sell where I kept the original paintwork in tact.

My First Gravel Build

I bought this bike as a frame-only and built it out from there. It was a great entry into building bikes meant for more technical terrain. I liked the original decals on the frame, so I masked them before giving the bike a fresh new coat of black paint. Luckily for me, the color wasn’t too tough to match!

A Bike for Denver

This was my first real build as a professional. It represented the first bike to go through the process that I had envisioned for the rest of the bikes to come, and it was proof positive that I really like building bikes. This bike was made with my home city of Denver in mind. It’s tires were relatively thin to provide low rolling resistance, but knobbly enough to provide good grip over dust or other city debris. The result was a bike that was FAST, but planted over the kinds of obstacles one might find around the City.