Dan at Grand Performance Bicycle Shop brought me a standard cable stop repair, but not for the normal reason. Dan’s thighs are quite large and while riding his thighs would rub the cable stop and draw blood! As I went to move the cable…
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Appleman Bicycles is building a custom CX bike for review in the next issue of CX Magazine! They wrote up a summary about Appleman Bicycles. Click on the article to enlarge it.
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Minnesota Business magazine interviewed Appleman Bicycles in the May issue! The name of the article is “Pedaling Pleasure” and is on the last page of the magazine. Click the picture to read the article or click here for the online version.
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Paul received his Appleman earlier this winter, but couldn’t get it on the road until (most of) the snow melted. This bike was designed for comfort and efficiency. The diameter and layup of the tubing was designed to fit Paul’s riding style and the custom…
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One of many reasons I’m obsessed with carbon fiber is its inherent, natural beauty. While testing new materials, I haphazardly created this beautiful carbon fiber shape. The picture shows two layers of unidirectional carbon that is cross-plied together, wrapped around a tube and frozen…
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A few weeks ago, Steve Hed came to the Appleman shop and I helped make a few modifications to a bike project they were bringing to Sea Otter. This year is Campagnolo’s 80th anniversary of Super Record components. Steve Hed also had a 50th anniversary…
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