Bicycle Blog
There are a lot of things that we love about living here in Milwaukee and one of our favorites is the local radio station that you'll hear when you come into our shop here in Riverwest, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee. Radio Milwaukee is a 501(c)3 non-profit local radio station that is fully supported by members, donors, underwriters and volunteers. In the ever static world of corporate radio stations, 88Nine focuses on local music and music from smaller bands all over the US and world. They have great DJ's, excellent new music and even have a live stream on their website so you can listen to their music whenever and wherever you are...
Two years ago at Interbike we introduced a new product called the Six Fyx. It was mostly a prototype at the time and we brought it to Interbike to see what bike shops and industry folks thought about it. After Interbike we went back to the drawing board a bit and made a few tweaks to the system but finally, after what seems like forever, the Six Fyx is in stock and now shipping!
We recently had the honor of hosting Paul Reardon from Blue Steel Fabrication in our new Milwaukee shop for a night of frame brazing and bike talk. Paul is based out of La Crosse, WI and makes handmade and custom bicycle frames and is one of the many reasons Wisconsin is a great cycling state. We invited Paul down to our new shop so he could demonstrate and educate and he brought his equipment, steel tubing and his knowledge of frame building and boy did he put on a show...
Riding a fat bike is a ton of fun and we recommend it for anyone that wants to have a new adventure on a bike. The first time I rode a fat bike reminded me of the first time I rode a mountain bike. You suddenly realize all the possibilities that are out there and new places you'll be able to go with the wider tires of today's fatties. One of the concerns we hear about all the time from people when it comes to getting a fat bike is the weight. While some of the earlier steel fat bikes from companies like Surly and Charge definitely are heavy, newer carbon fiber fat bike options like our Blackhawk have brought the weight down considerably and with the right build, fat bike weights can rival that of even the lightest mountain bikes. Here's our latest Tech Notes from Joel here at Fyxation how he shaved a few pounds off of his rig by going tubeless.
Here at Fyxation we pride ourselves in making high quality, functional and affordable bikes, frames, parts and accessories. Due to the nature of manufacturing, we make a large portion of our products in Taiwan. However, over the last few years we've made it a point to try to locally source or manufacture in house a larger percentage of our products. In 2012 we introduced our Gates pedal straps that we make right here in Milwaukee and have since sold thousands of them here in the US and abroad....
