Bicycle Blog
When the crew from Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee and Fyxation first came together to discuss a unique way to promote the national roll out of their popular Fixed Gear American Red Ale, we couldn't have been more excited. Lakefront Brewery is far and away our favorite local brewery...
It still stings to think about last week's polar vortex. Waking up to -15 degrees day after day and highs below zero is tough any way you look at it. That's why yesterday's high of 20 felt great! We took the break in the weather as a chance to explore the other side of urban cycling that our city has to offer, via fat bike. The city of Milwaukee is dotted with sections of single track, unpaved sidewalk routes--that ride like single track-- and the beaches of Lake Michigan that are sculpted with ice shelves and snow drifts this time of year.
A few years ago we were contacted by the guys at fat-bike.com as they were interested in testing out our Mesa platform pedals as good option for fat bikes. Back then I wasn't very familiar with fat bikes and at the time most people referred to them as snow bikes. They were interested in our Mesa platform pedals because they were thin profiled, had nice tall molded pegs that could be used to grip icy boots and because they were a nylon platform pedal they wouldn't suck the heat out of your feet like a metal pedal would when riding in the cold weather. Anyway, I just stumbled across ...
Our product line up is set for a pretty big expansion heading into 2014 and we can't wait to show you what's in store. One of the products that we've been especially excited to introduce to the world is our soon to be named sealed bearing fixed gear wheelset. There definitely aren't a shortage of singlespeed and fixed gear wheelsets on the market right now, but there is a shortage of quality ones. The usual suspects all sell a mix...
We are pleased to introduce our new made in Milwaukee leather accessory line; The Tannery Collection. The Tannery Collection consists of 4 products that are hand crafted here in Milwaukee, WI and assembled right here in our workshop. Our Six Pack Caddy, Wine Caddy, Frisbee Disc Caddy and Bicycle Carrying Handle are fun and functional leather bicycle accessories and are great for any cyclist...
We just got in our very first production Quiver 1x10 here in Milwaukee and we are so stoked to release these into the wild. When we launched the Quiver frameset in early 2013 we were excited to see what types of builds our customers would come up with. Being such a flexible frameset the Quiver is at home as a single speed but can just as easily built up as...
LEH Supply company just introduced one of the sexiest looking bicycles accessories I've seen in a long time and I thought I would share. LEH Supply is a single man outfit that makes handmade custom leather bicycle saddles and parts and is based in Austin, TX. They're inspiration for their designs comes from fine men's dress shoes...
