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  • Wheels!

    After the loss of my Sojourn, I had to find another bike. A while ago, I had sat on a Raleigh Mojave 2.0 to check size, and found it comfortable. […]

  • Bicycle Shoe Project

    One of my recent fascinations are bicycle shoes. Last year I picked up a pair of older (early 90’s/late 80’s NOS?) SIDI bike shoes- which I promptly took apart to […]

  • Handmade Show Slideshow

    As promised a few posts back, I’ve created a slideshow from the photo essay on the creation of shoes. Later tonight I’ll post some on that other project. The process […]

  • Gunton 2007

    Lest anyone who hasn’t looked at my website (which hasn’t been updated in ages) think I only use the Elf last, I thought I would post a pair of shoes […]

  • April 1st- no joking around, please

    Here is a picture of my new bike- I’m still waiting on the new stem, but I’m slowly mounting some of my old road bike accessories. The weekend it arrived […]

  • Bull-Horn-ed bike

    Short post, but browsing through a gallery of photos from the 2008 North American Handbuilt Bike Show, I saw this picture: The bike frame is made out of bamboo- it’s […]

  • Red Shoes

    I am still deciding on how I want to present the photo essay- I abbreviated it further for a forum on shoe-making- only elaborating on specific construction details that deviate […]

  • Handmade Shoes

    As promised, here is a picture of the shoes made for the Handmade exhibit. Black t-strap mary-jane style with fire-engine red counter-covers. The black and red leather I used is […]

  • Reviewing 2007: process

    At the beginning of 2007 I participated in an exhibit of handmade arts and goods at the Chicago Tourism Center Gallery. For the exhibit I produced an abbreviated photo essay […]

  • Folding Boots

    I thought that for my first post I would show a picture of my most recent creations. These boots were made for a colleague where I teach and based on […]