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  • Updates on Velo shoes and the site

    Hello all! I am out of town for the holiday, but I have some updates to share with folks. I think I mentioned this already, but when I was offered […]

  • Sometimes it looks like a factory

    Progress progresses on the bike shoes – a person I worked for back in school is letting me use one of her machines to stand in for mine. I’m also […]

  • Expletives.

    After finally getting through a hump of delays, one of my sewing machines has died. It’s one that I use for a critical part of sewing the bike shoe uppers, […]

  • Bike Shoes Update 10/15/11

    A very, very brief update on the bike shoes trial. I am hard at work on the shoes – the earlier delays, as well as some others pushed the project […]

  • Delay, Work, Delay, Work – Yay!

    Sorry for the silence – I have been plugging away at the bike shoes, but as the title implies, I ran into a lot of delays which I’m finally recovering […]

  • Lasts!

    Haha, the lasts have finally arrived! I was able to start the patterning process Thursday night, and I’ll get into it in earnest on Saturday, when it will (hopefully) be […]

  • Bike Shoes Update 8/18/11

    It’s been a while since the last update, but things are picking up speed after some delays. The person copying my lasts for me had to delay the production, but […]

  • Leather, Updates and Ideas!

    I got to swing by the tannery yesterday to see what leather I could pick up to round out the choices for the bike shoes trial – always fun, and […]

  • Bike Shoes Update 7/12/11

    This is just a really quick post to say that I’ve closed the pre-orders for my bike shoes trial run. The last model is on it’s way to my last-maker. […]

  • Bike Shoes Are Go! Plus a Boston Trip Recap

    Fantastic news! I seem to have met my minimum to start on the trial run of the bike shoes! It would be great to get a few more people in […]