Shoemaking

  • Soling the Velos

    Quick update – I’ve attached the soles to the first ten pairs of the Velo shoes. I started with the duplicate sizes first, so I’m making speedy progress getting the […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Bike Shoes Progress

    Things are certainly coming along with the shoes I’m making for the Bike Chic fashion show – here’s a look at them so far: The shellac isn’t as nice as […]

  • Happy Halloween!

    I have been pretty busy the last couple of weeks, and it isn’t stopping. The highlight has been a trip up to Wisconsin for the annual meeting of the Honourable […]

  • Deadlines, Samples and Updates

    (Edit: I’ve changed the e-mail associated with this post and site!) No pretty pictures this post – I’ve had to put priority on some computer work for the last couple […]

  • Last update and progress on the cycling shoes

    Last week I received the new last samples as expected and I’ve been working working steadily with those. I’ve also been making significant progress on the bike shoe last and […]