Custom bikes built in Durango, Colorado
After building the jig, I needed somewhere to mount the damn thing, since it weighs about 100 pounds. This part actually took quite a bit of thinking before I was ready to commit to a design. My design parameters were: -Mounted to my welding bench so that it didn't move much, but could still be …
I haven't posted in a while because for the last 6 weeks I was working on a pretty huge project. I decided to build a real frame jig. I built my first few bikes with the 80/20 beam style jig, and it did great for how little work it was and how much it cost. …
Finally got a bike built up for Hayley to replace her El Mariachi. She got the deluxe True Temper tubeset, with every tube a TT tube except for the BB shell. Paragon Polydrops so she can upgrade to a rear thru axle whenever she wants. Semi-slack 69° head tube angle, and 435mm chainstays. Also a …
Hayley and I got a chance to ride the tandem over a section of the Colorado trail called Blackhawk pass. The way we did this ride was to start at the upper trailhead of the Hermosa Creek trail, and ride up Bolam pass to the CO trail. From there we took it over Blackhawk to …
So this'll be the first of what I hope to be a fun tradition in blog posts. New tool Fridays! Even though I'm pretty good about keeping track of numbers like where the manufacturer says their tubing butts should be, it's nice to just know for sure. I think it's faster to just measure the …
This was the first frame I've had done by the local powdercoaters (there's only one), and I have to say, I think they did an amazing job. There were a couple small things the powdercoater and I talked about that we can change or improve for next time, but I honestly couldn't be happier with …
I decided to build the rear triangle first on this tandem, and while I liked it for a few reasons, I think I'll go back to the tried and true method of doing chainstays, then the main triangle(s), then finishing up with seatstays. With my new tube bender finished, the seatstays will be like icing …
A few weeks ago I started work on a new tandem. This one is named Nessie and will be the production mountain tandem that Myth cycles makes. A lot of thought and experimentation has led me to a geometry, set of features, and tubeset that I'm really happy with for a mountain bike tandem. One …
When Hayley and I got invited on a 3-day White Rim trip set for early March, we both had the same thought: Tandem! The White Rim is the perfect trip for a tandem team, and since it can be done with sag wagons (like our trip was) it's a great multi day experience if you …
Myth Cycles goes live on the world wide web! I'm working hard to get this site functional as quick as I can, but please be patient if there are missing pieces. Eventually it will have information on our tandem, contact info, and a regularly updated blog. Until then it's a work in progress. Poke around …