Stanridgespeed Bicycles

We've moved!

2011-08-01T09:23:00.003-04:00

Please continue to follow Stanridge at http://stanridgespeed.com/stanridge/blog/ and check out the rest of the new site. Great job Trent!

Jealous

2011-07-29T12:50:00.002-04:00

Check out these photos from the Mash SF boys from there trip around Europe.

There will be a quiz on Monday...

2011-07-29T12:41:00.002-04:00

Via LE CONTAINER.

Slick Wool Jersey by All-City

2011-07-28T16:45:00.002-04:00

Check it out here.

Vintage Bobke

2011-07-28T16:35:00.001-04:00

Spotted here.

29'er Lasered Graphics

2011-07-26T14:52:00.003-04:00

ALLFAB Here in Cols knocked it way outta' the park. Stoked to get these on the 29'er. They're absolutely perfect. Thanks Russ!

More from Toyota, Parlee, Prolly

2011-07-26T14:41:00.004-04:00

As always, nice job to John from Prolly for his work on this project.

Official project page from Toyota.

Coors Classic

2011-07-26T14:25:00.004-04:00

Sweet set of photos of the '85 & '86 Coors Classic by Chico Cycling Nut on Flickr.

Hoogerland Jersey

2011-07-26T14:13:00.002-04:00

Stomach of Anger's Hoogerland shirt will now available as a jersey from Milltag.

Musettes

2011-07-25T15:22:00.001-04:00

from cork grips.

Jens in the WSJ

2011-07-21T11:04:00.005-04:00

Nobody Suffers Like Jens Voigt

The Veteran Cyclist Is Known for Constant Attacks—and Never Quitting; 'Shut Up, Legs!'

Read the article by Jason Gay in the Wall Street Journal.

Yuki

2011-07-20T10:15:00.002-04:00

We're painting in house now. Our first project for shinya is on the way.

Steps:
1. DTM epoxy primer.
2. 4 coats of color
3. Logo work in paint.
4. 2-3 coats of ultra hard glossy clear coat.

This is a mid process shot. NOT the final product. If you look at the reflection along stanridge you'll notice a bit of "orange peel".

Tomorrow

2011-07-20T10:04:00.002-04:00

Workhorse

2011-07-20T09:59:00.003-04:00

Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) pushes the pace on the Col de Manse climb. Photo: © Bettini for CyclingNews.

...pushed the break all day and selflessly set up his teammate for the sprint victory in the end.

The blood suits him

2011-07-16T19:14:00.002-04:00

After much cussing and two crashes, Jens Voigt gets going again.

Photo: © Roberto Bettini, via CyclingNews

2011-07-15T23:52:00.000-04:00

The World Champion Opens His Account

2011-07-15T23:46:00.001-04:00

Photo: © AFP

It must be the shoes...

2011-07-13T14:15:00.001-04:00

Photo: © Sirotti

I thought he might get some street cred

2011-07-13T14:10:00.003-04:00

Swoop from Stomach of Anger. Via Prolly.

RE: Rocket-Company

2011-07-13T09:12:00.003-04:00

P.S. Big, big thanks to Patrick from Pedal Consumption for hooking Stanridge up with Rocket-Company!

Here we are: Stanridge Speed

2011-07-12T16:51:00.004-04:00

Adam and Stanridge are currently featured in the Russian magazine Cyclepedia. For those of us who aren't so lucky to be familiar with the Russian language, Adam's transcript of the interview is below.

1) First, please introduce yourself. Your age, where are you from.

My name is Adam Eldridge. Started life in Germany and traveled with family around the USA as a child. After graduation from University I continued to travel from state to state with my first employer. Columbus, Ohio has been my home for 4.5 years. This is the longest amount of time I have lived in one place. Columbus is my home now. I just turned 34.

2) How did you started build frames? Is this business for you or just hobby?

Mechanical objects have always caught my attention. I was the kid that was always making stuff. No game consoles for me growing up. I was always planning and building treehouses, making forts out of huge cardboard boxes, making models and remote control airplanes. Getting older it turned into bikes and vehicles. My father and I were always working on a projects, A vintage Camaro, A GTO. A couple years later the obsession with vehicles turned to BMW. I started working on a older 318 and landed a job with a NA based GT3 BMW SCCA team. I was using my degree creating advertising campaigns for the retail side of the team and on my off time race prepping a M3 for the track. Later, while working in a local bike shop as a General Manager I acquired a Vivalo. The Vivalo really opened my eyes and senses to a true hand crafted machine. I was deep into NJS and Kierin at the time. I found myself enveloped with the respect paid to the Japanese master builders. The pageantry and traditions surrounding Kierin in Japan spoke to me. I learned from an american builder named Doug Fattic. He taught me brazing skills. Now the bicycle frame building supports me. There are no other source of income. I've built for 3 years part time and full time for 6 months.

3) Describe your work process. Which materials do you use for frames, which tubes? And why exactly? Any secrets or tips for guys who want to start their similar business?

Stanridge builds with steel. Many different types of steel have been used. Choosing the wall thickness and butt profiles and tube shapes helps the frame cope with intended use. Various tubes react differently to rider weight and wattage produced by the rider.

Frame building is tough. Not only does one need to have the skills necessary to build a frame - one must also know how to run a business. Take baby steps. Find outside money or marry rich. It's easy to slack off at your day job, one understands a check will come weekly. If you slack off doing your own thing you're not going to be eating.

Luckily, I took the business route in University. As with any business the saying goes "If it were easy everyone would do it."

I'm not a Bohemian. I'm not planning on building just enough frames to grow my garden and drink kombucha tea. I want to grow the brand develop a 2nd tier line and provide jobs to folks here in Columbus. Building one-off custom frames is not a sustainable business model. This is why you see business savvy builders extending their reach and digging into other markets. R. Sachs knows whats up. Ira Ryan, Vanilla (speedvagen).. they're all going the semi production route by accepting a shit ton of "pre-orders" in stock geo to create liquidity and busting them out... I'm diggin' this.

4) We saw different kinds of bikes on your site. Road bike (on modern and oldschool components, city bike and fixed gear of course). If it's not difficult for you please describe every project in a bit (we saw 4 bikes).

Woah! This is an overreaching question! Come on Alex! Let's talk about the HSP. The HSP really struck a nerve with people all around the world.

I was getting comfortable with fillet braze construction and wanted to really go after the vision in my head. The Cinelli Laser Air was my inspiration. 300 were made in the early 80's. Such a radical machine. I like to think of pursuits as "F1 Bikes" purpose built machines of speed, highly uncomfortable yet bearable enough to take out on a Sunday morning. Like an F1 racing car.. get it?

So on the prototype I wanted to use 700C wheels, utilize a BB30 shell, hide the seat post and keep the geometry within UCI specs. Why design a illegal track bike? Over the holiday of last year I was looking though a hotrod car book and noticed a killer paint scheme on a car designed to go fast on the bonneville salt flats. I modified the design and had it painted on the steel frame and carbon fork.

So the rest is history. I built it and sent it around the USA to be ridden and photographed by all the guys at the top of their game in the blogging world.

5) We love your logo! Who designed it? Few words about it.

My good friend David Butler (artofthemidwest.com). Thanks, he really knocked it out of the park.. Why? He's a bike nut. He truly understands the brand, the ascetic and the general cycling culture. I built him my first Track bike and soon my first single speed 29'er. He's taking the 29'er to Ireland to the Single Speed World Challenge.

6) Good prices for bikes! Is it possible to order bike and deliver to Russia, somebody of our readers might be interesting in buying.

They're going up at the end of the month! Let's not talk about how my labor per hour breaks down. Thank you for the compliment. Yes, I ship bikes around the world. The internet is a beautiful thing. It connected you and I through a typed handshake.

7) Do you love sports? Do you training on bikes? Which type of bikes do you prefer: road or track? Any favorite cyclists? Are you ready to watch The Tour.

I've got to pull myself from eurosport every morning. The Tour is killing my productivity. It really upset my ex last year when I filled up the DVR with Tour Stages. I ride a bike everyday. I train three days a week. I race road and crit here in the US. Right now I'm gunning for Evans in the tour!

I've played sports my whole life. Soccer for 13 years. Track and Cross Country through primary, middle and high school.

New Tech

2011-07-12T11:31:00.002-04:00

All Italian collaboration spotted by Fyxo.

What dissention?

2011-07-12T11:12:00.005-04:00

The big man Griepel gets one, besting his ex-teammate Cav by just a wheel in a long sprint. Gilbert is the first to congratulate him.

Rocket-Company

2011-07-12T10:43:00.002-04:00

@stanridgebikes stanridge bicycles - We're proud to announce our newest dealer. Take a moment to check out what they have to offer and stop by if...

Check out Stanridge's new partner in crime:

Rocket-Company
Lot 14, SCBD, Bengkel Basement, in Sudirman, Jakarta.

Hoogerland and Flecha still in

2011-07-12T10:38:00.002-04:00

"Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM), who made that dramatic flight into the barbed wire on Sunday, has hung on to start today's stage in the polka-dotted jersey of the King of the Mountains. He leads new yellow jersey Voeckler and Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad)."

http://live.cyclingnews.com/

The Science of a World Champion on the Track

2011-07-11T17:21:00.005-04:00

Fascinating and really well done look at what it takes to go all out at the world class level.

Via The Bicycle Story.

2011-07-11T14:57:00.004-04:00

"Flecha, who hurt his elbow, and Hoogerland, who lacerated his legs on a barbed-wire fence, were recovering on Monday and the Dutchman even went for a leisurely ride with his father."

from, NBC Sports.

Alright, this guy needs a new badass nickname. Any Suggestions?

Adam Interviewed on CycleEXIF

2011-07-11T13:46:00.003-04:00

Here!

Hoogerland

2011-07-11T10:41:00.002-04:00

"A true hero. He still came on the podium to get the mountain/climbers jersey + the prize for the most competitive cyclist of the day. He came in 15 minutes after the pack. When he got hit by a car he was about 5 minutes in front of the pack. This is a true hero people!!! Lets hope he doesn't have to abandon. As I type this he's being checked in a hospital." - YouTube user erikkz

Also a good write up about the stage here on ITALIAN CYCLING JOURNAL.

Good luck to Hoogerland! Hope to see him out there again tomorrow!

Seagull Bags Photo Contest

2011-07-11T10:19:00.003-04:00

See the all the photos on Seagull's Flickr.

The Miller Bike

2011-07-08T16:11:00.002-04:00

From the Revolution Blog. We hand bent and fillet brazed the rack to match the lines of the leader frame. We also built the fork. Thanks to Revolution for including us on the wonderful build.

From Revolution Cycles:

Leader frame, with fork and rear rack by Stan Ridge Speed.
Phil Wood high-flange front hub.
Sturmey Archer kick-back rear hub
700c wooden rims
Brooks Special copper-railed saddle.
Hand carved copper head-badge…and more

What's fater: Cavendish or the Space Shuttle?

2011-07-08T13:37:00.001-04:00

Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off at 11:29 a.m. EST on July 8, 2011, to begin the STS-135 mission, the last of the shuttle program.

Number 2

2011-07-08T12:27:00.002-04:00

Cavendish strikes again.

More bad luck for GC contenders...

2011-07-08T11:19:00.005-04:00

Wiggins is not looking like he's going to get back on the bike. American Chris Horner was also involved in the same wreck but is receiving medical attention on his bike and trying bridge the gap.

Boasson Hagen

2011-07-07T11:18:00.000-04:00

Fellow Norwegian Hushovd sprints to 3rd, retains yellow.

Grit

2011-07-06T14:29:00.002-04:00

Boonen

Missiled!

2011-07-06T11:29:00.002-04:00

It was just a matter of time, right?

All grown up...

2011-07-06T10:34:00.001-04:00

Stefan's rando looks like it's about ready to put in some big time mileage (kilometerage?). This bike is looking really great. Nice job Adam and Stefan!

RHC Milano

2011-07-06T10:31:00.000-04:00

RHC MILANO from Pietro Malegori on Vimeo. Via Prolly.

Carnage

2011-07-06T10:19:00.003-04:00

Contador was involved in an early crash. He made it back into the peloton but looks a little roughed up. This has really an unlucky start for the defending champ. I think Robert Gesink was also involved in the same crash.

Tom Boonen was laid out shortly after Contador's crash. It's surprising that he got back on the bike and is still trying to make his way back into the group. Pretty hard-ass...

Evans edges out Contador in Stage 4 sprint

2011-07-05T14:14:00.003-04:00

Evans, Vinokourov, Gilbert, Hushovd, Fränk Schleck, Sammy Sanchez, Klöden were all able to match Contador's acceleration on the short but steep Mûr de Bretagne. No major losses from other GC contenders. Is Evans the new favorite?

American Win on the 4th of July!

2011-07-04T11:33:00.001-04:00

Farrar wins first Tour stage, second win in a row for Cervelo, Hushovd remains in yellow.

SKODA and Tour de France

2011-07-03T17:42:00.000-04:00

USA!

2011-07-03T17:11:00.003-04:00

On the eve of the Fourth of July, all four US based teams place in the top six in the return of the team time trial to the TdF. Contador drops further back. Full results from Cyclingnews.

HSP

2011-07-01T13:53:00.001-04:00

Photo by Alpenrose.

Photo of Adam by Chris Walker

2011-07-01T11:35:00.003-04:00

http://www.facebook.com/WalkerPhotography

What is that lion doing to that other lion?

2011-07-01T10:37:00.003-04:00

Graphic developed by Trek for Andy (and Frank?) Schleck's TdF Madone. Read up at bikeradar.com. Would really like to have seen a play on the "stomach is full of anger" comment from last year's tour.

Holy Sh!t! Think and shift!

2011-06-30T17:56:00.005-04:00

Read this. It will blow your mind. I think this will change the future of high-end road bike components.

From Prolly.

TdF starts this Saturday

2011-06-29T16:38:00.002-04:00

Stage 1: The Passage du Gois is a causeway joining the Île de Noirmoutier and Beauvoir sur Mer on the mainland, via Barbâtre, and is submerged by the tide twice a day. LeTour.fr

2011-06-29T15:12:00.001-04:00

2011-06-29T15:05:00.001-04:00

Via LE CONTAINER, not sure who or what...

2011-06-27T14:44:00.002-04:00

From TOLA! Is it just me or is the most ridiculous (or sweet) thing about this the gear ratio?

Toyota x Parlee x Prolly

2011-06-23T14:35:00.002-04:00

John over at Prolly has released an update to his ongoing project with Toyota and Parlee with some nice photos (as usual with John). Oddly enough, the bike is looking a little like the collaboration between Mclaren and Specialized. Props to Bob Parlee on a great looking build, John for the hype, and to Toyota for investing in a project like this. Really looking forward to future updates!

Bike Art

2011-06-23T09:31:00.001-04:00

Anyone know what this is from? Via LE CONTAINER.

New Cinelli Parts

2011-06-22T17:57:00.002-04:00

Including the Mash collaboration stem and bullhorns. Digging the Criterium bars. Spotted on aerodinamica.

One month from today...

2011-06-21T17:39:00.003-04:00

... Le Tour will makes it's first pass over the Galibier, only to do it again the next day. These two stages should set up the eventual winner barring any disasters in the individual tt.

TdF Correspondance from Cycling Tips

2011-06-20T21:10:00.002-04:00

Wade from Cycling Tips is heading to Europe to mountain bike in Switzerland, ride some tour stages, shoot some photos of the race, and Hang out with Rapha in London. Jealous much? Looking forward to his posts. Check out his itinerary here.

Very Cool...

2011-06-19T19:35:00.002-04:00

A Manual For Speed

"Manual for Speed is collection of photo essays, videos, narratives, interviews and anecdotes, all of which, either directly or indirectly, illustrate the pursuit of speed."

Spotted on Prolly.

2011-06-17T11:30:00.001-04:00

"THIS GUY IS SO BOSS.

I DON’T KNOW WHO HE IS: LET HIM BE THE UNKNOWN CYCLIST AT WHOSE TOMB WE MOURN THE DEATH OF MACHISMO IN TODAY’S SPORT.

LOOK AT THAT LEG: PURE FUCKING SINEW. HOW COULD ANYONE RIDE AGAINST THIS? POSSIBLY THE TOUGHEST MOTHERFUCKER YET ON BRR."

- BIG RING RIDING

2011-06-16T16:28:00.000-04:00

spotted on LE CONTAINER.

2011-06-15T17:28:00.002-04:00

Stanridge built a bike for this local courier. Ian's a great guy. Take a minute to check out his site. We'll have... http://fb.me/14vkCYEWj

Panoramic view of Revolution Cycles

2011-06-15T17:20:00.001-04:00

shop is looking good

Revolution Cycles
1189 N. High St.
Columbus, OH 43201

Seagull bags for PEDAL Consumption

2011-06-13T12:24:00.002-04:00

Sweet looking bag by Columbus local Seagull Bags for PEDAL Consumption. Via PEDAL Consumption.

CX for Shinya

2011-06-08T16:23:00.001-04:00

Single Speed Drops w/ derailleur hanger.

2011-06-08T16:13:00.002-04:00

He must work out... Tony Martin won today's TT at the Dauphine taking just 55:27 to cover 42.5k.

Photo: © Bettini for CyclingNews

2011-06-07T09:28:00.001-04:00

Stephan's Ibiza bound rando. Check out all the photos on Stanridgespeed's Flickr.

Cutters Win!

2011-06-07T09:22:00.001-04:00

Unfortunately, no clue who the artist is. Spotted on Tracko.

Café du Cycliste - Henriette Jersey

2011-06-03T09:45:00.002-04:00

Café du Cycliste has an awesome line of cycling apparel that doesn't make you look like a weenie. The $165 price tag with shipping from Southern France on the jersey above is almost justifiable... Cop it here. (spotted on PEDAL Consumption)

"At Café du Cycliste we want to make you happy to wear cycling garments by avoiding the full polyester dogma and the mimicking of pro racing style. As a result we offer a range of technical and elegant cycling wear made with high-end fabrics and playing with kind of a retro style. Our principle is to avoid mixing the technical development and the styling. While the fabric selection and technical design are aimed at creating performance wear, the styling is deliberately elegance oriented. For the high-quality and beautiful product enthusiasts, we certainly offer the nicest cycling wear…in the solar system."

2011-06-03T09:17:00.001-04:00

New photos on the Stanridge Speed Facebook page.

Cinelli MASH Bullhorn Bars

2011-06-02T15:18:00.003-04:00

Available for pre-order from Mash. (Spotted on Takeover LA!)

2011-06-01T17:41:00.001-04:00

The Pillars of Italian Cycling from Testrider.com on Vimeo via Takeover LA!

2011-05-31T10:34:00.001-04:00

via BIG RING RIDING.

2011-05-31T10:29:00.003-04:00

“My career saw the end of the last untroubled age of bike racing. The men of that era still looked each other in the eye. We didn’t tiptoe away when the time came to light the fuse: we preferred rousing anthems to gentle lullabies. And we didn’t mind getting burned if necessary. A true cyclist sometimes has to bite the dust before he can reach the stars.” -Laurent Fignon

Nice blurb about Laurent Fignon's autobiography Nous étions jeunes et insouciants (or We Were Young and Carefree) by Max Leonard for Rapha.

2011-05-27T12:22:00.002-04:00

Rapha Continental – The Movie from RAPHA on Vimeo.

2011-05-27T10:19:00.002-04:00

Via Cay Broendum.

Capecchi

2011-05-26T10:57:00.002-04:00

2011-05-24T16:07:00.000-04:00

Too Easy...

2011-05-24T12:26:00.002-04:00

Contador whips Nibali and Scarponi by over 30 seconds in just 12.7k of the Giro's uphill TT.

2011-05-23T11:02:00.002-04:00

Michael Friedman gets his grimace on after killing it in the break all day during the last stage of the ATOC. Photo by Jonathan Devich for CyclingNews.

New build photos.

2011-05-22T17:42:00.002-04:00

Follow along with Shinya's build.

>>HERE

100%

2011-05-21T10:13:00.002-04:00

American Horner wins Stage 4 of ATOC

2011-05-19T17:56:00.005-04:00

Sweet photos from Rapha. Horner left the field in the dust on Sierra Rd. outside San Jose.

Cav makes it 2 wins in 3 days

2011-05-19T17:25:00.002-04:00

Photo from CyclingNews.

SPARKLE PONY

2011-05-17T18:43:00.003-04:00

Fillet brazes

Very cool bike realated graphics

2011-05-17T10:01:00.002-04:00

Work by Sansquare. Spotted on F&W.

ATOC Stage 1 Cancelled...

2011-05-16T10:06:00.004-04:00

...due to snow, mudslides. Photo from Rapha. More more on the story @ CyclingNews.

2011-05-13T17:02:00.000-04:00

strade bianchi

2011-05-11T17:45:00.002-04:00

More great photos of today's stage 5 at Steephill.tv

2011-05-11T17:30:00.002-04:00

More Super Slow Motion [Water] - 550D from Rickard Bengtsson on Vimeo.

2011-05-11T17:11:00.002-04:00

Lightning strikes three of the tallest buildings in Chicago at the same time! from Craig Shimala on Vimeo.

2011-05-11T08:26:00.000-04:00

2011-05-10T14:44:00.001-04:00

spotted here.

2011-05-10T10:13:00.003-04:00

Wouter Weylandts (27 September 1984 – 9 May 2011)

2011-05-09T17:21:00.001-04:00

via LE CONTAINER.

Junk

2011-05-09T17:06:00.001-04:00

Photo Finish Today in the Giro

2011-05-09T11:28:00.002-04:00

Goodwood

2011-05-08T10:53:00.003-04:00

Discovered a killer Goodwood set on Flickr>>HERE

2011-05-06T16:16:00.002-04:00

Very cool photo set of Geox-TMC training from CyclingNews.

May 4 manufacturing.

2011-05-05T08:21:00.001-04:00

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