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Photo by Heather McGrath
As Eric and Sofia end their Great Escape, Brad from Geekhouse begins his. I wish nothing but the best of luck to you dude. Ride safe and have fun! Thanks to Heather for the great photo. Also, if you haven’t checked in on the Great Escape, sift through the archives, there are some gems in there!
Photo by Robert Lowe
Speaking of Geekhouse, remember Josh? Well, he posted this photo on Facebook from the portfolio site of local photographer Robert Lowe and I had to put it up. Josh ripped apart the course from the 2012 Downieville Classic on his hard tail Geekhouse Wormtown. Josh, looking mighty fast and loose my friend!
I miss my touring bike, even while taking these photos of Serena’s new Geekhouse Woodville, I was envious. They’re such nice bikes and the boys at Geekhouse do a superb job of modeling each build after their customer’s concerns. When Serena first wanted to get a new bike, we talked about her options. She ended up deciding on a Woodville. 26″ wheels, front, rear racks, fenders, Shimano and bar cons. This is a bike she’ll have her entire life and it’s a beauty. Now she just needs to take it on a maiden tour…
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It’s surprising to me how many people have the misconception that “Texas is flat”. While most of the eastern part of the state is indeed, very flat, in Austin, we’re smack dab in the middle of Texas Hill Country. Granted, the highest elevation we have is around 1,500′, there are plenty of good rides with 1:1 ratios of miles to elevation. When Brad and Marty from Geekhouse came into town a few weeks back, they said something to the extent of, “Austin’s pretty flat, right?”.
So, like any good host, I took them on a little hill loop. The weather was just right and not wanting to kill Marty, we took it easy, meandering through ranges and stopping at swimming holes. We ended up doing 40 miles and over 3,000′ before the allure of tacos took over…
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My Geekhouse Woodville Touring bike was stolen off my porch yesterday, early afternoon. I sat it by the front door, went inside to fill up a water bottle and by the time I went back out the front door, it was gone. Someone walked up and rode off with it, in broad daylight, on our super quiet residential street. None of my neighbors saw anything and in a panic, I went all over looking for it, turning up nothing.
It’s still missing and I am devastated. I’ve put more miles on this bike than any other and it was my daily rider.
I talked to a guy who saw “a homeless man spray painting a big purple bike” in the neighborhood literally 30 minutes after it was stolen. If you’re in Austin, PLEASE keep an eye out for it. It was stolen on the East Side and the man who took it most likely painted the frame black. Other notes: it has those Resist Nomad tires on it but other than that, the build is exactly as shown here.
If you see it, or have any information, please email me. If you can get it from the guy, take it to a bike shop and send me an email. There is a reward if found.
The last time we saw Ty’s Geekhouse Mudville, it was in the middle of cross season. So what do cross racers do in the “off season”? Some choose to ride their cross bikes on singletrack, over fire roads and through the woods. While most people hang them up in their sheds or garages, Ty and a lot of other riders prefer to ride theirs year-round.
When he decided he would try to travel as much as he could this year, he comissioned Megan from Moth Attack to add S&S couplers to this already versatile bike. Gotta love that Geekhouse team livery all torched up! He left with Moi this morning on a week-long trip and the bike was looking great yesterday, so I had to photograph it.
I wish these two dudes the best of luck. Have a blast!
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Here’s to honest utilitarianism. These bikes are leaving to get out there tomorrow. More to come…
After multiple requests for their 2012 club kits, Geekhouse has posted up a pre-order. Get on it now! These are race cut, so don’t let the “club” fool you. Size up as you would with any race cut kit. For reference, I wear a large or XL in most kits and the XL in this kit is super tight on me.
Ever wonder how internal cable routing works? Some of you do because I’ve had to explain it to a few readers. Geekhouse just put a nice feature up on their blog explaining how this simple detail is integrated into their frames. See it here. Nice work guys!
Don’t have a bike? Make one! Geekhouse shows us what you can do with a little time and a lotta space. While we’re on the subject of Geekhouse, head over to Facebook and Like their page.
Now that’s a club kit. I hear those new Geekhouse cross bikes are gonna be pretty slick too.
Marty and the Geekhouse boys are back at it, building frames in their new HQ spot. He’s got the list going for the new 2012 Geekhouse Mudville cross team bikes. I’m on the list, are you?
You’d think Marty and the Geekhouse gang would have mistaken Austin for Boston at last year’s event. Somehow they got confused and set up their NAHBS booth in their new space at HQ Boston. Silly guys, the convention was 3,011 miles away! While they sort out their flub up, head over to the Geekhouse blog and Flickr for more details on what happened.
