A few weeks back Nate and myself had the pleasure of taking a mini-tour of the Pacific Northwest hitting up Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, and Bend in that order. After having a great demo day hosted by our friends at Counterbalance, we had the pleasure of hooking up with the Swift Industries crew and a bunch of new friends from Seattle for a little tour of the city terminating in a gorgeous cliff-side grill out.
If you've been on pins and needles waiting for your pre-ordered Log Lady frameset to arrive.... Well, be on pins and needles no more. They have begun shipping out to dealers this week, with the bulk leaving our warehouse on Monday. Which means if you've got an order in, you should be seeing yours towards the end of next week.
This winter we sent a black E.D. coated Macho King over to Sean at Team Dream as a thank you for his collaboration on the All-City X Team Dream bandannas, and waited. Waited on pins and needles, rapt with excitement and curiousity about what he would do with it, and how he would make it his. The results?
Out of all my bikes, even with having All-City’s full line at my fingertips, the Space Horse is the one I prefer for gravel races. The lower bottom bracket, slightly longer wheelbase, and generous fork rake make it an absolute demon at taming gravel descents and the smaller diameter tubing helps dampen bumps over a long day in the saddle.
Yours truly and Nate (you know, our Sales Manager with the totally great hair) are loading up the van and hitting the road next week to take a tour of the Pacific Northwest. We'll be bringing the party and a whole bunch of demo bikes and coming to your town (if in fact your town is either Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, or Bend).
While there are many reasons to fall in love with my adopted hometown of Minneapolis, around this time of year my affection turns to the Spring Classics. No, not the European Monuments, but the myriad of free long distance gravel events that pervade the early season calendar.
