I’m pretty late to the game on this, but it’s pretty awesome that Profile has been posting those “How This Is Made” entries. The newest is on the Gas pedals, which might confuse some people since they’re not poured into a mold. (”Wait, you can make pedals out of METAL?”) It at least gives you some idea why they’re so expensive.
It’s good to see how bikes and bike parts are made. FBM has been particularly great at posting photos of the production process. They’re proud of what they do, and rightly so. And it just feels better when you can see a frame before its been painted and stickered. Even if you can’t see anything specific.
I’d give almost anything for several other brands to post similar blog entries: “Here we are poring over the latest Taiwanese catalog. Here we are picking our next line. Here we are calling the factory to finalize our choices. Here we are vociferously discussing the new hot ‘colorways’.”
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What is this, the ’90s? The ’80s?
A couple days ago I saw this Nigel Sylvester bike check. Chrome rims, bars, forks. OK. Taking that whole “shinin’” thing a bit too literally, but hey. Why not? After all, Hanson Little already had the full-chrome Mystic setup—which he told me he’d send a photo of a long time ago. Lies!
Yep, that’s a fully chromed Kink Farside, complete with skinwall tires.
A long time ago, a chrome bike was as pro as it got. I’m talking back in the mid-’80s. Then after a while it was all a bit too much—for department-store bikes only. Then you couldn’t even GET chrome. It was bad for the environment, bad for the metal, bad for the eyes.
I’m pretty late to the game on this, but it’s pretty awesome that Profile has been posting those “How This Is Made” entries. The newest is on the Gas pedals, which might confuse some people since they’re not poured into a mold. (”Wait, you can make pedals out of METAL?”) It at least gives you some idea why they’re so expensive.
It’s good to see how bikes and bike parts are made. FBM has been particularly great at posting photos of the production process. They’re proud of what they do, and rightly so. And it just feels better when you can see a frame before its been painted and stickered. Even if you can’t see anything specific.
I’d give almost anything for several other brands to post similar blog entries: “Here we are poring over the latest Taiwanese catalog. Here we are picking our next line. Here we are calling the factory to finalize our choices. Here we are vociferously discussing the new hot ‘colorways’.”
•••••••••••••
What is this, the ’90s? The ’80s?
A couple days ago I saw this Nigel Sylvester bike check. Chrome rims, bars, forks. OK. Taking that whole “shinin’” thing a bit too literally, but hey. Why not? After all, Hanson Little already had the full-chrome Mystic setup—which he told me he’d send a photo of a long time ago. Lies!
Yep, that’s a fully chromed Kink Farside, complete with skinwall tires.
A long time ago, a chrome bike was as pro as it got. I’m talking back in the mid-’80s. Then after a while it was all a bit too much—for department-store bikes only. Then you couldn’t even GET chrome. It was bad for the environment, bad for the metal, bad for the eyes.
I’m pretty late to the game on this, but it’s pretty awesome that Profile has been posting those “How This Is Made” entries. The newest is on the Gas pedals, which might confuse some people since they’re not poured into a mold. (”Wait, you can make pedals out of METAL?”) It at least gives you some idea why they’re so expensive.
It’s good to see how bikes and bike parts are made. FBM has been particularly great at posting photos of the production process. They’re proud of what they do, and rightly so. And it just feels better when you can see a frame before its been painted and stickered. Even if you can’t see anything specific.
I’d give almost anything for several other brands to post similar blog entries: “Here we are poring over the latest Taiwanese catalog. Here we are picking our next line. Here we are calling the factory to finalize our choices. Here we are vociferously discussing the new hot ‘colorways’.”
•••••••••••••
What is this, the ’90s? The ’80s?
A couple days ago I saw this Nigel Sylvester bike check. Chrome rims, bars, forks. OK. Taking that whole “shinin’” thing a bit too literally, but hey. Why not? After all, Hanson Little already had the full-chrome Mystic setup—which he told me he’d send a photo of a long time ago. Lies!
Yep, that’s a fully chromed Kink Farside, complete with skinwall tires.
A long time ago, a chrome bike was as pro as it got. I’m talking back in the mid-’80s. Then after a while it was all a bit too much—for department-store bikes only. Then you couldn’t even GET chrome. It was bad for the environment, bad for the metal, bad for the eyes.
