San Diego

I was 12 when I first went to San Diego. It was on a family trip, which in my family meant a 14 day coastal tour of California Missions from SD to SF. Being 12 and in grade 6, I nor my sister were none to impressed. Much to my delight 3 bars have found homes in SD and will with any luck cycle by some of those Missions I remember.

Bamboo

Wood is good. Seriously, look at this. Barring the obvious (and IMO unequal) comparisons of carbon fiber to wood it is clear that wood is a serious substitute for metal/carbon. I especially like the part about wood fabrication being less toxic than carbon fiber. I decided a few years ago to do away with the urethanes, epoxies, ethyl alcohols, et. al. Now I use only Tung oils and turpentine (love that smell) and I think I am healthier for it. I suppose you would be too, riding an FB bar.

Bamboo 29er @ Single Tracks.com

Local Knowledge

Big props to Urban Velo and Edinburgh Fixed Gear for getting the word out to their readers. 

Cheers fellas!

Curbside Cycle / Bikes On Wheels

For those of you in Toronto, you can get your set of bars at Curbside Cycle and Bikes On Wheels They are the best bike stores, are great fun and good conversationalists. 

Classic Lines

Marlene's Raleigh Lenton avec la nouveaux set of Ironing Board bars. 

Oh So nice!

Sugar Maple Ironing Board c. 1920's

My faether bought this ironing board at an antique show last summer for me to "do something with".  According to the dealer it was pulled out of a barn for an estate auction by his grandfather and is dated roughly from the 1920's. I will be working this piece for the next while and should be able to get 25 handlebars from it. 

The Ironing Board bar series is half spoken for already, get at me soon before they are all gone.

Wooden Riser/Track Bars

I am producing track bars made using reclaimed hardwoods I have picked up/sought out along the way and also from the great people at Urban Tree Salvage in Toronto. The great thing about reclaimed timber is that it has been air-dried and aged naturally which gives it amazing stability over freshly cut, kiln-dried timber. I will try to accommodate different requests for wood species to the best of my abilities but well-aged timber of certain varieties may not always be readily available.

off the shelf bars will stick with a standard spec but if you're really in need of something specific we can get that done too.

Each piece is more or less one of a kind, being that no two pieces of wood are exactly alike and the reclaimed boards come from a variety of sources. Each bar is handmade and finished with pure natural Tung Oil (no chemical urethanes). These are a functional work of art, picture perfect to differentiate your bike from all the rest.

Cheers,