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Since my touring bike was stolen, the only bike that I’ve been riding around town is my track bike. I’ve been waiting for my Geekhouse team Mudville for what feels like an eternity. I miss having a bike with gears that I can ride around town and lock up (the Bishop has too much carbon). So when Marty posted this up this morning, my palms got sweaty. I can’t wait!
Let’s see, mine must be the really big one.
Photo by Steve Anderson
If you’ve been following this blog for the past 6 years, you’ve seen me mention Razzle camouflage multiple times and if there is one cross team that could pull off a Razzle-inspired skinsuit during cross season, it’d have to be Geekhouse. Of course it takes an exceptional designer to pull it off, precedents and all. That’s why Marty enlisted Adria Klora to tackle the team kits this year, who also did the Golden Saddle Cyclery kits. ENDO‘s getting to produce some rad stuff this year!
All this Geekhouse razzle is coming to a race near you, just try to not stare directly into them or you’ll crash into a tree.
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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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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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.
I got a little teary-eyed when I saw a photo of Marty’s old space being painted over on the Geekhouse Flickr. But then today, when the above photo was posted, I immediately looked to the future for the guys. Geekhouse has officially moved into Headquarters Boston and I can’t wait to see them charge out of the gates.
Photo by Heather McGrath
Yep, we’ve seen this one before but Marty just posted up some studio shots of Mike’s murdered-out Mudville on the Geekhouse Flickr. Black cross bikes are so bad-ass and the tires just set it off.
Photo by Heather McGrath
Man, this bike is delicious! I swear, every Woodville that comes out of the Geekhouse shop looks better than the last and it’s gonna be hard to top this one. Laura’s 650B Woodville came out beautiful. Check out more at the Geekhouse Flickr!
Ed loves his Geekhouse Rockcity and based on the Flickr and blog traffic, I’d say that you guys do too. While it’s easy to comment on how a bike’s geometry looks “funny”, sometimes it helps to see a rider with their bike. After I shot some photos of the bike, I got a few of its happy owner next to it.
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Headquarters Boston is a collective in Boston meant to offer affordable workspace for small, creative companies. Geekhouse will be moving into this massive loft, along with other small time manufacturing companies. Marty has been talking about this for some time now and I’m so stoked for him to see it finally going somewhere. Headquarters Boston has a splash page up and the Geekhouse Flickr has some photos of the space.
The guys are going to be posting more information shortly, so sit tight.
It’s no secret that I really admire Geekhouse‘s work. Hell, some of my favorite Beautiful Bicycles I’ve featured here on the site have come from that workshop in Boston. While Geekhouse’s more recent exposure may be centered around the Mudville cross bikes, I first heard of their work, years back, because of the Rockcity track bikes.
My constant blabbering about their bikes convinced Ed from the Glitch Mob to put a deposit down on a mean, lean street killing machine. Ed’s Rockcity is one of my favorite Geekhouse track bikes. Set up in road-mode, this bad boy has a stoker hood and a front brake. Ed’s out on it daily, hitting the many hills the greater Los Angeles area has to offer.
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There are some Beautiful Bicycles floating around Golden Saddle Cyclery in LA. While many are customer’s builds, the guys at the shop have quite the stable. Ty races ‘cross and gets rad on his Geekhouse Mudville. While this is set up in road / off-road mode, come race day, he swaps wheels and shaves off the bottle cages and saddle bag (how rad is that saddle bag by the way?). I took this beaut outside the other day and gave it some lens love.
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