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May 8, 2012 joelflood Hanford, my custom bike

Hanford- blue on blue

I stopped for this picture because the blue looked great.

August 26, 2011February 7, 2017 joelflood bike rides, my custom bike

Fin. It was great. I finished with over 30 minutes to spare. One might say that is close to the cutoff time, but I had a great time and wasn't too worried. I took hundreds of pictures and even poised my bike in nice settings like this one below. The bleu farce paint from Peter … Continue reading PBP finished

August 12, 2011February 7, 2017 joelflood Hanford, my custom bike, randonneuring, Simon Firth

My Hanford all ready for PBP

I took my Hanford out for one of the last rides in the US before PBP, and even with a overly stocked front handlebar bag, the bike always performs flawlessly. I am now meticulously scrutinizing what will go in the handlebar bag and debating on a small rear saddle bag. I have been deciding on … Continue reading My Hanford all ready for PBP

May 10, 2011February 7, 2017 joelflood Hanford, my custom bike, NY Bike Jumble, Peter Weigle, Simon Firth, swap meet

My painted Hanford frame!

Me and my framebuilder Simon Firth traveled north today to pick up my frameset from the Peter Weigle, who painted it. I pulled a lot of strings and traded a lot of favors to have one of the top framebuilders in the world to paint my first frame. It came out better than I could … Continue reading My painted Hanford frame!