Marin Museum of Bicycling Part 2-Cranks, Fairfax, CA

Warning - this is a bike nerd posting of the highest order.

For some reason, I was drawn to all the different cranks on display when I visited the museum. So much so, I found myself taking at least two shots of almost every interesting crank I came across. What follows are the pics and tidbits of all these cranks.


1-inch pitch chains start us off... so overbuilt, I love it...

Look at this fancy high-polish crank...

This is a shaft-drive... from the 1890's... everything old is new again.

Cook Bros...!!! 181mm

Jammin'; Jimmy Deaton's Yeti from Kamikazee, 50t Chainring
What is the crank, TNT? I'm now told it's Grafton.

Ah, classic XTR...

Specialized branded...

Man, CODA...

The original SweetWings... Titanium original Cro-moly goodness...

Buongiorno from Specialized-Italy! Milan, Italy

I wanted to highlight some of the nicest historical & current bikes, and the office overall in Italy. It's all pretty much pictures. If you can identify the bikes, you're a bike nerd. I'll try to make this follow - current bikes, historical bikes, current parts, historical parts...

That's it for the bike nerds.

Replanting the Transplanted Chicagoan, Morgan Hill, CA

It's time again for this Transplanted Chicagoan to replant myself in a new location. I will soon be in Morgan Hill, CA, working at the company that makes the bikes below. This is what you'll see if you visit me at the office (hint, hint)...

Current designs, historic bikes, and projects of the future too.

Even funky old stuff too...

Like my previous employer, I've been around this brand since '92, at my first bike shop. I have some old product still at home, and some old pics of the first real MTB I ever owned.

(these gloves were the shit in the 90s)

1992 Stumpjumper M2, bought as a rigid bike and fork added later.