Sheldon Brown had some truly unique bikes. However, I think his fixed/free mountain bike is truly Blue Collar. If you have an old mountain bike lying around, it could be a fun project to spice up that local trail you’ve ridden hundreds of times.

My Hercules has a 165 mm Shimano 105 crankset, with […]

It’s been several months since I’ve done an update on the Blue Collar Bombproof Bike project. I’ve done a lot of riding, climbing, falling and pushing with this bike and will begin an ongoing series of updates starting with this one.
The bike got it’s final upgrade in early November with a RockShox Recon fork […]

This post is part of our longterm Bombproof Bike Project
In the last week I’ve managed to put over 50 miles on the Bombproof bike. Of those, only ten miles were done on paved roads. My initial idea was to take it on my commute a few days before putting it through the singletrack […]

The Bombproof bike is built and it’s been on it’s first ride. I, of course, wrecked on the inaugural ride. I’m hurting but the bike made it through unscathed.
There’s a few changes coming from what you see here. We have a RockShox Recon fork coming, WTB Stout tires and I ran the […]

Since we are running way behind on the Bombproof Bike Project, I figured it was time for an update.
I am currently building it and need to pick up the last couple parts (oh right… brakes need cables to). There were several discussions on which kinds of parts we will be using, mainly 7spd vs […]

(this post is part of our ongoing Blue Collar Bombproof Bike Project)
The current specs for the Blue Collar Bombproof Bike call for the Surly Instigator rigid forks. I’d say this is the component I keep going back and forth on the most.
As I mentioned in the SS vs gears post, we are trying to […]