The Cyclingskills newsletter

(Set yourself goals and go for it) Why did I race a fixed gear crit and why I can’t wait to do it again? I wanted to celebrate my return to racing after a five year break with something special, a race that requires skills, power, endurance and is not quite as dangerous as downhill racing. The Redhook Crit seemed to fulfill all of the above requirements plus the added controversy from anonymous sources that it is only for hipsters, messengers and misfits. PERFECT. Now that I knew the event, I had to start training and prepping for it. Training...

The new manufacturer is in full effect right now and we are happy to say that their vision for the DaHÄNGER is in line with ours. We never wanted to just make another cheap bike hanger. The goal from the first day was to create a contemporary design solution for bike enthusiasts with the highest quality and durability. Made in the USA will allow us to keep a close eye on quality control and keep improving as we move forward. The new team involved is experienced in manufacturing interior design pieces and is going to make this even better than...

Where we are right now: I don’t make any of this up, all the timelines I have been announcing throughout our project are more or less the timelines I have been given to by our manufacturer (and I usually add a little more to be safe) but nothing ever seems to happen on time. There is a constant over promise and under deliver theme, which makes me look like an idiot. To a certain degree I don’t mind being the scapegoat, but enough is enough. Anybody who knows me understands that I stand to what I say and I expect...

Here is the latest material testing and tooling adjustment video. We are getting really close to having complete parts to send out.