Paducah Home Theater Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) If any of you ride, surely you're tired of everything being from Taiwan by now. If so, check out some of my friend's creations. Revolution bicycles, made right here in Paducah. Welded, powder coated, graphics made and applied, assembled, everything. https://www.facebook.com/revolutionbicyclecompany/?pnref=lhc Siren bicycles, dude is from southern Illinois right across the river then went to California but now he is in Colorado. He builds it all himself, doesn't outsource the welding. https://www.sirenbicycles.com/ Edited July 23, 2016 by MetropolisLakeOutfitters 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Hey cool, the black power raised fist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 Hey cool, the black power raised fist! Or Che's fist. Or librarians. Your choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Who do you think was first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 Who do you think was first? Oh, probably the Assyrians, circa the 25th century B.C. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raised_fist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 I'm not sure I would want to ride an assyrian bicycle though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaman Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) My wife and I have Trek bikes, really nice build quality...Cool bikes by the way! Edited July 24, 2016 by teaman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Trek Bicycles, Waterloo, Wisconsin. I used to live there. While they did have some lower end bikes made in Taiwan, they have over 400,000 sq. ft. of space in Waterloo now and another facility in Wisconsin. They make great carbon fiber and bonded aluminum bikes. Plus I think they still make their steel bikes. Lightspeed Bicycles, in Ooltawah, Tennessee, make outstanding titanium bikes. Still handmade here (I live about 20 miles from them). Crazy thing is, I don't ride. It's another expensive hobby/sport that I don't need. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Homegrown bike: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paducah Home Theater Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 Lightspeed Bicycles, in Ooltawah, Tennessee, make outstanding titanium bikes. Still handmade here (I live about 20 miles from them). The prototype welder for the Revolution bikes actually used to weld for litespeed. The owner is a litespeed dealer. Crazy thing is, I don't ride. It's another expensive hobby/sport that I don't need. Bruce Im trying to get back into it, it was all i lived for, for years. I just picked up a Haibike electric bike a couple days ago, just super fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbphoto Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I love the guy in the background of that pic checking out the frame geometry... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Free Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 That geometry is spot on! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 (edited) The guy is a stiff. Edited July 24, 2016 by DizRotus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieStl Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 The guy is a stiff. If he wasn't, he is now!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 She can't possibly be a cyclist. She doesn't have funny tan lines. http://www.bicycling.com/culture/trends/tan-lines-road-cyclings-secret-handshake 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Free Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Those are some very cool frames. It's nice to see the small frame builders still doing it. My first real bike was a Klein in the early 90's-handmade in Chehalis,WA. Had a bunch since, and still have one hanging on the wall. Made me very sad when Trek killed them. Now I'm riding Ibis, made in good ole China along with most of the other good stuff. I am interested in the new Alchemy Arktos which is mainly built in CO (unusual for carbon to be built in the US) expensive though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Everybody says that steel is dead. And on local club rides I see nothing but carbon. But until this year I rode a 1989 steel Waterford Paramount, and I only replaced it because it's such an old school design that it became difficult and expensive to find parts and components. I replaced it with a full-carbon Fuji Altamira 1.1. I was very surprised by three things: 1) The super high-tech carbon Fuji with 24-spoke front wheel and 28-spoke rear wheel weighs exactly 1 lb less than the steel Paramount with 32-spoke wheels, 2) the carbon Fuji ride quality is almost identical to that of the steel Paramount, and 3) with a 60 mm diameter downtube, I expected the torsional stiffness of the Fuji to be tremendous, but in fact it's about the same as the Paramount (I'm a mediocre rider overall, but I can sprint with the best of them). So much for 27 years' worth of technical advances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 She can't possibly be a cyclist. She doesn't have funny tan lines. http://www.bicycling.com/culture/trends/tan-lines-road-cyclings-secret-handshake Thats the owners wife, shes a badass runner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Free Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Not surprised, she probably gets chased a lot. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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