The alloy front triangle O'Brien has finally completed production. Same exact geometry as the Miniluv full carbon lugged frame except the front triangle is alloy.

Here is a sneak peak:

Mark Proia of Portland, Oregon won the final race of the Cross Crusade series and secured 2nd overall in the series.

This was his first win of the year. He was in a lead group of 4 riders and made an spectacular effort opting to run instead of ride the muck that lead up to the finish.

Congrats and great job!

Here is a spy shot of our new 09 road frame. We are offering wholesale pricing for pre-orders received this week or next. Delivery scheduled for January.

Features include: Sub 950gr weight Asymmetric 1.5"x1.125" headset Internal top tube cable routing

An unexpected little gem in this month's Velo News. Co-founder John Behrens fighting his way up after a start-line crash to a solid 39th place finish at the UCI CrossVegas race.

We haven't completely fallen off the planet - but the cross season has taken a real chunk of bandwidth out of our busy schedules.

Unfortunately, yours-truly busted up his shoulder last week so now I have more time to ramble on the blog.

The new frames are really working out great this season. We daily get emails from happy customers raving about the handling of their new baby - THAT is why we do this.

We have some alloy front triangle (O'Brien) frames in production right now - here is a teaser:

A few of us hit the road for Interbike and the UCI Cross race in Vegas. Some celebrity chaser showed up to race that made the whole thing even more chaotic. His name is slipping me at the moment, but he won the tour 7 times and is supposedly making a go for 8 after coming out of retirement.

We were caught in a pileup 2 seconds after the gun went off so most of the race was us chasing to salvage anything of a finish. Chasing the pack that is lead by the top pros in the US is kinda like that terrier chasing the car down the road. It was a fun race and even with the mishap, we still faired pretty well...at least better than Berhens' carbon wheel with a hole in it from either my pedal or someone stomping on it.

Behrens finished 39th and I finished 51st. Lana was representing in the Women's pro event and even though she is just coming back from her offseason, she still squeezed out a 26th place finish.