The High Spark Of Low Trail Boys

I just got done making some modifications to an elderly Model M.

I replaced the fork with a 30mm trail model meant for a 26" P/R. Then shod it with 1.75" Paselas and added a new Wald basket. I bolted the basket stays to the low-rider mounts on the fork. It seems to work OK and it's pretty clean.

But the big news is how the ride has improved. I just can't get over how much I like the feeling that comes from adding a bit of fork offset. The bike seems to steer itself.

Onward to my next project: my own 64 S/L.

Quality Control

Mass collaboration isn't limited to humans. At Kogswell we celebrate the capacity of other species to help in the process of turning out a great product.

Here you see one of the packaging inspectors looking over the quality of the poly bags used in the latest shipment.

What do you think, Rex?

Rack update

We just got photos of the latest batch of rack samples.

Looking good.

The guys at the shop made me laugh. They were very concerned about the fact that the fender did not fit all the way up to the fork crown.

When I tried to explain that the gap was intentional you could hear the collective huh? all the way from Taiwan.

I'm going to paint my set red.

Vaughn Aldredge's handlebars

We get a lot of questions about the handlebars on the home page of our web site.

That bike belongs to Vaughn Aldredge and he had this to say about the bars:

We pulled those bars off of some Jamis city-bike that was in a state of disrepair at my LBS. I had originally bought the Nitto mustache bars, but the end handles weren't long enough to hold the cork grips, rotary shifter, and brakes before curving around. I spent a day searching online for a replacement - and really hadn't found anything that had enough space on the end bars for everything - but that also swept forward like a classic mustache bar. Before I found anything, my LBS called up and told me about the used Jamis bars. I'm not sure if they still make those bars, but I do need another pair (for a similar build - my wife's version of my bike) so I'm planning on calling Jamis at some point to see if I can score another pair.