Milholland Bicycle Company

Greg, your bike is being built as we speak.

When I’m not building frames I am riding my bike. When I am not riding my bike I am fly fishing.

Nothing like dressing up in a fat suite and standing in a stream all day in some of the most beautiful land in the world. Some heavy thinking and zen moments happen out here.

Ammon in his new gear

Monsters at camp!

Some great photos of Eric’s frame from Kristina Nash.

These lugs were inspired by one of my favorite constructuers,  Ernest CSUKA. Ernest was a long time French framebuilder for Cycles Alex Singer who has recently passed away.  He has left a large footprint in frame building history and will continue to inspire for a long time to come.

One day I will get a good photo of this, but here it is!

This single speed cross frame features ornamental head tube and seat tube reinforcement rings, double plain style fork crown, and fillet brazed joints. It also has hidden fender mounts on the seat stay and chain stay bridges for a clean full fender set up. The slightly sloping top tube allows for easy stand over and a comfortable handlebar height while maintaining a classic style. The photo doesn’t do the color justice. Its an avocado green with a gold outline on the logo and avocado skin green for the fill. This thing lights up in the sun!

The geometry of this bike makes for a smooth ride, yet does not feel sluggish. I contribute this to the custom fork. I am able to rake the blades and build the fork height to what ever I desire. This allows me to perfectly match the head tube angle of the frame to the fork rake in order to obtain the correct “feel” for the customer.

Its all in the details!

Here’s an example of what I go through during my lug design process. Lug carving takes a lot of practice. It takes a steady hand, lots of measuring, some hard-learned tricks, and a LOT of time.

From here, I will drill and saw out all of the excess material to get the rough shape. I will then use files to get the desired shape and change anything I dont like.

So I just wrote a huge post about the show and guess what, everything was erased! God bless technology.
So here goes. Short and sweet.
The space was beautiful, everyone was in a great mood, the crowd was the best yet. The OBCA really pulled through. Thanks to everyone for their questions and compliments. And thanks to Photographer Kristina Nash, I have some nice photos to show you all.

Now we are official! The kits came out great thanks to Griz and display some of Portland’s finest small businesses. I finally made it on a jersey! Hooray!
You have to love the motorhome emblem.

motorhome

I have decided to take pictures of my current build to give you an idea of how frames are made.
These photo’s are of a road bike made for Greg. A pretty and classic styled smooth riding steed.
(Click on the picture to get to the set )

I will post new photos as I go along.

It happened, and we heckled and drank. Quite a few people turned out and I even had my own peanut gallery of buddies behind my booth table.

Check out Griz’s track bike all built up! A lugged stem is soon to come. Go MOTORDOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He assured me that he was “German”

Heidi’s bike ready for paint. I love making women’s bikes. They can be feminine and  bad ass, and in my experience most women could benefit from a custom fit  bike.

Yep, Mark from Belladonna is always my best compadre at these things. I have not seen that bike since.

Dave from TI CYCLES showing the newbies how its done!

All in all it was a great time. Got to hang out with friends, drink good beer, and sit back and people watch.