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What’s Going on This Week?

Steph — Sun, 13 May 2012 18:27:23 +0000

Wednesday:

Wednesday Social Ride

(Photo provided by Greg from last week’s series of adventures that took the riders to Bussey Hill, the Arboretum and Grendal’s Den!)

The title says it all, a weekly social ride with a variety of destinations, geard towards fun and meeting other bike-minded people. Meet outside of Toscanini’s at 7 PM.

Follow the group on Facebook for more information!

“Strength in Numbers” Boston Premiere

This will be the Boston-area premiere of “Strength in Numbers,” the newest mountain bike film from Anthill Films. The Vancouver, BC based production company is behind previous movies “Follow Me” and the “Collective.” This is Anthill Films largest production to date and was shot all over the world, highlighting locations such as Nepal, Utah and British Columbia. The film features the following riders: Graham Agassiz, Adam Billinghurst, Anthony Messere, Brandon Semenuk, Wade Simmons, Rene Wildhaber, Gee Atherton, Matt Hunter, Cam McCaul, Andrew Shandro, & Thomas Vanderham.

Thursday

Black Falcon (“Dirty Bird”) Criterium

(Photo provided by the Black Falcon Crit tumblr)

7 PM at 1 Design Center at the Dry Docks in Fort Point. The rain is supposed to stop before this event, so make sure to swing by! Hopefully one of us from the shop will be over there shooting photos!

Friday, Saturday and Sunday

I know we try and keep things local, but this coming weekend has a few events that are worth the day trip out of the city!

Beast of the East–Philly

From the website:

“The Beast of the East will be a weekend long event celebrating the bike courier culture. Expect a wide verity of all the favorite alley cats, lots of partying, all the weirdest side events we can think of. There will be 7 races during the weekend, each race will earn participants points. The rider with the most points at the end will be crowned the Beast Of the East. And after all that is done we will hop on our bikes and take a 3 day 280 mile trip down route 1 to Richmond, VA for the 2012 NACCC.”

For more information please click here!

Satuday

Brooklyn Bike Jumble

(Photo credit: nybikejumble.com )

From the website:

“Come join us for the 4th annual Spring Brooklyn Bike Jumble at the Old Stone House in Washington Park – Park Slope, Brooklyn.

The park will be filled with vendors selling used bikes, new and used bike accesories as well as events to be announced.

This year we will also be celebrating the newly renovated park, as well as the continuing acendancy of bikes in New York City Traffic.

Please join us on Saturday, May 19th from 10AM to 4PM.”

For more information, click HERE!

If you want to advertise your event on our weekly event blog, please email Steph at srcrumley@gmail.com

My Superb Sprint

Jason — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:39:00 +0000

After putting in a bunch of miles on our Sprint Prototype I finally decided it was time to build myself one. I had one painted in sky blue metallic and I am really happy with how it turned out. The metallic flake is very understated but when the sun hits it, it really shines! I decided on black components to offset the light hue of the frame and I think the contrast really works, and it helps the gum wall tires pop. I have been commuting on it a few days now and I am super stoked with it. I went with some larger than average tires because of the number of horrible roads on my commute and the stiff frame and larger tires really work well to give an efficient buy comfortable ride. To fit the larger tires I used the standard brake hole fork, but had it plugged before it was painted. Well here is the components breakdown.

Frame: Superb Sprint Size L
Rims: Velocity Aero
Hubs: Superb
Spokes: Dt Swiss
Tires: Panaracer Pasala Tourguard 32c
Crank: Sram Omnium
Chainring: Superb Prototype
Cog: Profile
Lockring: All City
Chain: Izumi
Headset: Vintage Chris King
Stem: Gran Compe
Handlebar: Euro Asia Imports Cobra
Grips: Oury
Saddle: Superb Prototype

Antonio’s Special Edition Kawasaki Green Superb Sprint

Jason — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:20:54 +0000

If you remember from our last batch of Superb Sprint frames we did a special edition frameset in Kawasaki Green with a sparkle clear coat. Antonio from NYC snatched up the frame and has been carefully curating a build kit over the past few months and finally finished it up. Hands down this is one of the most beautiful builds done to date, and it gets me so stoked to see people building these up so cleanly and really enjoying them! Antonio built his up as a single speed and used some amazing NOS Dura Ace parts that really shine!

Here is what Antonio has to say about it along with the parts spec from his Flickr Site. Check out his flickr for more photos and super High Res!

“This is a bike I just finished building. The frameset is made by the Boston bike shop, Superb. This was the only frameset produced in this color, so that made it more special to me. It rides like a dream. Here is the parts list:”

Frame/Fork: Superb Sprint Kawasaki Green
Seatpost: NOS Shimano Dura-Ace 7410
Stem: NOS Shimano Dura Ace 7400
Brakes: Shimano Dura-Ace 7403
Levers: Shimano Dura-Ace 7402
Cables: Shimano Dura-Ace
Crank: Shimano Dura-Ace 7600
Bottom Bracket: NOS Shimano Dura-Ace 7610
Hubs: Shimano Dura-Ace Track 7600
Rims: NOS Araya 20A
Tires: Vittoria Open Corsa EVO SC
Bars: NOS Nitto Olympiade
Bar Tape: Brooks Leather Perforated
Freewheel: Shimano 18t
Saddle: NOS Selle Italia Flite 90s
Pedals: MKS Sylvan Track
Clips: MKS Steel
Straps: MKS Fit Alpha Spirit
Chain: Izumi Eco Track

Superb Sprint Frames: ALMOST HERE!

Jason — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:14:59 +0000

There has been a lot of anticipation around this batch of Sprint Frames. It is our largest batch yet thanks to the amount of pre-orders we have had and how quickly the last batch ran out the door. A lot of the order has already been spoken for and frames will be shipped off to customers all over the world as soon as they are arrive here. There are still some left for stock, so if you have been thinking about grabbing a new frame this spring, now is the time! We will have raw polished silver and matte black frames, there might even be one or two special editions! The frames are in transit from our builder and should be here thursday april 5th or friday the 6th.

Brooks x Vans Saddle, Only 2 Remain!

Wei Wei — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:50:15 +0000

If you remember last year when Brooks and Vans released their saddle and shoe collaboration last year, here’s your lucky chance to still grab one! We have 2 lucky Brooks x Vans Team Pro saddles left in stock from the collaboration. Only 500 saddles were made and if you regret not having gotten one or thought they were sold out, you can grab #167 or #174!

Superb Vivace Pre-Order: ENDS ON SATURDAY

Jason — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:48:49 +0000

Our pre-order for the Superb Vivace Track frame is coming to a close. The last day to put in your pre-order is this Saturday February 25th. Act now!

Cinelli Mash: Custom Build

Jason — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:24:53 +0000

We are in the process of building up a sick Cinelli Mash for Charles. Our mechanic Tom just finished lacing up some beautiful wheels for it, in the form of the super limited Phil Wood 3.5 track hubs (only 5 sets made in blue) Aerolite Bladed Spokes and H+Son Rims. Charles decided on a 2 cross lace pattern on the rear and radial front, good choice!

We are ready to build this beauty up, keep an eye out for the completed shots soon!

Superb Vivace: Pre-Order Countdown!

Jason — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:24:37 +0000

We are about half way through February and coming up quick on the end of the Vivace Pre-Order (Last day to Pre-Order is Feb 25th). We have had a lot of calls and emails about the Vivace and if you have been biding your time, this is just a friendly reminder. We are super stoked on this frameset, if you have been looking for a classy steel bike made from lively Italian tubing with out breaking the bank, now is your time. Remember there is a $100 discount offer for pre-orders and mulitple color options. Check out the Vivace Pre-Order page for all the details, and as always feel free to call or email with any questions. Our phone lines are open 24 hours a day, however we will only answer them during our business hours.

Photos by Jason Hollingsworth

Superb Sprint: Pre-Order

Jason — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:28:01 +0000

If you have been checking our online store you will have noticed we have been sold out of the Sprint Frameset in most sizes for a little while now. Don’t worry, we are in the process of building a new batch. We are already taking pre-orders for frames from this new batch and actually they are going much faster than anticipated. It looks like at this rate we will be sold out of many sizes before they even make it to the sales floor, therefore if you are looking to grab one in the next month or so to please call or email us to place a pre-order for your size and color choice so we can put one on hold for you. Color options are Polished Silver, or Matte Black and currently there is at least one of every size available for pre-order except XXS in Matte Black. The frames should be ready to ship out in the next 3-4 weeks and $200 reserves one for you.

Superb Vivace: Official Pre-Order

Jason — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:12:46 +0000

As promised we just opened up the pre-order on the Superb Vivace Framesets. We made a few tweaks to the prototype and are ready to start production after a short pre-order period. We decided to go with a higher end tubeset in the form of Italian Columbus Zona, but kept the retail price under $1000. All pre-orders get an introductory price of $899, with the standard retail price being $999. $300 down secures you a frame in your size and color choice. The frame will be available in 3 different colors, but we are offering a choice of 8 different colors to pre-orders only. Act soon, pre-orders end Feb 25th. Check out more information on the pre-order page, and the mocked up color options below.
Racing Red
Outer Space Black
Arctic Blue
Deep Forest Green
Vintage Orange
Sea Green
Midnight Blue
Superb Purple