The Long Haul Truckers and Crosschecks offer good platforms for setting up quality touring and commuting bikes.
In this case, a Trucker was chosen as the starting point. The bike will be carrying heavy loads with rear and front panniers plus the bar bag.
The bike will also be used extensively for city riding. By integrating a dynamo lighting system you get light when you need it. The Busch and Müller IQ Fly plus headlight is a headlight we often recommend: ‘plus’ means it means includes standlicht, or standlight, (ie: it stays …

Due to ever-increasing extremely popular demand, we’ve ramped up our Velo Orange stock range. Velo Orange manufactures cycling parts and accessories designed for comfortable cycling. Where so many brands have a strong competitive and race focus, Velo Orange components offer refined designs to help you cycle more enjoyably for longer.

Here’s a run down of some of the gear you’ll see in store now.
Velo Orange Milano handlebars

Velo Orange Porteur handlebars

Velo Orange Monmatre handlebars

Velo Orange Belleville handlebars

Velo Orange Touring sealed bearing pedals

Velo Orange Grand Cru long setback seatpost/27.2mm
30.2mm setback, to be precise

Velo …

It all started with a sad Shogun Katana road bike in 1980′s fluro orange. In it’s previous life it had been given granny gears & been ridden hard on many a Great Vic bike ride.

Now it was time for retirement by the sea. The Surly Spew on frame prep lists linseed oil as a rust preventative for frame tubes. As I had this on hand it was syringed into every orifice, taking about a week to dry into a claggy mess anywhere I hadn’t been meticulous to clean up.

Stainless bolts …

Our first container load from Velo Orange in the States has landed. Ok, maybe not a whole container but the first delivery of cool gear from Velo Orange is now on the shelves.
Porteur handlebars
We’ve had a stack of cyclists asking for the VO Porteur bars so here they are.
Brass Temple bells
Also a heap of people commening on the beautiful VO bells. They look great and their clear, loud ring is super effective.
And here’s some random shots of the VO stuff

So the time has finally come to unveil the bike I’ve been dreaming about for the last year or so. Taking LittlePixel’s idea, from bikeforums.net I’ve cooked up my own version of a fixed-wheel Brompton.
Starting with a 2009 S1E Brompton in clear laquer, I built a wheelset around Velocity Aerohead rims with a Phil Wood hub at the rear and a Pantour suspension hub at the front. I’m running on slick Schwalbe Stelvio tyres.
I’m running a cut-down Soma Noah’s Arc bar, clad in Velo Orange elkhide leather sleeves matched up …