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Its snowing here on the Gulf Coast in TX. I just checked WeatherBug and I guess we are expecting accumulations up to 2 inches which isn't really much in the grand scheme of things but I think the last time it snowed here was like 12 years ago, and before that was like 1982. Global warming my...

Alright well I've been asked to put together a small editorial for Kickstand Magazine and I'm having a bit of writers block. So I figured I'd ask you guys for some inspiration. I already know why I build bikes, I just need a little different perspective. Can you guys give me in maybe two or...

That's right, you read that correctly, I'm building the devil a bike. LOL Not really but close to it! One of my best friends in Denver CO is named Damon Bruno and his nickname is Damon the Demon. He's not harmful just mischievous as any single 52 year old man would be. You know dirty old men...

Alright guys I've got a question for all you vintage Schwinn guru's out there. My neighbor asked me to find him some tires for his classic Schwinn Spitfire 5 to get it back on the road. It's been sitting in his barn for the better part of the last 10 years. I noticed through a little research...

I know this is really last minute but I've been crazy busy trying to get El Jeffe' done and presentable for this ride. Tour De Fat is in Austin this weekend at Fiesta Gardens on the North bank of Town Lake just East of downtown Austin. Should be a rocking good time! I have a few friends with...

Finally a build-off I can enter! OK so a few month ago I was contracted to build a bike for an old friend in Nor-Cal named Pee Wee. He's a big dude with a big budget. He wanted a very unique custom that would emulate the Frisco style choppers the Hells Angels built and rode around the San...

Alright well since I ran into some time delays on getting all my material delivered from Metal Supermarket in Houston, I decided to work on one of the other two bikes I've got to have finished by the 15th of this month. Pee Wee's Boozer Cruiser had to be put on hold just until I get some more...

Well I haven't really been on the forum in a while, I've been busy trying to pay the bills now that my shop is almost finished up and running here in TX. A few months ago I got an email from one of my So-Cal Chopaderos brothers wanting to pick my brain about a new bike he wanted to build. I told...

For those that made the trek down to Carlsbad for the End of Summer Bummer here are some pictures by Mr. Hyde. Thanks to everyone who showed up and see you all next year. Later T http://chopaderos.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=47

OK so I'm not sure where to post this but who all came down to Carlsbad for the ride with the Chopaderos this past weekend? I met so many great people on this ride and I'm terrible with names so if you came down, tell me who you are and if we met or not. Thanks Travis or "Tex"

So I just got her all put together about an hour ago so these pictures are still dripping wet. Hindsight is always 20-20 and in said hindsight I think I under estimated the actual length of the Choppers US frame I bought. I'm 6'2" and the pedals are just a little close for me, maybe she will...

I noticed through reading through a few treads that some of you guys are from the Houston area. My folks own a house in west Houston where I grew up in the Memorial area and I will be splitting my time between Austin, Houston and Port Alto TX. I went to Stratford High School many years ago...

OK so yesterday my worst fears were realized. My business partner decided he was tired of working a regular day job and has decided now not to try something new with me and my company. He is closing the doors of his shop where I was to expand my business. The whole reason I moved to Orange...

So last week I was talking with a friend about this book I'm writing and he reminded me that I have built some really cool bike over the years but he thought my first bike was probably the best of all of them. It all started back in 1999. I was attending college and I had re-sparked my interests...

How yal doin? Alright so I'm now a new member, my name is Travis and I am the owner of Iron Spade Cycles. We are a CNC capable total custom motorcycle and bicycle fabrication shop located in South Orange County California. I recently moved to the OC from Denver Colorado where I had been...