The beautiful detail of the new Tepusquet Bridge.

Dave sent some beautiful pictures of his new frame and you can see them in the Dave Sams gallery page.

Head over to Jim Langley's site to read more of Jim's thoughts about this new book by Andrew Ritchie.

A candid, 60 minute glimpse of a side of Lance we don't often see. The interviews are in english.

"Dad, do I have to wear a helmet?"

20 miles on the fixie after the storms, chilly ride around the valley with snow on the mountains.

Giro d'Italia 1974 - Tre Cime di Lavaredo. Steep and intense. The tifosi were just as crazy then. (found at trackosaurus rex)

Work continues and the finishing touches are being applied to the new Tepusquet Bridge. Not open yet but soon we hope.

A bit of the communication with Anthony @velocult in San Diego. In addition to building him a new Lighthouse he has two vintage Lighthouse bikes at his shop.

This one was built in 1982 for Roger Sands of the Bicycle Center in Santa Cruz.

Tim,

Sounds great. Let me get together the specs that I want and Ill get back to you with that.  Another question. We have another Lighthouse. Its a mountain bike. The s/n is 8982. It's light green, fillet brazed, and has a bi-plane fork. The model appears to be "chaparral" and there's a name on the top of "Roger Sands"

Anthony,
I'm looking forward to building one for you!

Roger Sands was the owner of The Bicycle Center in Santa Cruz an early pro shop. He gave me my first job in the bike biz. I ended up as shop manager there and built the first Lighthouse while working there. We sold alot of British frames and I remember talking frame building with Bob Jackson when he visited our shop. Roger sold the shop and has retired in Santa Barbara. The logo on my frames is the lighthouse at Santa Cruz. That bike was built in 1982 after I had left Specialized to return to building. The original Stumpjumpers were built with the geometry of those chaparral frames. Can you send me a picture of that bike?
Have a good Thanksgiving,
Tim

Full Chaparral™ gallery here.