Sojourner Cyclery is now Sojourn Cyclery. We’re doing some really cool things and have a lot to show you so please check out our new site at sojourn-cyclery.com! Thank you!

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I partnered with the Jim Turner, the president of OptiBike (http://optibike.com/) to make an electric wooden bicycle. E-bikes are the wave of the future in sustainable transportation. What a great marriage, sustainable transportation framed by the most sustainable frame building material known to man – wood. More sustainable than bamboo (grass) because of all the carbon […]

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Loaded, wooden 29er, ready for six days on the Continental Divide ride in Wyoming. We will be riding a segment that is void of civilization so I have to carry every morsel of “bicycle fuel” on my bike. Gear and food weighs 55 pounds! Ugh! The route is dirt & gravel with elevations that will […]

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I entered my tandem bicycle in “Artistry in Wood” the largest wood-crafting show in the country. It earned three ribbons: first place in category, first place in class and second “best of show

Why build a bicycle frame out of wood? That is probably the number one question I get from people who see my wooden framed bicycles. The answer is multifaceted, ranging from simple to quite complex. The very first bicycles were made of wood. If you have the opportunity to visit the Bicycle Museum of America […]

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The ever perfect Courtney Johnson, heir apparent to precision tandems, wrote a marvelous account of the MTR. I was honored to be photographed in her blog as “these guys have a bike made of wood”. Here is the link to Courtney’s blog: http://www.precisiontandems.com/mtr2013/mtr2013.htm . Courtney and Natalie reminded us so much of our daughters, Ella and Sarah as […]

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Gary Fisher, the father of the mountain bike, endorsed my wooden framed bicycles at the Adventure Submit Expo

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This is the creation of a first generation frame. A lot has changed in terms of process and materials. I’ve learned a lot since this story was produced. Special thanks to the creator of this video story, Scott Huck

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These are the bikes my family and I rode in Europe last summer. They fold-up and fit in a “check-on-able” size suitcase. The bike in the center is a tandem that I rode with my eight-year-old son. He sits in the front for an unobstructed view and I steer from the rear. The tandem packs […]

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