Balancing Act (or) The Seven Billionth Baby

Budd Bike Works is something like a Fairy. Yeah, a magical winged thing that only exists when someone believes in them.  At that point, that some soul believes enough to commission a custom frame build, the lights come on and I start designing and building.  This fantasy world where I hone metal to earn my keep is not independent of the reality of the fact that I have to keep at my day job to keep the fairy dust flowing and it doesn’t stop when I’ve a bike on the... Read More

Occupy BBW (or) Who has time to camp?

Haven’t said anything here in some time.  I am still here, riding, racing, designing, building, lucky enough to eat well and have a fine woman by my side.  I like that the youth are finally motivated to excerpt there right to civil disobedience for anything more than the the local sports team but I have been too busy to see much of what it is up with the crowd down in Dewey Square here in Boston.  God love’em for trying to get the message across that there futures... Read More