• Jon’s road bike

    Jon and I have been on many adventures together over the years (since 1985 to be exact). One adventure that sticks in my mind was our bike trip to Montréal. I was on an old Klein Quantum and he on his Bridgestone MB-5. Although his bike was much more suited to touring than my Klein, [...]

    Jon

  • A big bike with big tubes

    I believe this is the longest it has ever taken me to build a bicycle. It’s the polishing of stainless steel that will seem to eat away every minute spent at the workbench. It’s worth it though in the end. I worked with Ryan on every aspect of this one. He is an industrial designer [...]

    A big bike with big tubes

  • The Oregon Manifest bike

    The Oregon Manifest is a design competition that happens every two years in Portland, OR. The premise is to design the “ultimate utility bike”. A set of criteria is specified and all entries are expected to fulfill them. I had entered this competition back in 2009 as Circle A Cycles. This time, I wanted to [...]

    The Oregon Manifest bike

  • Lori-Ann’s touring/commuting bike

    The second Chapman Cycles bike was for Lori-Ann who is one of the few people who actually need a custom bicycle. She had her bike stolen a while back and she needed something new ASAP. She had tried some off the shelf bikes that were 47cm but the handlebar reach was still too far. Since [...]

    Lori-Ann