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Cisco

who has written 14 posts for Zapata Bros. Blog.

Jul
29
2009

Howz about some Prrzazz?!

We’re making some bold strokes with bubble gum pink and electric blue going into our next couple of builds. Fyxation tires in orange, blue, and pink… it’s gonna be ridiculous.

Jul
2
2009

52cm Mercier Reynolds 531

This beauty features Shimano Ultegra/105 9sp, a Brooks saddle, weaved cotton bar tape with garnet shellac, handbuilt wheels with DT black double-butted spokes.

May
1
2009

New Bikezzz

I’m stoked. The next spawn of street bikes are taking form, and they’re gonna be cool. Beautiful steel frames powdercoated in orange, blue, green, purple, and black. Maserati, Shogun, Univega, and Schwinn. Rich and I are set to build up the next 5 sets of wheels with DT Swiss spokes and nipples arriving any day [...]

Apr
7
2009

Photograph by Dennis Wise

This beautiful photograph was taken by our friend, Dennis Wise. You can see more of his work at http://denniswise.com/. Thanks, Dennis!

Apr
1
2009

Today is Drive to Work Day – Seattle Transit Blog

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Apr
1
2009

Return of the Scorcher

We like to post photos to our ongoing projects on Twitter. One of our visitors was so kind to comment on the photo of our Schwinn rat rod fixie (thank you, RustyBike of Bellevue). In response to his reference to the “scorcher”, I’m taking this opportunity to test my ability to share a video on this [...]

Mar
18
2009

Remanufacturing

It’s what we do. According to Wikipedia, remanufacturing has been described as “… an industrial process in which worn-out products are restored to like-new condition. Through a series of industrial processes in a factory environment, a discarded product is completely disassembled. Useable parts are cleaned, refurbished, and put into inventory. Then the product is reassembled [...]

Mar
6
2009

Bike Works

Yesterday, Rich, Andy and I went down to Bike Works for a volunteer orientation and I ended up staying all night to hang out with some cool people and “wrench” on some bikes. First, let me say that is an awesome operation! I’ve got to give special thanks to Davey Oil, that guy is THE [...]