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Fact: I own a lot of bikes. It used to be that walking into my apartment meant wading through a sea of random parts, tires, tubes, tools & nigh impossible to get out without acquiring at least one grease stain on your pant leg. A big push, thanks to some help from my friend Cale, was made and I’d like to think I’m slightly more organized and now I finally have enough storage for all my bikes. So how many bikes do I own? Well, today we’ll take a look at just one of them.


Note: An older photograph, currently my road bike has a carbon fork.

I met Warwick of Thylacine Cycles several years ago on Bikeforums.net. At the time I was riding my track bike all the time and was looking to invest in a bike I could take on long rides, and maybe race. Oh yeah and one that could travel. The result was a road bike with S&S couplers which allows me to pack the entire bike into a case that meets all airline specifications. No more overages for taking my bike on vacation or for work trips. The past couple of years I’ve ridden my road bike the least & if you’ve never seen it at my apartment it is because it usually sits in its case wheel & seat-less. However, my road bike has seen some of my better finishes in a road race including my 11th place at Hillsboro and a 14th place finish at Monsters. Yes, that’s right I raced a crit on a folding bike.

Frame: Thylacine Tephra (Columbus Foco tubing w/ S&S couplers)
Fork: Profile Design carbon
Wheels: Mavic Kysrium Elites (shared with my cyclocross bike)
Stem: Ritchey WCS
Seatpost: Ritchey WCS
Handlebars: Ritchey Biomax
Drivetrain & Controls: Shimano Ultegra
Pedals: Crankbrother Candy C’s
Saddle: Fizik Arione (also shared with my cyclocross bike)