Wheel Werks Custom Bikes

Wheel Build day! A lot of variety. Two fat bike wheel sets with DT hubs. Reserve rim with I9 hubs. Along with a few road bike upgrades. Now is the time to start your projects for spring. It’s coming fast!

We have not posted in a while. People have asked what we’re building. Here is a sampling of what we’ve been up too. This one is for Jeff. He wants to see more. Great weather will be here soon. Let’s get those tailor made bikes and upgrades going.

Some quick shots of projects going on at the shop. Parlee Ouray which won all road bike of the year to some made to order Sevens. A Salsa Cut Throat with dyno lighting and charging for devices. Two Merlin titanium restorations. Which are related to the original beginning of Seven Cycles. Plus the original owner still has them from when I sold them to him over 20 years ago. Such a good feeling to see them still in action.

Nice wheel build for a custom Seven in the works. American made is the theme with Seven, Chris King and Hed rims. More to come.

Thank you to everyone who cheered me on as I rode across the country. Customers have been wonderful to me with their patience as I was gone. Here are some of the pictures of the projects we had waiting at the shop when a I got back. Three custom Sevens all with different builds and needs. A Salsa Cut Throat custom build for next years ride the divide and a few wheel builds. Promise to post more pics from the ride and the builds we are doing. November is the month to start your projects for next year. Maybe a fit check up of your current bike, new wheels or a whole new parts kit. Maybe that new made to order bike for next season.

We made it ! Made it to Tybee Island last Tuesday. After 2950 miles and over 100,000 feet of climb and 9 states in 28 straight riding days! Everyone finished and lots of relief and emotion were on display. We all became friends for life after these types of accomplishments. This was the second one for me. So I know the first one was not a fluke. So back at the shop with a two full weeks of work and custom builds. Thank you to everyone ones support and patience while they waited for me to return.

Just two days to go and 214 miles. Not to many pics from the last few days. Been rain off and on with headwinds. Hard way to finish. 126 miles and 4000 feet of climb today. Getting close.

Some of the people and places from the last couple of days. Even had the mayor of a small town come out. Looks like headwinds the rest of the way in with the storms off the east coast. Alabama has been hot. Also lots of logging trucks. Never knew it had some much logging of pine. Less than 500 miles to go.

We made it over the Mississippi yesterday! Stayed the night in the home town of BB King. Fatigue is starting to set in for a lot of us. But we now have only 775 miles to go. More pictures and videos of the trip are at pactour.com. Look under pictures and the 2025 Southern Transcon. We are starting to envision the Atlantic.

Some of the sites from the last few days. We made it to Queen Wilhelmina State Park in AR Friday night. We rode the Talimena Scenic drive. Was hard but spectacular. 100 miles and 8600 feet of climb. We rode earlier in the week a lot of old RT66 which was a blast. 4 states left.

This is transplant Lou. Lou was my room mate on the Northern cross country ride two years ago. He’s my room mate again and has become a great friend. His story is incredible and puts life in perspective. When I first saw him he was rushing around as his plane was late. He was putting his bike together. Wearing a mask and on a consumer direct bike . Thinking how’s this going to go for 5 weeks. We get to the room and he opens up a bag full of medication. I figure we’re going to party. The story begins. He was on his second kidney transplant. His first from his mom, but did not take. He is on the second one from his sister. I was floored. He said he did not know when he may die and was doing this. He did the same route after his first. Attempted RAAM solo twice and has a done a team RAAM. With transplants. A tough positive dude. I knew at that point I could never whine about a thing. We need to do our dreams while we can do it. Figure it out and make it happen. Very lucky to call Lou a friend. We can all learn and get aspirations from Transplant Lou.