Steel bikes handmade in Spokane, WA, USA
04/07/2023
Darlene is part of our elephant community and a long time friend!
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09/04/2021
Elephant in the wild….
11/01/2020
Happy Halloween! Fright Night ride on an Elephant. Cyclist, Mark Knokey. Photo credit, Alan Jacob. Thanks for a beautiful picture!
05/27/2020
Getting There: Colbert bike builder works alone out of his garage, sells his singular bikes around the world Elephant Bikes are built by one man in a Colbert garage, where Glen Copus turns out bikes known for their idiosyncratic designs and expert craftsmanship. But Copus is disarmingly unpretentious about his product and adamant about keeping the design utilitarian and no-frills.
04/17/2019
From customer, Julian:
It was super helpful to see other people’s build list for different ideas, sizes etc.. I actually had the bike built a few months ago, but didn’t want to risk it on icy road. Everything’s finally starting to melt here, so I took it out for a small ride recently. It was really fun going from paved road to snow covered road to muddy grass. NFE kinda just floated above all these different surfaces! It was amazingly easy to climb with this bike too. Anyway, thank you guys again for this awesome bike! Definitely a happy customer here.
Here’s my build list by the way:
Frame: Medium 2018 batch
Bars: Compass Randonneur 31.8 Handlebars 42cm
Seat Post: Thomson (Setback, 27.2X330mm, Silver)
Saddle: Brooks England Cambium C15 Saddle
Wheels: Truest set I have ever ridden built by Matt Larsen with Velocity Blunt SS rims he recommended
Hubs: Schmidt SON28 ISO 6-Bolt Disc Front Dynamo Hub, White Industry XMR Rear Hub, 36 spokes
Cranks: Sugino 165mm + Wolf Tooth Components 40t 130bcd Drop-Stop Chainring
BB: Shimano UN55 BB Square Taper Bottom Bracket 68x113mm
RD: SRAM Apex 1x11 Long Cage Rear Derailleur
Brake levers: SRAM Rival 1 Brake Lever / Rival 22 Shift
Pedals: MKS Sylvan
Headset: Chris King NoThreadset 1-1/8in
Rack: Nitto Mini-Front 32F
Stem: Compass 1-1/8” Threadless Stem so I can use their Rene Herse Decaleur
Breaks: Paul Component Klamper Disc, Short Pull, +0mm IS, +20mm IS adapters
Rotors: Shimano XT SM-RT86 Rotor 6-Bolt, 160mm
12/02/2018
Jerseys are in! For all of you who paid for shipping I’ve got them all packaged and ready to go first thing tomorrow morning!! I’m sending them out priority 2 day or priority 3 day mail depending on your address!! Thank you all!!!
10/18/2018
12/07/2017
New owner David M. His medium NFE.
He says: "Have had my build for a little under a month. Not "done" but pretty happy with the build as is... Still debating if I want to dump the acorn bag and move on to a swift basket bag. but so far... this bike is the real deal. already has me thinking about selling my road bike; i'm totally sold on the chubby tire, all-road bike deal."
12/05/2017
Chris S Medium NFE
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12/04/2017
Customer Hannah's medium NFE.
She says this:
GOING/STOPPING BITS
SHIFTERS/RD/CASSETTE: Shimano 105 5800
FD: Shimano CX70
CRANKSET: White Industries VBC 46/30t; 172.5mm
BRAKES: TRP Spyre SLC
BB: Shimano UN55; 68x113mm
WHEEL BITS (Matthew Larsen)
RIMS: Velocity Blunt SS
F HUB: Shutter Precision PD-8
R HUB: White Industries XMR
TIRES: WTB Horizon
SHINY BITS
HEADSET: IRD Double Roller Drive
STEM: Ritchey Classic C220; 100mm
BARS: Nitto B135AA Randonneur; 420mm
SEATPOST: Nitto Crystal Fellow
RACK: Nitto Mark’s Rack
LIGHT: Schmidt Edelux II
09/28/2017
School of Cross is a junior CX club in Spokane, WA. Four of the 27 kids are on Elephant cross bikes.
05/12/2017
Peter S's NFE. He says, "Those are Oveja Negra bags made in Salida, CO. I'm headed to the shop that put this bike together, YAMP! Cyclery in Edgewater, CO to do their alternate Thursday night ride, "THE O'DUB.""