Proto #1

Cass fund raiser

Beautiful day out on the bike raising funds towards great organizations.

Hubba-hubba

I9 bearing install....robs been going hub deep.

CCDB coil

Used shock....came off a fellas santacruz nomad that doesn't jump or ride overly aggresive. In great shape.... $275

8.5 x 2.5 shock size

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29 x 3

Big tires sure are fun. 29 x 3 conversion on the ventana elgordo. Fat bikes are mountain bikes and so simple and sweet. 

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Como peaks

The view from white stallion.

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Cogburn

Cogburn shakedown ride up little blue. 

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Cogburn

Here's a picture of names new hunting rig. 2015 cogburn with salsa alternator rack and cogburn scabbard....which is currently holding a 280ai kimber mountain ascent rifle. Sweet package and headed to a closed gate soon.

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Santa Cruz 5010 Carbon with Nox Carbon / Industry 9 Wheelset.

GPA schmitty

Bartlett Wash, Moab.

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399 mccarthy

Time lapse of the road out in front of the shop/house.

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Spring is coming, are you ready to tote the young ones to the farmer's market....and beyond?

Salsa ti elmariachi

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Santacruz tb ltc

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Dry trails

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Speedo

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Long travel carbon

First ride on the santacruz tallboy, short but sweet ride down to the river trails just behind the shop. New bikes always ride nice...right ? But this one here feels balanced and I've got the bug to take it out for a longer voyage in the coming days. Should be a very fun bike.

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Derby wheelset sale.

Red Barn built wheelsets using Ray Derby's carbon rims. We're building these up with Industry Nine, Hadley or Chris King hubs.


Derby ms come in 26", 27.5 and 29" diameters and come in widths of 40mm wide (29er size also has a 35mm option). Why is wide good ?

Ray explains that here


Add these carbon, wider, lighter, stiffer rims and tubeless compatible wheels to your bike.....we're selling the Derby rims laced to Industry Nine hubs using Dt Swiss supercomp or competition spokes and aluminum nipples for $1395

2015 Calender

Here's a short compiled list of some of regional rides and races that are on Red Barn's radar for the calendar year 2015

JP's Fat Pursuit          Jan 10th

Stokr                         May 9 &10th

The Helenduro          May 16th

Tour de Root             June 12th

Anaconda Bikefest    June 20th-22nd

Hair of Dog Enduro   June 21st

Ratpod                        June 27th

Gallatin Valley Enduro    July 18th

Skalkaho Mt Tour      July 19th

Butte 50/100              July 25th

The Grand Enduro     Aug 2nd

Fitz Barn                    Aug 7th

Montana Hell Ride    Aug 15th

Whitefish Enduro      Aug 16th

Lost Trail Shuttlefest  Aug 28th

CINO Heroica            Sept 12-13th

Red Lodge Enduro    Sept 20th



Winter trail

Gird part duex

Another great day up on gird rd

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Wild night out

Sweet night up gird rd.

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Carbon fatties

Sarma ' s new naran 100mm wide rim.

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JP's Fat Pursuit

We love to contribute when we can. This year you'll see us on the front lines helping out at check point #1 & #2  with our good pals from Fitzgeralds bike shop in Victor ID


Check it:    http://fatpursuit.blogspot.com/2014/12/fitz-barn-or-barn-fitz.html

Railroad

Skalkaho - rye via railroad creek road.  Conditions were dicey at best. Lots of ice. 

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Busting the crust

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Steve Potts visit

Great night at the barn...one of the coolest guys in the industry makes a visit. Great food, drink and company. And the stories were pretty darn good too.

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TIS the season....to get fat!

Fun stuff

New rubber and grease for a 100 year old bike.

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Fall ride

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4 sale

Knolly Chilcotin,  size med.

$4500

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Fall rides

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The Finer things

Chris king laced to enve m70...2X dt swiss revo., 27.5

Inquire within.

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Fat Chance

legendary frame builder Chris Chance who was once making some of the finest mountain and road frames back in the 90's has re-entered the business, should be an interesting follow. Check it.   http://fatchancebicycles.com

And it just happens that we're putting one back together for a customer right now too, one that's been siting in a box for toooo long.

Ltbf

What a fantastic weekend ! Lost trail bike fest and shuttle extravaganza.

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Cdt north

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Post ride

Laramie range enduro...70 miles is so enduro. Samurai !

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Ridge ride

Chaybo, in the heart of the west fork.

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Warm springs ridge

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Shields creek

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SC Tallboy

CDT

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Chief Joseph to Schultz saddle...riding fantastic. Go get some.

fitz barn destruction and pushing the limits

What a great ride this year even considering the major mechanical at mile marker 115

fortunately for me, my wife and kids were still in Victor Idaho hanging out with the Fitzgeralds and with their kind generous offering of a spare bike to finish the ride my wife ended up delivering a bike instead of picking my ass up for a ride home. Saved ! Again. Back on two wheels, riding late into the night and finding myself thankful of so many things. All the while pushing from my head this mess of a roadway. Mud hole dodging. Don't break the spare bike too. Gumbo, clay composite i haven't seen since my days in Nebraska.

I rode until i was tired, took 12 steps to the side of the road and threw out my air matress and down quilt. 161 miles on the first day. Up before dawn and a slow 25 mile slog into Lima.....  Breakfast....scrambled eggs, hash browns, toast, bacon, two cups of joe, and a big glass of O.J. with my good pals Aaron G. and Jay Petervary who was also in a mechanical situation with broken der hanger, he pushed singlespeed across the muck for miles. Hard man that Petervary.

In and out...resupply with Li-ion AAA batteries for my headlamp, some water and a sugary sports drink. A bike wash across the street, some lube on the chain and down the road headed for Old Medicine Lodge Rd. , i love this 65 mile stretch of remote-ness. 

Grant, and then into Jackson before nightfall. 153 miles

Interesting happenings....begin in Jackson. Actually, on the 35 mile run into Jackson i had one of the largest debates with myself....to get a room, hot shower and warm bed OR dine and dash and camp some place with solitude in the woods just north-west of Jackson. Eventually the soft side of chaybo won out and i had made my mind up i was going to live it up a little. So i put the bike in the big chainring and hammered out the last 15 miles over some of the nastiest chunkier filled roads the route exhibits. Small Finger numbing type vibrations. 

Excited for the hot meal and to hand the nice gal at the counter my credit card for the room. Going well until she gave me the "i'm sorry sir" routine "rooms have been booked for over a week"  UUgghh " but you can camp out back for $30"  Huh !  And like that the switch was flipped and it was time to dine and dash. I was tired and ready to get horizontal. At the bar was the entire gang...Todd and Ryan got there first, Aaron G just 45 minted in front of me and just as i was about to devour a plate of noodles in comes Hard Man J.P. It's a party ! Seem like Aaron was about 2 steps in front of me....lesson learned. Next time just follow Aaron's moves.....when i first got to Jackson he was already rallying to camp up the road. Seems like he may have already had the same mental discussion that i had with myself. So, we decided to ride up the road a bit to find a decent spot to camp. Todd finds out that we're gonna ride some more and a huge grin comes across his face...."awesome, i'll go too" he says. And Jay says " hold on a sec., i'll roll out of town with you guys". So here we are at 10:30pm riding into the darkness and we're just strolling down the road....so much friggin fun. Glad things worked out like they did back in Jackson. 15 miles later aaron and i decided to part ways with the two energizer bunnies and they pedaled on throughout the night. 

I threw out the air pad and quilt again and before i shut my eyes i made a quick calculation of what time i needed to start pedaling to be home before dinner, before dark. A 3am start. Ugghh, okay, no problem. I awoke to a rustle in the trees and a snap of a broken tree branch. I grab my light and point it in the direction. Something large-ish, something brown. Crap....bear. Blink eyes a couple of time to regain focus. Aahh, brown cow. Darn cow. Lay down and look at my watch....3am. Thanks mr. cow for the wake up call. I rustle my things and try to make a little bit of noise so Aaron can hear....it works and he says "are we rolling out?"  Heck yeah buddy, let's do this. So, two big climbs and the second one up Paint Creek to the Sapphire Divide kicked my rear. But once on top and the views pop up of the Bitterroot Mountains and knowing i was near the end of a big ride that really didn't feel that big but the accomplishment of pushing myself to new limits pulled out a very satisfying grin. It's something else to pedal for an entire day, to cover the amount of terrain that is physically allowable. To make it from Victor ID to Hamilton in 2 1/2 days (182 miles per day)...i was stoked that i could physically do that. Here's to making Fitz-Barn into what ever type of journey you want. 

Aaron G and myself. Greeted by my daughter a cookie and pooch.

pedals

Trail clear

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Dirt roads

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