Touring the Orr Springs 600 Randonneuring Route
The Orr Springs 600k is a 380 mile loop from San Francisco north to Ukiah through some of Northern California’s most beautiful and remote roads. Creators of this route, San...
Sea Otter 2026 Recap
I just got back from a weekend at the Sea Otter Classic in beautiful Monterey, California. It was really nice. What is the Sea Otter Classic? To be honest I...
Gino's Silver PBJ Steel Hardtail MTB
Fresh out of the shop is this PBJ All Terrain Bike for Gino in Colorado. It is one of the first builds we have done on our new batch of...
How to Install a Lightweight Rear Rack
How to Install the Lightweight Rear Rack A rear rack is a bikepacking game changer. The Lightweight Rear Rack from Sklar Bikes is minimal, strong, nice-looking, versatile, and so easy...
A Large Tall Tale Steel Trail Bike for Chris
The Tall Tale is our trail bike. A bike designed for singletrack exploration or wherever your adventures might take you when you need a bike designed around a 140mm travel...
Ride Report: Oat Hill Overnighter
Last Saturday, I took my Sklar PBJ out on an overnighter in Napa County. I met with Curtis and Andrew at Wappo Park, next to the St. Helena police department, where we left our vehicles behind around noon and climbed our way up Old Howell Mountain Road into the weird little town of Angwin.
Cody's Steel Hardtail Tall Tale
The Tall Tale is our trail bike. Picture a mountain bike as capable as your full suspension with the low-maintenance lifestyle of a hardtail and that is what you get....
Alex's SuperSomething Steel Gravel Bike
We just finished up another XL SuperSomething here at our San Francisco workshop, and this one deserves a proper write-up. Alex came to us looking for a steel gravel bike...
Adam's new Silver PBJ
Colors are hard. Despite months of drawing and refining the shape of a dropout, or waking up in the middle of the night to think about a chainstay profile during...
Midsouth trip report
Midsouth is a gravel race that takes place each spring in Stillwater, Oklahoma. After years of hearing about this event, and many folks saying it is their favorite bike event...
Neil's SuperSomething Steel Gravel Bike
The SuperSomething is our lightweight, compliant, comfortable and confident steel gravel bike. With a geometry born out of hundreds of custom built frames, the SuperSomething does not try to be...
Question Qorner: How Many Headset Spacers?
How many spacers should you use above the headset and below the stem?