Surly Midnight Special
New road bike build for St Thomas road conditions. Full Shimano 105 11 Speed groupset. This is the Road Bike for island training and racing. Midnight Special shines on pot-holed, deteriorating pavement…
Author: Lucius Robnett
Luce is a Bikesmith currently working on St Thomas island in the US Virgin Islands. He is proficient in wheel building and has extensive experience installing and repairing IGHs (Internally Geared Hubs) as well as external derailleur gear systems. His specialty is in utilitarian cargo bicycles and trailers as well as hub generators for lighting and cellular phone charging. Electric Bikes and Solar Chargers also have a place in his shop.
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Ti Fabrication Hyak
Here is a new custom steel frame build with a beautiful metallic candy apple powdercoat. We used wide flaired drop bars for better control on rough terrain on St Thomas…
1997 Litespeed Classic Titanium Bike
The 1997 Litespeed Classic is a 20 pound fully rigid road bike with a 3/2.5 titanium frame. The frame size is 56cm and it has a beautiful raw metal brushed…
Stealthy E-bike
I just completed a project for a quick & light E-bike without a bulky tell-tale battery. It also uses a gates carbon belt drive system linking a 1000 watt…
St Thomas Gravel Bike
I have built and repaired hundreds of bikes for use on the “roads” of St Thomas & St John in the US Virgin Islands. During that time I’ve developed an…
1×10 vs Rohloff
A tale of Two Surlys Here is a comparison of gear inches on my two Surly ECR builds. One has a slightly modified 1×10 standard derailleur drive train and the…
Bomb-proof Commuting Bicycle
For the past few years I’ve been commuting and running errands on my long distance touring bicycle. Besides being a most comfortable bike, it is outfitted with racks and empty…
Caribbean Cargo Bikes
Rasta Big Dummy an electric cargo bike for use on St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. Here’s a new bicycle build for 2021 to replace a small truck on…
Brompton Touring Bike
A few weeks ago I did a repair job on a pair of vintage Dahon folding bikes. One had 16″ wheels and the other, 20″ wheels. Although the concept of…