If you know of and love Independent Fabrication (IF) custom bike frames, you will want to check out this interview with Matt Bracken, the President of IF by Marcus Farley of Bike Radar.
Matt talks about the history, logo, and philosophy of IF as well as the Fat City Cycles connection. Here are a few tasty photo treats from the 2008 Independent Fabrication Catalog. I left out the Crown Jewel road bike, so you are encouraged to click on the catalog link and drool. We have a bunch of the new IF catalogs at the shop. We are very pleased with the way the frames look, build, and ride.
Also, in response to the 29er single-speed bike comments, we are waiting to finish the build on a lovely Independent Fabrication single-speed 29er according the the requests and design considerations of customer Robert. Trendy for a fleeting fashion moment it is not. Gorgeous and able to gracefully withstand the test of time and a thrashing on the trails and asphalt, it most certainly will be. (Check back soon for the photo of the ride Robert designed.)
Photos lifted from the IFbikes.com site. Crown Jewel track bike, Independence touring bike, Deluxe hard tail mountain bike.
