Geekhouse is Hiring!!!

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Geekhouse Bikes

Geekhouse is a hand-built bicycle company based out of Boston Ma. Started by owner and builder Marty Walsh, Geekhouse stands for fun, approachable, high-end bicycles.

Everything we do is in house, including fabrication, powder, and now painting. We also do direct sales and often source components and assemble complete bicycles to the end user. We are dedicated on focusing of the quality of what we build and the quality of the customer experience.

We’re looking for someone who is a problem solver, and a perfectionist. There is only one way to do things, the right way. Candidates must be energetic, hard working, and dedicated on learning and improving. They must also be comfortable moving between varying different tasks quickly and effectively.

Bicycle Frame Building Assistant/Shop Manager.

Looking for a Frame Building Assistant/Shop Manager. Candidate would report directly to Marty Walsh. ‘Wanted, person for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold. Long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in event of success.’

Skills:

• Skilled bicycle mechanic, including wheel building
• Insane knowledge of past and current bicycle components
• Knowledge of TIG welding
• Knowledge of Milling machines operation, and fixturing for bicycle construction
• Knowledge of custom bicycle Fitting
• Knowledge of QBP ordering procedures
• Microsoft Excel Ninja

Responsibilities:

Office:

• Organizing and placing component orders from various vendors like QBP.
• Organizing inventory of tubing, and small parts in our shop.
• Ordering Shop materials and consumables
• Clean and sweeping office and floors

Fabrication:

• Prepping customer raw materials, such as tubes, drop-outs, braze-ons
• Tube Mitering of Customer Frames
• Tack Welding bicycle frames
• Finishing of powder coated frames: Reaming, Tapping, other Prep
• Complete assemblies, wheel building
• Packaging, Shipping
• Cleaning everything, all of the time.
• Etc.

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Geekhouse is Hiring!!!

GEEKHOUSE_NOV14_239

Geekhouse Bikes

Geekhouse is a hand-built bicycle company based out of Boston Ma. Started by owner and builder Marty Walsh, Geekhouse stands for fun, approachable, high-end bicycles.

Everything we do is in house, including fabrication, powder, and now painting. We also do direct sales and often source components and assemble complete bicycles to the end user. We are dedicated on focusing of the quality of what we build and the quality of the customer experience.

We’re looking for someone who is a problem solver, and a perfectionist. There is only one way to do things, the right way. Candidates must be energetic, hard working, and dedicated on learning and improving. They must also be comfortable moving between varying different tasks quickly and effectively.

Bicycle Frame Building Assistant/Shop Manager.

Looking for a Frame Building Assistant/Shop Manager. Candidate would report directly to Marty Walsh. ‘Wanted, person for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold. Long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in event of success.’

Skills:

• Skilled bicycle mechanic, including wheel building
• Insane knowledge of past and current bicycle components
• Knowledge of TIG welding
• Knowledge of Milling machines operation, and fixturing for bicycle construction
• Knowledge of custom bicycle Fitting
• Knowledge of QBP ordering procedures
• Microsoft Excel Ninja

Responsibilities:

Office:

• Organizing and placing component orders from various vendors like QBP.
• Organizing inventory of tubing, and small parts in our shop.
• Ordering Shop materials and consumables
• Clean and sweeping office and floors

Fabrication:

• Prepping customer raw materials, such as tubes, drop-outs, braze-ons
• Tube Mitering of Customer Frames
• Tack Welding bicycle frames
• Finishing of powder coated frames: Reaming, Tapping, other Prep
• Complete assemblies, wheel building
• Packaging, Shipping
• Cleaning everything, all of the time.
• Etc.

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Geekhouse CX Kit Pre-sale!!!

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Okay, so it’s not Panda’s with freakin’ laser beams being shot out of their eyes, but at least you know what you’re going to get. THIS IS A PRE-SALE folks! Designed by the one and only Adria Klora. And now available to everyone on the internets, the 2014 Geekhouse CX kit has been modified ever so slightly from out Elite squad. Get them while they are hot. You won’t have them for Xmas, but it’s the thought that counts.

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Not only are this year’s kits not Pink and Green, but they also make you go really fast. Just look at these two guys above. Fast!!!

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Whether drinking from a Cuppow, riding over to your favorite shop Somervelo, or sipping on an ever so fine Pretty Things. These kits will guarantee you a hipster elite lifestyle to the stars.

-Marty

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Mike and Kevin’s Team Mudville’s

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Gary M’s Mudville

While growing our money tree hasn’t worked out for us, growing a Geekhouse shrub seems to have worked out great. Here you can see the blossoming pink flowers and pink Enve fork.

Lovehow this Mudville came out, simple and sweet!

Eternally breaking all listed rules. Since 2008.

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Gary M’s Mudville

While growing our money tree hasn’t worked out for us, growing a Geekhouse shrub seems to have worked out great. Here you can see the blossoming pink flowers and pink Enve fork.

Lovehow this Mudville came out, simple and sweet!

Eternally breaking all listed rules. Since 2008.

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The CX-Files

Scenic Hartford, Connecticut was the center of New England cyclocross last weekend. Silk City (also the CT state championships) had a good deal of firepower in the elite race, with Austin Vincent headlining a robust field of very fit-looking dudes with intimidating thighs. Connecticut longs for the good ‘ol days of no starting grid and Wild West staging, as they lined up first come, first served, 15 guys across. When the whistle blew, Mike and Charlie had a bit of a start-gate sword fight and lost 15 spots before they could even clip in. In another scintillating display of teamwork, they also managed to delay Kevin, who wisely staged well behind the inevitable carnage.

The course was easily one of the most technical in the region, with plenty of dismounts, running, roots, chutes, hard corners, and off cambers, all topped by a two-inch layer of fine silt. Passing was essentially a game of “wait till the guy in front of you hits a landmine, and pray he doesn’t take you with him.”

Mike played the Human Pylon game for a bit after recovering some spots and creeping into the top 5 or 6, but an untimely explosion by an overenthusiastic Expo Wheel-man blew him off that train for good. He and Charlie settled into a small group, and Charlie – noticing our strength in numbers – attacked on the short road section, attempting to bridge to the leaders (sometimes, our guys DO understand teamwork!).

After a few laps, Mike started to really miss his teammate and attacked the group. Charlie played hard to get, and they both rolled in a few seconds apart – with Kevin a bit further back – just before the skies opened.

Riverfront CX was about as different from Silk City as you could get without actually paving over the course. Mike and Kevin were the only guys representing the ‘house, and long straightaways, deep mulch, and a super-steep power climb meant a commitment of power numbers generally unavailable to their only-occasionally shaved legs.

Significantly more excited about applying watts to their faces were ex-Canadian national champ Todd Bowden, Tim “everything is a nail” Ratta, and Sean Pantalleres Thighs. Seans Thighs went directly to plaid in the start, immediately drawing out a small group. He continued to eject dudes off the back, heaping hurt on an ever-diminishing selection of which Mike was surprised to find himself a part of.

After what seemed like an eternity of heavy breathing and holding on to Todds seatpost, Bowden seemed to sense the burning in Mikes legs and went to the front, dumping gasoline on an already out-of-control fire. This went back and forth for an interminable amount of time, until Todd launched an attack after Sean over-battleshipped the only technical corner of the race. His lead quickly balloned to almost 30 seconds, and with two to go, Mike couldn’t wait any longer.

He attacked up a small kicker after the (sadly indecisive) sand pit, went around the off-camber with both wheels locked and drifting, and prized out a gap of a few seconds on the downhill switchbacks. Fully committed, he spent the better part of a lap reeling in the Trek rider, and finally – with just a lap to go, he made contact.


And Bowden did the best, worst possible thing: he sat up. Forcing an unrecovered Wissell to the front, and biding his time for the sprint, he played the last lap perfectly. He came past Mike in the final meters, taking a well-fought and tactically savvy victory. It was a great race to watch, and the venue and organization were fantastic. We can’t wait to see you all in New Hampshire next weekend!

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The CX-Files

Scenic Hartford, Connecticut was the center of New England cyclocross last weekend. Silk City (also the CT state championships) had a good deal of firepower in the elite race, with Austin Vincent headlining a robust field of very fit-looking dudes with intimidating thighs. Connecticut longs for the good ‘ol days of no starting grid and Wild West staging, as they lined up first come, first served, 15 guys across. When the whistle blew, Mike and Charlie had a bit of a start-gate sword fight and lost 15 spots before they could even clip in. In another scintillating display of teamwork, they also managed to delay Kevin, who wisely staged well behind the inevitable carnage.

The course was easily one of the most technical in the region, with plenty of dismounts, running, roots, chutes, hard corners, and off cambers, all topped by a two-inch layer of fine silt. Passing was essentially a game of “wait till the guy in front of you hits a landmine, and pray he doesn’t take you with him.”

Mike played the Human Pylon game for a bit after recovering some spots and creeping into the top 5 or 6, but an untimely explosion by an overenthusiastic Expo Wheel-man blew him off that train for good. He and Charlie settled into a small group, and Charlie – noticing our strength in numbers – attacked on the short road section, attempting to bridge to the leaders (sometimes, our guys DO understand teamwork!).

After a few laps, Mike started to really miss his teammate and attacked the group. Charlie played hard to get, and they both rolled in a few seconds apart – with Kevin a bit further back – just before the skies opened.

Riverfront CX was about as different from Silk City as you could get without actually paving over the course. Mike and Kevin were the only guys representing the ‘house, and long straightaways, deep mulch, and a super-steep power climb meant a commitment of power numbers generally unavailable to their only-occasionally shaved legs.

Significantly more excited about applying watts to their faces were ex-Canadian national champ Todd Bowden, Tim “everything is a nail” Ratta, and Sean Pantalleres Thighs. Seans Thighs went directly to plaid in the start, immediately drawing out a small group. He continued to eject dudes off the back, heaping hurt on an ever-diminishing selection of which Mike was surprised to find himself a part of.

After what seemed like an eternity of heavy breathing and holding on to Todds seatpost, Bowden seemed to sense the burning in Mikes legs and went to the front, dumping gasoline on an already out-of-control fire. This went back and forth for an interminable amount of time, until Todd launched an attack after Sean over-battleshipped the only technical corner of the race. His lead quickly balloned to almost 30 seconds, and with two to go, Mike couldn’t wait any longer.

He attacked up a small kicker after the (sadly indecisive) sand pit, went around the off-camber with both wheels locked and drifting, and prized out a gap of a few seconds on the downhill switchbacks. Fully committed, he spent the better part of a lap reeling in the Trek rider, and finally – with just a lap to go, he made contact.


And Bowden did the best, worst possible thing: he sat up. Forcing an unrecovered Wissell to the front, and biding his time for the sprint, he played the last lap perfectly. He came past Mike in the final meters, taking a well-fought and tactically savvy victory. It was a great race to watch, and the venue and organization were fantastic. We can’t wait to see you all in New Hampshire next weekend!

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The CX-Files

Scenic Hartford, Connecticut was the center of New England cyclocross last weekend. Silk City (also the CT state championships) had a good deal of firepower in the elite race, with Austin Vincent headlining a robust field of very fit-looking dudes with intimidating thighs. Connecticut longs for the good ‘ol days of no starting grid and Wild West staging, as they lined up first come, first served, 15 guys across. When the whistle blew, Mike and Charlie had a bit of a start-gate sword fight and lost 15 spots before they could even clip in. In another scintillating display of teamwork, they also managed to delay Kevin, who wisely staged well behind the inevitable carnage.

The course was easily one of the most technical in the region, with plenty of dismounts, running, roots, chutes, hard corners, and off cambers, all topped by a two-inch layer of fine silt. Passing was essentially a game of “wait till the guy in front of you hits a landmine, and pray he doesn’t take you with him.”

Mike played the Human Pylon game for a bit after recovering some spots and creeping into the top 5 or 6, but an untimely explosion by an overenthusiastic Expo Wheel-man blew him off that train for good. He and Charlie settled into a small group, and Charlie – noticing our strength in numbers – attacked on the short road section, attempting to bridge to the leaders (sometimes, our guys DO understand teamwork!).

After a few laps, Mike started to really miss his teammate and attacked the group. Charlie played hard to get, and they both rolled in a few seconds apart – with Kevin a bit further back – just before the skies opened.

Riverfront CX was about as different from Silk City as you could get without actually paving over the course. Mike and Kevin were the only guys representing the ‘house, and long straightaways, deep mulch, and a super-steep power climb meant a commitment of power numbers generally unavailable to their only-occasionally shaved legs.

Significantly more excited about applying watts to their faces were ex-Canadian national champ Todd Bowden, Tim “everything is a nail” Ratta, and Sean Pantalleres Thighs. Seans Thighs went directly to plaid in the start, immediately drawing out a small group. He continued to eject dudes off the back, heaping hurt on an ever-diminishing selection of which Mike was surprised to find himself a part of.

After what seemed like an eternity of heavy breathing and holding on to Todds seatpost, Bowden seemed to sense the burning in Mikes legs and went to the front, dumping gasoline on an already out-of-control fire. This went back and forth for an interminable amount of time, until Todd launched an attack after Sean over-battleshipped the only technical corner of the race. His lead quickly balloned to almost 30 seconds, and with two to go, Mike couldn’t wait any longer.

He attacked up a small kicker after the (sadly indecisive) sand pit, went around the off-camber with both wheels locked and drifting, and prized out a gap of a few seconds on the downhill switchbacks. Fully committed, he spent the better part of a lap reeling in the Trek rider, and finally – with just a lap to go, he made contact.


And Bowden did the best, worst possible thing: he sat up. Forcing an unrecovered Wissell to the front, and biding his time for the sprint, he played the last lap perfectly. He came past Mike in the final meters, taking a well-fought and tactically savvy victory. It was a great race to watch, and the venue and organization were fantastic. We can’t wait to see you all in New Hampshire next weekend!

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Big Elm/ QuadCross Weekend!


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This was good weekend at the races for the Cuppow boys. Mike took the win at Big Elm, while Ian (whose tactical nous helped win the race) managed to hold on for third. The course was fun, though temperatures approaching 90 are somewhat less than ideal for a sport that romanticizes the freezing rain of a Belgian winter. We made the best of it, and even brought home the mystery “holeshot prize”, which turned out to be a very functional (though not particularly mysterious) floor pump. Big Elm was a fun event – super low key at a beautiful ski mountain near Great Barrington.

Quad cross has been the traditional New England season opener for almost 10 years. Now held at the Maynard Rod and Gun club, the course is a mix of technical turns, blazing fast downhills, a long grind up a dirt road, and even more technical turns. There was a huge turnout for the elite race, and the guys had their work cut out for them – particularly Mike and Ian, who had raced hard the day before. Matt had a great race – he only had his single speed setup and finished just outside the top 10. Mike and Ian paid for their efforts from the previous day, the former bouncing off trees for 6th and the latters thighs calling it a day in 15th. We think Kevin mechanical-ed and was unable to steal Adams fat bike out of the pit.

Matt and Ian did the singlespeed race while Mike shame-ate pie at Verill Farm. Matt showed us all how to do a second race and managed 4th, Ians (by now very sad) legs held on for 7th.

See you next week in scenic Hartford Ct!

-Mike

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