Page Street Pinion Touring (SOLD)

Pinion Touring

With 650b x 2.4” tires

Pinion Touring

with 700 x 40c tires

Pinion & Gates Carbon Drive Train

P1.18 18 speed, Gates Belt Drive

Nitto Seat Bracket

Quick-release seat bracket for easy on/off of seat bag.

Black Star Bag

Custom X-Pac seat bag, light weight, huge capacity.

"Toggle Drop" Rear Dropouts

Hassle-free tension/de-tension belt for easy wheel removal.

Seat Mounted Tail Light

Custom Rear Rack, Chrome

Mini Panniers

Made for triple mount cages; excellent for things you want easy access to.

Sinewave USB Stem Cap

Charge small devices off the power generated by the front hub.

Custom Front Rack

Chrome front rack, hand made, with a roll cage for the light.

Spork Head Badge

Detachable, fully usable, wing-nut secured.

This bike is ready to travel. A Pinion 18 speed gearbox and belt drive gives a huge range of gearing, and almost no maintenance. Two wheel sets that are interchangeable (650b for bigger tires and 700c for mid-size tires), generator hub powering the lights & USB, so many options for carrying gear, and so on — this bike was designed as a way to pull all stops for what a touring bike could be.

Page Street Cycles is how we put together the talents of two long-time bike builders in one bike: Christopher Igleheart of Igleheart Custom Frames & Forks, and myself, Joseph Ahearne of Ahearne Cycles. We teamed up on this bike for the Oregon handmade bike show in 2018 and since then I’ve ridden the bike on several road and gravel tours to field test the Pinion drive train, and the bike’s ability to hold up while on tour. And it has been awesome. The bike is stable, it’s comfortable, it rides well loaded or unloaded, and the weakest link in the whole system was me, the rider. This is a bad ass machine.

To be clear, this is a used bike. It has been ridden, I’ve done a handful of shorter tours on it, and it is only just beginning its life as a touring rig. The bar wrap is new, and I replaced the carbon drive belt, the tires have minimal wear (replaced not so many miles ago), but all in all the bike is in excellent shape. The most noticeable wear is in the clear overcoat of paint, which has some chipping where the bike has been leaned agains poles and bike staples, but nothing to worry about. Even the powder coat has many years of life left. Because of the wear, I’ve discounted this bike by about $5K from what it would cost brand new.

Listing out parts and features will give you plenty to think about. If you have questions, please email me: joseph (at) ahearnecycles.com and I will tell all. This is truly a unique bike, one of a kind, thoughtfully designed from top to bottom. One of the best things about it now is, if it fits you, it is as close to custom as you can get without having to wait — it is ready to ride. Not to mention you’ll save a few thousand on the overall cost. You could take it today and start your tour tomorrow. 

This bike includes, in no particular order of importance:

• 18 speed Pinion drive train, including cranks (175 mm), belt cogs (32T front and 32T rear) and belt (118T)

• Co-Motion drop bar twist shifter for Pinion

• One of a kind chrome front rack with a roll cage for the front light, loops for straps or bungi cords, fender support, detachable low rider racks for large or small panniers

• One-of-a-kind rear rack with a custom X-Pac bag made by Black Star Bags, hand sewn in Portland. The rack has triple mounts with the titanium Manything Cages by King Cage; and Mini Panniers made by Andrew the Maker. Also, the bag upper has a quick release Nitto bracket mounted on the seat rails, which makes for easy on/off of the bag. 

• Two wheel sets: one set of 650b wheels with 2.4 Continental X-King tires, the other wheel set 700c with 40c Marathon Supreme tires. Matching hub sets: Schmidt SON28 generator front hub, 12 x 100mm thru-axle; White Industries rear, 12 x 142 mm thru axle. Matching hubs means you can swap wheels without having to adjust anything, and you can easily transform the bike from a road or hard-pack touring bike to off-road touring in more extreme conditions. This also makes the bike versatile for switching between touring & commuting, because we all want to stay out of our cars as much as possible.

• Generator powered lights front and rear; the front is a B&M IQ-X, and the rear is a Schmidt SON light mounted at the back of the saddle, with the wiring hidden and internally routed. There are magnetic connectors in the seat tube so you can easily remove the seat post if needed.

• Sinewave Cycles Stem cap USB charger— charge small devices from the power of the front hub while you ride — This is an extremely useful feature while touring, especially when you’re riding remotely and depending on a GPS

• Paul “Klamper” disc Brakes

• Paul “tall n’ handsome” seat post

• Brooks Cambium C17 all weather saddle

• Phil Wood headset

• Honjo H-95 wide alloy fenders

• Gates Carbon Drive 118T belt (brand new), Brooks Microfiber bar wrap (also newly wrapped), new brake hoods

• Security bolt on the seat binder, and corresponding wrench

• Paragon Machine Works “Toggle Drop” rear dropouts: complicated looking dropouts that make rear wheel removal simple, without having to adjust belt tension. Also includes the seat stay splitter to be able to replace the drive belt when needed.

• And don’t forget the titanium spork head badge connected with a wing nut — this is, after all, a camping bike.

Specifications:

This bike is good for someone between about 5’10” & 6’3” tall, depending on leg, torso and arm length. Depending on your body specifications you may need to adjust the saddle forward or back, or replace the stem with something longer or shorter. I’m about 6’1”, and I’m averagely proportioned, and this bike is very comfortable for me for long rides. My body position is fairly upright, with not a lot of weight on my hands.

• TT length: 575 mm

• ST actual length: 570 / effective: 620

• ST angle: 73 degrees

• HT length: 220 mm

• HT angle 71.5 degrees

• Standover: ~ 885 mm

• Handlebar & saddle are within 1 cm of the same height from the ground

• BB drop 70 mm

• Chain stay length in current configuration: 473 mm - adjustable for other cog/belt configurations

• Fork length: 415 mm

• Fork offset: 67 mm

• Trail with 650b wheels: ~ 47 mm

You may see other bikes come and go, but this is the one you want to have for life.

Any and all questions welcome. If you’re within reach of Portland, Oregon and want to come for a test ride, please message me and we’ll set up a time. joseph (at) ahearnecycles.com

Thank you.

Classic 650b Fillet Brazed Touring/Commuter Frame & Fork (SOLD)

Check out this beauty — a hand made frame set in its raw form.

In these strange times bike shops are selling out of bikes faster than you can say pandemic. I’m trying to put some options out there for the discerning cyclist — bicycles made here in Portland, Oregon (no international supply chains stopping us from building), using top quality materials, each frame finished with the love and skill you — the end user — will appreciate.

Watching the trends, bicycles are becoming more complicated as components and cycling styles evolve. It’s refreshing sometimes to go back to the days when bike design was more simple and straightforward. 

This bike has a blend of Reynolds tubing, with 853 heat treated chain stays and fork legs (where it counts), traditional vertical dropouts in front and rear (CNC’d by Paragon Machine Works), ports for internal light wiring, mounts for cantilever brakes, rear rack mounts and front rack options, and fender mounts. Everything you’ll need to make this bike into your best friend and most useful companion. 

The fork is a traditional segmented design made by Igleheart Custom Frames and Forks.

As you see from the photos, this frame set is currently unpainted. This means not only that there is room for some frame customization, but also, you get to choose your color! If you’ve got a color scheme in mind, we’ll help you execute it. Or, if you’d like us to choose something simple, something classic, or something wild, we’d love to help. The cost for a simple powder coat starts at about $450 and goes up from there, depending on the color (or colors) you choose, and the complexity of the scheme. And just to be clear, I won’t let this one go out without it getting a professional paint job.

Also, as a further level of customization, you can choose what sort of front rack you’d like. This bike would be fantastic with a Pass & Stow “Five Rail” platform rack on the front, or could work with a variety of styles of Nitto racks. Before this frame & fork go to the painter, let’s decide on a rack, and I can place the mounts in the appropriate places on the fork. Another option would be a small Nitto rack up top, and a set of the Tubus “Duo” low-rider racks down low. This is just one of the many possibilities — please contact me to discuss what we can do. 

As with all my bikes, if you’d like, I’d be happy to help you choose the best parts to go on your new frame. Once the frame returns from the painter, I’m able to do a full assembly with parts, or you can work with your local bike shop to make it road ready. 

Frame Specs:

• Frame fits 27.5” x 2.0” (650b x 48c) tires and fenders, or 2.3” tires and no fenders

• Cantilever brake mounts

• 27.2 mm seat post diameter

• 73 mm wide bottom bracket shell

• 1 1/8” straight steerer

• Traditional vertical dropouts, with 100 mm front spacing & 135 mm rear 

• Frame & fork weight 6.5 lbs. (with dummy headset & full, uncut fork steerer)

• PLEASE NOTE: Parts & paint cost are not included

Measurements:

This frame is a good size for someone between about 5’10” and 6’1” tall, depending on leg length, torso and arm length, and flexibility. The head tube is long, with an upper extension so that few head set spacers will be needed. If you have questions, let’s talk. I’m good at gathering the info I need to tell you honestly if this frame is going to work for a person with your lengths. 

If you feel that the front end is potentially too tall with the long head tube, let’s discuss it. I may be willing to cut the head tube down, and re-face the upper end.

This bike is going to be an excellent choice for someone who is looking for a good, comfortable, all-day riding bike. It would be a great day-tripper, or can be outfitted to carry the gear you’d need for a couple of nights out on a bike camping trip. It could also be used around town as a fast and classy commuter bike. 

This bike needs a good home, and someone who’s going to put the miles on it it deserves. Please contact me with any questions, or for more details.

As with all bikes on this page, 3% of proceeds will be donated to the Rogue Valley Relief Fund.

Thanks for looking!

Coaster Brake Townie (SOLD)

I built this as a show bike many years back. If you’ve followed my work over the years, you know that some of my bikes can be very complex, touring and commuting bikes with many features and braze ons, trying to accomplish many things.

In this bike I was looking for a simple, classy design. Fillet brazed joints, with capped seat stays and wrap-around points, this bike hearkens back to a previous time in cycling history. Stylish and easy to maintain, and with the large platform rack, you can let the bike carry the weight. It’s a perfect bike for daily use around town.

Features:

• True Temper steel tubing 

• Stainless steel Celtic knot head badge

• The Old English logo on the seat tube

• Campagnolo 1010 rear dropouts, long, horizontal, front opening

• Unicrown straight blade fork

• Wrap-around seat stay caps

• Coaster brake, single speed

• If a hand brake is desired, the fork brake hole is at the correct height for extra long center pull brakes 

• Large, custom platform rack

• Fluted alloy VO fenders

Bike Specs:

• Top tube length: 60 cm 

• Seat tube length: 59 cm

• Stand over height: 86 cm

• Wheel size: 700c

• Max. Tire size: ~40c

This bike wants to be ridden, and needs a good home. If you have any questions, please contact me.

This bike is Sold.

3% of the sale was donated to The Black Resiliency Fund on 13 June, 2020.

Page Street Touring Frame Set (SOLD)

Page Street Cycles is a cooperative project between Ahearne Cycles and Igleheart Custom Frames & Forks. This bike is perfect for road and off road touring. It was originally designed as a bike that could handle the Oregon Outback, a 400+ mile mostly-gravel adventure through some remote regions of oregon. This frame was built for 650b wheels, with the intention of having 2.0” tires or larger, or for road touring you could run a 700c wheel with a 35 - 40c tire and still have a very comfortable, confident handling bike.  

The fork was made by Christopher Igleheart, from Reynolds 953 heat treated tubing, and the frame is a combination of Reynolds and Columbus tubing, to give the best ride quality possible. The bike was designed to carry weight, with the load bias toward the front. The ideal scenario for long-distance touring is about 55-60% of the weight up front, 40-45% at the back. Or as much as 65% front to 35% at the back, and the bike would handle perfectly. You’d need to experiment with weight distribution to work out the best proportions to suit your sense of comfort and handling, but this is a good place to begin.

The front rack set was hand made by Joseph Ahearne, and is rigid enough to hold loaded saddle bags, and the upper deck is good for strapping down a dry bag, has a light mount and internal wiring. The front rack is fully modular, so that when you’re not touring you can remove the low riders, which are independent from the upper deck. 

The rear of the bike has mounts for a traditional touring rack, and the bike has three sets of bottle mounts, a kickstand plate, internal wire routing for a tail light, and it comes in this gorgeous sage green. 

Frame Specs:

• Fits 27.5” x 2.4” tires and fenders

• ISO disc brake mounts front & rear

• 27.2 mm seat post diameter

• 1 1/8” straight steerer

• Traditional vertical dropouts front & rear (front dropouts reversed for braking stability)

• 73 mm bottom bracket, British thread

Measurements:

• Top tube length (effective): 53 cm

• Seat tube length (effective): 57 cm

• Standover height: ~80 cm

• wheelbase: ~110 cm

This bike is for someone who is between about 5’6” - about 5’10” depending on arm length, leg length, and flexibility. If you’re not local to Portland, Oregon, you could go to a bike shop and try a couple of bikes to determine your size, and compare those numbers with this bike to see if it’ll work. Get in touch with us and we can help talk you through the sizing, and offer some suggestions for fit. 

This bike is brand new, and has never been assembled with parts. You can buy it as is, or if you’d like help putting together a parts kit, please let us know and we’ll happily assist. 

Touring 29er (SOLD)

This was one of three bikes I built a few years back as an experiment in low-run production. It’s an on road/off road touring bike, with a long wheelbase and the capacity to carry plenty of gear for the long haul. I rode one of these three bikes on several short bike camping trips, and a month-long bike tour up to Vancouver Island. It was a perfect rig for long road and gravel rides, day after day riding, carrying all the gear required to stay out and be self sufficient for weeks at a time, through varieties of terrain and climate.

Here are features this bike has:

• Clearance for 28” x 2.3” tires (as shown in the photos) and fenders, or 27.5” x 3.0” tires and fenders. Either tire & wheel combination will work without significantly adjusting the bottom bracket height.

• Hand made racks front and rear; long rear rack with integrated “no rattle” u-lock holder (u-lock not included). Front detachable low rider racks that easily separate from the upper flat deck. Upper deck has a light mount and internal wire routing down to a generator hub (not shown). Large flat upper deck is good for tying down a dry bag, or potentially mounting a basket. 

• Double chain stays — a style of chain stay that helps stiffen the back end of the bike (a little bit) but mainly looks cool. Because the stays are narrower it allows for larger tires without limiting chain ring clearance.

• Disc brakes mounts front and rear. Front and rear dropouts are slotted, so they accommodate standard quick release wheels: 100 mm front axle spacing; 135 mm rear. The front dropouts are flipped in reverse to prevent the wheel from being pulled in heavy braking. 

• 73 mm bottom bracket shell with standard British threads, 27.2 mm seat post, 1 1/8” steerer for standard threadless head set.

• 3 sets of bottle bosses, kickstand plate, wire routing through the down tube and out the bottom bracket for a wired tail light.

• Matte clear powder coat finish. There is a 2-part process for powder coating that allows the final finish of the bike to keep the “dirty” look with burns from brazing. Matte clear powder is very durable, and it shows all the work underneath. The rear rack has been “field tested”, meaning it’s seen some use on another bike, so there are some worn patches in the powder from where the saddle bags were hanging, but it is still in excellent shape. The frame, fork and front rack set are brand new, never been ridden.

Bike Specs:

• Effective top tube length: 60 cm / 23.5”

• Effective seat tube length: 60 cm

• Stand over height: ~82 cm

• Wheelbase: 1120 cm / 44”

If you have questions about sizing, and whether this bike might work for you, please get in touch and we can discuss it, I can let you know what’s possible, and what’s not. 

This bike can be sold as is, without parts, or I’m happy to make suggestions, or help you order anything you might need. This bike will make a great touring companion and all around get-shit-done kind of ride. 

This bike is SOLD.

3% of the sale was donated to the Black Resiliency Fund on 24 June, 2020.

Pinion Step-through (SOLD)

This bike is up for sale again! We thought it was sold, but the deal fell through, so if you’ve been eyeing this bike with lust and envy, now it could be yours. Read on to find out details, and send me a message if you have further questions.

This bike is one of a kind, without question.

I love curves, the flow of lines, the statement of the frame and how it balances with the parts. Big tires are “in” right now, and that’s because people are less concerned with speed, and more wanting to enjoy the ride. For comfort and for versatility, this bike can’t be matched. Hit the forest roads and go by gravel, then ride through town, get your groceries, or if you’re feeling especially adventurous, put a rear rack on there (yes, there are mounts) and head out on a backwoods multi-day tour.

This is a great bike for year-round riding; Leaves, snow, rain, gravel, darkness, no problem. I kept the light wiring in the frame and out of the fenders so in the summer you could remove the fenders and pare down your ride, install knobby tires if you want — there is plenty of clearance for 27.5” x 3.25” tires. 

The Pinion gearbox is worry free and mostly maintenance free, and Gates belts are known to last upwards of 25K miles, so you ought to be able to go a few years before needing to replace anything on this bike but tires and brake pads.

I built it for the 2019 NAHBS, as a display bike for a few of my favorite component manufacturers. Because it was a show bike I did not hold back. No specific requests meant I had no limits, and I wanted to make something that would be visually attractive, and function the way I expect a bicycle should. I feel like this one succeeded in every way.

There are a lot of hidden and understated details, all the way down to the minimal branding, which is something I love most in a bike — subtle features that you wouldn’t even know to look for, but when you see them they’re like little surprise packages, there to make the bike better, bolder, more functional. And ultimately to make you happy.

This bike has a few “firsts.” they are:

1. First time using this prototype Pinion mount. Customized design made to shorten chain stays as much as possible and to leave clearance for fatter tires. This is the first bike with this mount, and as a prototype it was a success. The same mount is currently in production.

2. Pre-production shifters by Cinq are an excellent alternative to the twist shifter, which at this point is the only other option for shifting the Pinion Gearbox. I’m not a big fan of twist shift, and I’ve been waiting for these paddle shifters for almost three years. They won’t be “officially” available until later this year. The company is German, and there are not too many of these shifters yet in the USA. For shifting, this bike is way ahead of the curve (multiple puns intended).

3. Fenders: I ordered these from Honjo more than two years ago, knowing that I wanted to make a bike around their super width (80 mm!). These fenders finally landed in the USA in January of this year (2019). This is the first set I’ve installed on a bike. And, I had them anodized, so at this point, they are the first of their kind in the states.

4. Ahearne/MAP handlebar with the 31.8 mm clamp is new as of February this year. It’s the same great design, now with the “oversize” clamp option. This is the first set I’ve used on a bike. 

5. Modified Wald basket. This is the first time I’ve cut one down in this way. I feel like it’s a more practical height. It’s cool, but I may never do this again, because it’s kind of ridiculous how much time I spent on it. But when you think about it, it makes so much sense. It’s still plenty tall to hold whatever you need to carry, and with a bag or a bungee net, nothing will escape you.

6. Unique paint scheme and minimal branding on the bike. This isn’t my usual style, but I like it!

Geometry Specs:

• Effective top tube length: 62 cm (It feels shorter because of the frame angles & swept-back handlebar)

• Effective Seat tube length: 62 cm 

• Actual Seat tube length: 55.5 cm

• Standover: ~760 mm (top tube has a lot of slope, so this number is somewhat arbitrary) 

• Head angle: 72 degrees

• Seat angle: 73 degrees

• Wheel base: ~1150

• Wheel size: 27.5”

• Tire size: 2.8” (shown — there is clearance for up to 3.25” tires without fenders)

Tubing:

• Fork: Reynold’s 853 heat treated, pre-bent fork legs, and 853 1 1/8” straight steerer.

• Main tubes are a mix of Columbus, mostly Zona. 

This bike is $8000 complete and ready to ride.

If you’re looking for a new ride and don’t want to wait through the lead times, this bike could be for you. Please email me and let’s talk about it.

I think this bike is going to make someone very happy, for a lot of years of riding.