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Rolled out of Santa Cruz with a crew of about 60 riders. The group got smaller as the ride got longer.
Thanks everyone for coming out and making it a fun day of riding with friends.
We had builders: Todd from Black Cat, Paul Sadoff from Rock Lobster, Rick Hunter, Steve Rex, Curtis Inglis, Jeremy Sycip, Mark from Paragon Machine Works, the boys from Calfee and me and Cory representing Caletti Cycles.

Ok, back from NAHBS in Denver.
Wow.
Happy to be riding again and without snow.
Happy to be building.
Pretty soon I'll have show bike pictures added to the website - it's been pretty busy...
In the mean time, enjoy this:

Steel Wul Chronicles -San Juan South from John Caletti / Caletti Cycles on Vimeo.

It's raining today, so here's a story about riding, and camping, in the rain, from one of my customers, Eric.

Once a month, myself and a few hooligans I call friends ride up to a not so secret campsite in Nisene Marks for an overnight bikepacking trip. It's a short ride, but the close proximity typically means no one cancels at the last minute. That was until the trifecta of pacific coast storms slammed into Santa Cruz last weekend. While most were no-shows, Jeromy and Curtis weren't going to let a little rain, mud and wind stop them, so off we went during a break between storms 2 and 3. Curtis was running behind schedule and said he'd catch up, so Jeromy and I met at the Ugly Mug and headed for Nisene. Jeromy was on his "banana slug" Independent cross rig with panniers while I was riding my Caletti 29er with Porcelain Rocket bags. We made a quick stop for burritos to go, then headed up the mountain. There was an impressive dark fog in the redwoods as we climbed slick fire road to Sand Point. The lights went on at the summit and we made the short decent to camp. The rain started up as we rolled in, so we scrambled to setup tents and tarps. Sitting in a dry tent while devouring burritos and IPAs, we figured Curtis too would be a no show given it had been an hour since we'd arrived and the rain was coming down in buckets. A few moments later we spotted a light flickering against the tent and it was Curtis soaked to the bone. We setup a giant tarp over the picnic area and enjoyed several more adult beverages while listening to the rain pounding around us 'til late in the evening. In the morning, the rain and wind hadn't let up. While brewing coffee we heard the cracking of branches as a large tree came crashing down just 50ft from camp. Sufficiently caffeinated, we packed up our wet gear and headed down the mountain. The creeks were swollen and fallen trees were tangled into damns. Waterfalls were everywhere we looked including an impressive waterfall at the epicenter. Covered in mud with brakes squealing we rode for home wondering what mother nature would throw at us next month.

We were down south for a couple days and got a couple short rides in - west LA/Santa Monica and in Santa Barbara a great climb up Gibraltar. It was pretty amazing to ride without knee or leg warmers, or gloves, or shoe covers....
The views were great, the landscape is amazing with tall steep rocky mountains along the coastline. Great second breakfast and coffee at The French Press downtown afterwards.
As usual, my lovely wife Cory is our ride model and i'm snapping with the iPhone.

I was just going through a few images from our trip to Italy last summer. The riding was epic of course, with food to match. Great combo.

Here's a video about a local trail being built and set to open this Spring after finish work is done and the dirt firms up.
I did a bunch of work on it last spring/summer when we were out wading through poison oak to flag out the corridor for the trail that would eventually be cleared, dug, and built. Can't wait to ride it, it's super flowy.

http://vimeo.com/56125237

We've got a cross team.
They are a fun bunch. Check out the team here: http://teamcaletti.com
Jeremiah will be racing Masters' Worlds in Kentucky pretty soon, so check back for the report.

Starting the New Year out right with a big ride out to Monterrey and back with Cory.

I'm currently working on Mark's Adventure Road bike which will be going to the North American Handmade Bicycle Show.
Here are a few pics of the progress.
Head tube is for Chris King i7 headset and a tapered steerer Enve fork, it has been machined down and lightened up a bit.
Stainless steel reinforcements at EPS wire insertion points.
Ports in BB were machined in prior to buildup for wires to run through.
I added a subtle Bi-Oval shape to the down tube to optimize BB stiffness under pedaling loads and stabilize the front end, but it's also a nice match to the large head tube.