Earle Wheels

06/19/2024

One reason I love where I live: I went on a 10-mile bike ride this morning. The pavement was all decent, but more important was that the few vehicles that passed me were invariably polite and gave me lots of room, even the Lycon concrete mixer and the John's Disposal truck.

02/13/2022

Spring special: Campy Record hubs, Velo Orange Enterprise rims, $399 shipped. PM me.

05/28/2020

I may have posted this link to my WordPress page earlier, but it is worth posting again: https://earlewheels.wordpress.com/maynard/ Picture is Maynard (left) and Mario Gios.

I asked Maynard to write some original content for the Earle Wheels Website, and he readily agreed. He wrote a nice piece, much in the vein of columns he has been writing for decades. Any of his re…

01/30/2020

OK, I want promote my teaching again. Comment if you want to build great wheels.

08/03/2019

About my riding: I rode the Litespeed on the Cold Spring-Fremont loop, 13 miles, dodging some fresh pavement patches on Cold Spring. I love that bike!

08/03/2019

Coming in 2020: "You will ride what I tell you to ride and you will like it!"

05/22/2017

For Sale: Park TS 2.2, $199 plus shipping. PM me for details.

05/09/2017

Saturday, May 6, I rode the metric option of the Litespeed Bicycles 3 State 3 Mountains Challenge in and around Chattanooga, Tenn. This ride was worth the drive from Whitewater. See my blog at www.earlewheels.com for more details.

Expert wheelbuilding services and instruction.

05/03/2017

The new Chris Cross is the bike I have been wanting for 30 years, but had not fully designed. When I talk about "bikes for the rest of us," the Chris Cross is what I mean.

Fat Chance Bikes photo stories

04/30/2017

News that really affects me: May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, and also Older Americans Month. In celebration and in training for the AIDS Ride Wisconsin, I will be testing myself in Chattanooga on Saturday, May 6, with a 65-mile ride that includes 4,000 feet of climbing. I am also soliciting support for my AIDS Ride. Here is a link to the site. http://arcw.convio.net/site/TR?fr_id=1210&pg=entry .
Click on "Donate," then search for Earle Young. Donate early and often.

04/01/2017

Weather is getting nicer, getting in a few more miles on the fixed gear. My loop is about 6.4 miles, with a few small grades. I'm all the way up to a whopping 13 mph for that loop today. A little faster, climbs went a little easier. Progress.

03/23/2017

Writing for Fat Tire Flyer was about as much fun as writing could be. Charlie Kelly liked the idea, said he would pay me a little for it and would get illustrator Kent Essex to illustrate. I have posted it on my Website, with some changes from the way it was originally published.

I wrote this piece in 1987 for Fat Tire Flyer, the first mountain bike magazine, run by Charlie Kelly. I can’t say the piece made me rich, but it was a lot of fun to write. I hope you like it…

03/18/2017

Class schedule posted.
I have now put a list 12 weeks over the next four months that I am available for wheelbuilding classes, either in Whitewater or on the road.

03/03/2017

Here is the latest page on the www.earlewheels.com Website. A schedule of available Whitewater weekends will go up by April 1.

If you are a hobbyist who wants to take home mechanics to the next level, or a shop mechanic who wants to master the craft of building wheels, my classes fit you. I have the teaching experience and…

03/03/2017

This is the EarleWheels Whitewater wheel studio. For much of the year, it is an ideal place to build wheels. It's too cold to work out there now, but I needed to have a photo for my Web page. I will be announcing class availability in the next few days.