The photo shows the lugs we are planning to use on the production Velo Orange randonneur. They are made by Long Shen and the quality is firs...

I was bored last night and decided to redesign the blog. I think it looks a little cleaner. What do you think? The photo is from Velorution ...

We now have, or are soon getting, a number of items our faithful customers have asked for: We just received Honjo 43mm smooth and hammered f...

We just received several boxes from Nitto. Inside I discovered a long awaited shipment of water bottle cages. I'm delighted every time I...

A few short notes: Grand Bois tires are in stock again. We have both the 700C x 30 and the new folding version of the 650B x 32 . Bicycle Q...

Paris-Brest-Paris is being run August 20-24, 2007 and many of our customers and friends are riding. I case you don't know what PBP is, h...

The very last of our TA Pro 5 Vis 60th Anniversary cranks have arrived in the US and will be in our shop in a few days. They will be availa...

It's been very busy here at VO, but I wanted to post a few notes: Brooks has substantially raised saddle prices. Titanium rail saddles, ...

The thermometer read 104-degrees when I left Velo Orange yesterday. So I retired to the little workshop in our garage to bend little strips...

A lot of folks have been waiting for Ostrich panniers ; they finally arrived this morning by Airmail straight from Japan. These are very tra...

I should write some instructions for installing metal fenders for those of you who have never done this, or who think it's difficult. Bu...

Another new product just arrived. Our VO Baguette is a saddle bag and a mini handlebar bag. This is one bag that serves both purposes; the ...

Though Velo Orange is often characterized as a "retro shop", I very much admire modernist design, particularly in bikes. Those of ...

What the world needs is proper aluminum fenders that are long enough to really keep water off and don't cost $80. And that's exactl...

Reading my new favorite magazine, Monocle , I came across a reference to Arrow bicycles of Japan . I hadn't looked at Arrows in a long t...

We have a few random bits that various customers have asked us to stock. Classic style cable clips are getting hard to find and we have som...

One of the things I've wanted Velo Orange to stand for is elegant and understated products. That means small logos, or even no logos. Yo...

Since we are waiting for so many shipments and have so little in stock, we've spent a couple of days cleaning up VO's stockroom. Thi...

While I've been goofing off over the 4th of July weekend, new racks have been piling up at Velo Orange. We just received the prototype P...

Please pardon my going a bit off topic again, but I've been thinking about the commute. You see, I'm a bit of a news addict and ofte...