Customer name: Steen A.
Location: Denmark
Frame type: Road (Fast)
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Hi Katie and Kent, Every where I go and my bike is with me, it always attract attention to other cyclists, who have to see this magnificent bike at close range. They are with out exceptions, blown away by the craftsmanship, this bike represent. I do not hesitate to tell the story of you guys and our common connection to the old Vikings and Scandinavia. I feel lucky and proud, and I know, that this is a unique and very special bike. You can always contact me, if anyone in Denmark wants to know more, or better yet, if you should be in the neighborhood. Remember also to visit "Kent Eriksen Bicycles Fan Group" on Facebook. Best regards - Steen
Customer name: Nathan Y.
Location: England
Frame type: Road
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Here is a picture...somewhat late. Too busy riding
Thanks - Nathan
Customer name: Barnabas B.
Location: England
Frame type: Road/Touring
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Hi Kent and Katie,
After what has seemed ages I have finally got everything on the bike. It weighs in at just over 10Kgs which is 3kgs of the bike it is replacing! It rides so well; both stiff and responsive, but also nice and supple over the bumps. The finish on the frame is also flawless. In fact in all the best frame I have ever seen or ridden.
Many thanks and here's to many thousands of miles of happy riding.
Barny
Customer name: Judi H.
Location: Laramie, WY
Frame type: Road
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I have the best husband in the world. On our 10th wedding anniversary, instead of getting me some useless diamond jewelry that I would seldom wear, he got me a wonderful piece of titanium jewelry that I use all the time. He surprised me with an Eriksen road bike at the site where we got married and I’ve never been so surprised in my life. I also paid my husband an apology for getting upset about all the hours he spent on the Internet searching for special components for my bike. I didn’t know what he was doing and thought he was looking at porn and I guess he was…bike porn. The bike is a dream, climbs like a beast and looks super sharp. It’s beautiful. And I also learned how good Kent and Katie are at keeping secrets.
Customer name: Klaus W.
Location: Switzerland
Frame type: Road
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Hi Kent, hi Katie, Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you, too! 2 years with this road frame and still enjoying every second with it! Best regards from Switzerland Klaus Weingart
Customer name: Dr. Maxwell
Location: Missoula, MT
Frame type: Road
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Dear All, Got it, love it, rode it: sublime! mm
Customer name: Jules. M
Location: Austria
Frame type: Road
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it looks... oh my god...it rides... oh my god... the temperature here in Austria is now below zero °C but I do not think to drive by car to work or anywhere ;-). I am always with/on my KE... There are some details I was not expecting... but - wow ! really perfect work... again - thank you for building MY titanium frame. Jules
Customer name: Kent E
Location: BIsmark, ND
Frame type: Road
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Kent & Katie, Wow, what more can I say! The bike (work of art) arrived as scheduled; even Jacquie, who doesn't see many frames knows there are special qualities to this one. Thanks again, Kent
Customer name: Matthew B
Location: Boulder, CO
Frame type: Road
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Customer name: James M
Location: Boulder, CO and Ireland
Frame type: Road
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Dear Katie, Kent, and Chad, I just wanted to drop you a quick note and tell you how much I an enjoying my bike. It has gotten many looks and double-takes on the road. The altimeter says I have done over 20,000 vertical feet in just three weeks. If you have any potential customers in my neighborhood that want to look at a bike, I would be happy to oblige.
Customer name: David G.
Location: Waco, TX
Frame type: Road
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Customer name: Rob B.
Location: Robbinsville, NJ
Frame type: Road
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Customer name: Tim Y
Location: Jackson Hole, WY
Frame type: Touring
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Hi Kent, Katie, Finally got my Eriksen tour bike rolling and the snow melted enough to do a quick test ride. Its an awesome machine! So steady and solid, and fit seems really good. Still figuring our some of the adjustments and final tune, and the fenders and things. But it rolls! Thanks for all your help. Tim
Customer name: Anne G
Location: Lansing, MI
Frame type: Road
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WOW! Each pedal stroke just jets the bike forward. Like I have to chase it to stay on it. Sweet. You did a super job. I am REALLY really happy with this new road bike. Fabulous work on the design/ride! There is no sense of any wasted power. It is the most direct connection I've felt. Ride is sweet. The bike built up smooth and easy. No hick-ups like i've experienced with almost every other frame I've built up. Came in sub 16#s. A really great product, great people, prompt service. All good things. My experience with you on the CX bike sealed the decision on who was going to built a road frame if I did a custom. I just did that sooner than I thought. Thanks for a super ride! Anne
Customer name: Neil R.
Location: California
Frame type: Road
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It was very nice meeting you Friday and getting a chance to check out your operation. What a pleasure to see people who are so passionate about what they do. Your enthusiasm is contagious.
Customer name: Leif R.
Location: Chicago, IL
Frame type: Road
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Hi Katie and Kent. My bicycle has arrived safe and sound and I'm Delighted. The welds, workmanship and design are Beautiful! And as I've said I'm gonna cherish it the rest of my life. It might be too nice for the coffee shop when I get done with it. Thanks again for such a Great Job!
Customer name: Charles G.
Location: Austin, TX.
Frame type: Road
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Kent, I got the bike built up and love it! The frame is everything I was hoping for ... it is lighter and MUCH stiffer than my other bikes and it also handles great. REALLY stable. In addition, the low-speed hands-off wobble/oscillation that has occurred on every (adult) bike I have ever owned does not happen on the frame you built. While this could always be readily stopped on other bikes (knee on the top tube), it is truly a pleasure to not to have to constantly be anticipating this sort of instability.
Also, the frame looks great ... the subtle shaping of the tubes is very nice and the welds are truly amazing. Having worked in machine shops and seen numerous people weld much easier stuff, I can't imagine how it is possible to make such smooth and uniform welds ... kudos to your welder.
I also think the seatpost is great. I was a bit skeptical about this initially as I have seen lots of seatposts that didn't hold well or are a pain to adjust but yours is truly amazing. It is absolutely perfect ... it clamps the saddle so it won't move and is so simple/easy to adjust.
Thanks again, Charles
Customer name: Hank B.
Location: France
Frame type: Road
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Customer name: Helene
Location: Aspen, CO
Frame type: Road
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Kent & Katie, Oh my goodness, I don't know what to say. Thank you so much. What a beauty, I took it for a spin around town, after about 15 minutes I lost count of the number of people who stopped me to admire the bike. I truly appreciate the time, effort and detail you put into my new beauty. Gregor was equally as blown away. He is looking forward to meeting you both and has promised to make the trip up with me when the handle bars come in. I think we'll have to share a bottle of champagne on me when we come up. Thanks again, you're the best!!!!!! Helene
Customer name: Tim M.
Location: Apex, NC
Frame type: Road
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Hi Kent,
We got the bike together and I took the it for it's maiden 46 mile voyage yesterday. All I can say is SWEEEET!!! I was worried that I had made the bike overly stiff with the oversized down tube. What I found was that it is way more stiff than my Trek 5200 - but in all the right places. It also has a ride that is softer than the Trek. How did you do that?? The BB is a lot more stiff when I get out of the saddle and hammer, but when I spin on a rough road, it's softer and smoother than my old bike. Awesome!!
It tracks really nicely, I think the head tube angle is perfect. When I let go of the bars, the bike naturally goes where I am pointing, the Trek isn't quite so sure. Leaning into turns is effortless and it really likes to go downhill, result of the stiffer BB I suppose. I cant wait to take it to the mountains and try some long, steep switchback-descents.
Everything is excellent on the bike and I couldn't be happier with the build. I would really like to stay in touch. Thanks again!!
Best Regards,
Tim M.
Customer name: Steve E.
Location: Lake Bluff, IL
Frame type: Road
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Hi folks Received my frame today, right on schedule. Don’t know whether to frame it and hang it on the wall or take it to the shop and have it built up. What am I talking about? It’s going to the shop tomorrow. Thanks again to all of you. Steve Eckerstrom
Customer name: John C.
Location: USA
Frame type: Road
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As I mentioned earlier, the frame is here and it’s beautiful!!! You may have no interest in these, but here are some close-ups of your handiwork… Thanks again! I’ll let you know when I get it built. JC
Customer Name: David J.
Location:
Toledo, OH
Frame Type: Cross Frame
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Dave here, from the Drake's Coffee Cyclocross team in Sylvania, Ohio. Here a few pictures of my Eriksen CX bike. I absolutely love it! The acceleration and handling are amazing. We just finished our season here in NW Ohio/SE Michigan. This incredible bike helped me achieve my best CX season ever, finishing 6th overall in a very competitive Cat 2/3/4 series in Michigan and winning the Cat 4 Master 35+ Ohio State Championship. I also traveled to compete in many of the USGP series races around the U.S. and everywhere I went I received comments about how sweet the bike looked. Thanks for a great ride. I see other Eriksen bikes in my future.
Customer name: Anne G.
Location: Lansing Michigan
Frame type: Cross Frame
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Each pedal stroke just jets the bike forward. Like I have to chase it
to stay on it. Sweet. You did a super job. I am REALLY, really happy
with this new road bike. Fabulous work on the design/ride!
A really great product, great people, prompt service, all good
things. Thanks for a super ride!
Customer Name: Rachael
Location:
Toledo, Ohio.
Frame Type: Cross Frame
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She works with one of our shop’s called Bikeworks.
Customer Name: Joe M.
Location:
Pittsburgh, PA
Frame Type: Cross Frame
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Just a quick note and some pics to say that I fulfilled my obligation to complete exactly one cyclocross race with an unremarkable mid-pack finish. 35 degrees and raining this sunday at a local park. It was my first and perhaps last cyclocross race for this 39-year old--but who knows.... Love the bike.
Customer Name: Steve T.
Location:
Lawrence, KS
Frame Type: Cross Frame
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Hey Kent, I am forever riding your bikes, to a victory in the first NORBA National and still today. Thanks! Steve Tilford
Customer name: Jared S.
Location: Wamego, KS
Frame type: 26” Hard Tail MT bike
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Kent and Katie, I know it's been a while since I received my frame. I wanted to get some time on it before I sent you an email. First, right out of the box, I was impressed with the quality of the welds and finish work. It's just a beautiful frame. Once I got it built and put some time on it, I have to say I'm really pleased. It weighs in at 23.5 lbs without any stupid-light parts (that may not seem super light, but it beats my current bike by more than 10 lbs!) The ride is very intuitive and my adjustment time was non-existent. I just got on and it immediately felt like a natural fit. It's responsive without being twitchy and stiff without beating me to death. The ti post almost feels like a suspension post! Very nice. After almost 10 years of riding full suspension exclusively it's refreshing to be reminded just how good a ti hartail can be. I'm selling my full suspension bike! Superb work guys! Thank you very much for a great ride. This is one bike that will be in my stable for the rest of my life. I've attached some pictures of it built up (this was after my second ride). Thanks, Jared
Customer name: Bernhard S.
Location: Switzerland
Frame type: MTB Full suspension Yeti
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Dear Katie, dear Kent,
i received my Frame on Friday evening, and i spent one beautiful day in my Workingroom to get the Bike finished on Sunday for the IBC Titanium Meeting....
Your Frame was one of the most pictured! The "paparazis" was really speechless about this Bike!
The followed Ride over the swiss Hills was a pleasure for me. Exactly that what i prefer...a great Climber, stoic at fast descents, and lively in Singletrails....whauuuu..you've done magic...
The Frame is a work of Art!
Customer name: Chris D.
Location: Denver, CO
Frame type: MTB 29’er
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Kent,
I've been meaning to write you an email for a while now, but time has flown by as it always does when there is so much riding to do.
I don't know where to start, other than to say that you've quite possibly built the perfect 5" travel rig. Despite its size it handles with precision, descends like demon, and climbs so fast I can almost keep up with my dog. I've probably put in 150+ hrs ride time this summer and it looks as beautiful as the day I picked it up back in May. I roll over obstacles that used to nearly send me over the bars, make hairpin corners with ease that once proved elusive, and even the most technical trails feel like carpet now. The DUC32 and the Ventana rear leave the bike with no noticeable flex whatsoever and give me the utmost confidence regardless of terrain. Even at 28.5 lbs I climb faster than I ever did on my old 24 lb 26" Truth. 26" was the wrong platform and I've retired from it forever. You are a master at your craft and should be damn proud of creating the finest handbuilt bicycles out there.
Chris P.S. Tell Chad he did a superb job on the build kit.
Customer name: Simon N.
Location: United Kingdom
Frame type: 26" Single Speed
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Kent I have had my Custom made 26er single speed frame for a while now and this email is long overdue. I could easily turn this email into an essay on how good this bike is but I will keep it short and sweet and to the point:-
“This is quite simply the most beautifully crafted bike I have had the pleasure of riding and owning.”
Hope you like the photos. There are plenty more close up ones if you would like them. I will send photos of my second eriksen when I get chance
Customer name: Ernest R.
Frame type: 29’er
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Here’s a couple of pictures of Lilly. You didn’t include a birth certificate, but she came out talking and has an awesome personality. She told me her name was Lilly.
A lot of riders have been asking about you and your builds. I’ve been asked if you sell only the seatpost too. I’ve told them about your website and responsiveness to telephone calls.
Thanks!
Customer name: Chris D.
Location: Denver, CO
Frame type: 29’er Full suspension
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Kent,
I've been meaning to write you an email for a while now, but time has flown by as it always does when there is so much riding to do.
I don't know where to start, other than to say that you've quite possibly built the perfect 5" travel rig. Despite its size it handles with precision, descends like demon, and climbs so fast I can almost keep up with my dog. I've probably put in 150+ hrs ride time this summer and it looks as beautiful as the day I picked it up back in May. I roll over obstacles that used to nearly send me over the bars, make hairpin corners with ease that once proved elusive, and even the most technical trails feel like carpet now. The DUC32 and the Ventana rear leave the bike with no noticeable flex whatsoever and give me the utmost confidence regardless of terrain. Even at 28.5 lbs I climb faster than I ever did on my old 24 lb 26" Truth. 26" was the wrong platform and I've retired from it forever. You are a master at your craft and should be damn proud of creating the finest handbuilt bicycles out there.
Customer name: Anne G.
Location: Lansing, MI
Frame type: 29’er Hard tail
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Looking forward to some more rides on this one. Thanks Anne
Customer name: Pavel Z
Location: Czeck Republic
Frame type: 29’er Hard tail
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he bike is simply perfect! Everything works great, I enjoy every single ride only wondering why I hadn´t switched to bigger wheels much earlier. I used to be riding full suspension Cannondales (Jekyll, Scalpel and Prophet) in the past . They were good but they are hardly comparable with Eriksen. Combination of titanium frame with bigger wheels gives to the rear end of the bike similar feel like Scalpel had but transmission of the power is more effective because it´s hardtail. I love the bike looking forward to my first race! Hope you are both fine. Thanks again for your patience. In case I want another bike in the future I know where to make an order. With warm regards Pavel Zubek
Customer name: Chris A.
Location: California
Frame type: 29’er Full suspension, Ventana rear end
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Hey folks: I built up my new baby and took to the mud last night. I was worried about the height of the BB, but you have me so nicely balanced between the wheels that it's not an issue and I'm loving the clearance! Kent, you really know how to put a bike together. It rides beautifully! Thanks again! Chris
Customer name: Joe M.
Location: San Jose, CA
Frame type: 29’er Hard tail Single Speed
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The bike’s power transfer is very efficient. The combination of the lighter weight, frame stiffness, and smaller rear cog made a huge difference. The frame really looks great. Cheetah quick too. The other riders knew they were in trouble when I could grab the bike with one hand and lift the bike over my heady in one easy swoop. All in all…a really nice job. I am really going to enjoy this. (I just need to tell my other 29er it’s being demoted.) Thanks again. Joe
Customer name: Gary S.
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Frame type: 29’er
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Hi Kent & Katie,
Yesterday was my maiden voyage on my eriksen bike. The bike performed flawlessly. The ride is extremely tight and responsive. It handles better than my Seven Ti single speed. I really enjoy the size of the downtube. The bike drew lots of attention because of the decals, pink hubs and red Marta sl brakes.
Thanks for a beautiful frame!
Gary
Customer name: Adi M.
Location: Oregon and Florida
Frame type: Full suspension 26” w/Yeti rear end
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24 hours of Moab came and went. Many laughs, good times, and red dust everywhere...got a few photos of the bike, I've been loving the ride and it was a butt-saver in the Moab rocky terrain. She's quite the looker and turns heads. A Belgium journalist in Moab stopped by our camp to admire and take some photos. Maurice, from Dirt Rag, also snapped a few pics. So who knows... she may show up in print somewhere.
Customer name: Victor A.
Location: France
Frame type: 29’er single speed
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It's built, yes it is !!!
I have riden it for the first time last sunday : 70 kms , climbing, descending, enjoying. What a pleasure ! You made the perfect bike, the kind of bike that I always had in my mind but that I have never found before, and even was ablle to describe. A bike to play with, but abble to go fast !!! Just like doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde, sweet and quiet but able to shout and transform itself in a furious monster. I love it !!! What can I say but thank you ???
