The Olsen blog...
This is where you will find the "whys" and "wherfores" behind Olsen Bikes.
So many Bikes - so many Bicycle component standards…
Where do we start?
Can we reduce the amout of bikes that we own? The bicycle industry has a reputaion for inventing new standards to fix issues that did not exist. There are some good and some bad...
Convert a friend to Single-Speed
How do you convince a friend to start single-speed mountain biking?
I had been in the singlespeed wilderness for too long (10+years at that stage). All of my mates rode geared bikes. I move down to...
The NEED to design Belt-Drive Bicycles.
The NEED to design Belt-Drive Bicycles.
I have been singlespeeding (20+years) and have been riding belt-drive (singlespeed and Pinion) for the last 10 years. I was commuting 14mile, 7miles of whi...
What is Pass Storming??
Pass Storming:Pass Storming is a term from the 1930–40’s for riding passes with a bike in the Lake Disctrict, in the UK. Like the Tour de France this stopped and was forgotted due to the events of ...
Training to ride the SOUTH DOWNS WAY.
With the South Downs Way on our doorstep we will document preparing for single speeding the 100 miles in 1 day, Winchester to Eastbourne. Where ever you are, there are bridleways and long distance ...
Readers Ride #1
The Mokihinui River cuts through the OLD GHOST Road, a long-forgotten gold miners’ road in New Zealand. We called this frame the MOKIHINUI, because it is versatile to take over the other side of th...
Splitting the RocknRollout Dropout for Carbondrive Belts
Splitting the RocknRollout Dropout for Carbondrive Belts:
The RocknRollout Dropout is at the heart of the OLSEN frame design. While other frames might be split on the seat stay. I opted for a sec...