Here’s a sneak peek at a stunning new Trillium City I’m working on for my friend Erica, who loves pink (she’s even got some in her hair).

Want to design the perfect Trillium for you? We just opened our NW Portland studio and showroom! Schedule a visit and come on by! The new showroom is at 1720 NW Lovejoy, Suite 111, Portland, OR  97209.

Here’s a time-lapse video snippet from today’s photo shoot of our most recent build, the Circa Trillium affectionately known as “Goldie”.

For those of you who didn’t see our crowdfunding campaign video, here it is!

It’s not the end of the road. Just time for a different path. 

As you may already know, our crowdfunding campaign was unable to achieve our goals. I wanted to take this moment to thank you for your support, provide a quick overview of how we’ll be moving forward, and encourage you to keep in touch as we pursue other paths towards achieving Circa’s full vision.

When I was invited to the Oregon Handbuilt Bikes and Beer Fest, I wanted to create a something that really shows off the versatility of the Trillium platform. 

Circa is more than just one bike. It’s an entirely new way of making and delivering bikes to people. As we’ve said before, our goal is to create locally made bikes, just for you, in less than ten days and starting at less than $2,000.  To make this possible, we needed to seriously rethink how bikes are made. Ultimately, we created a new manufacturing platform that we call MABEL™.

We took a close look at why bike manufacturing using traditional methods has mostly left the US. Here’s what we learned: