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the three bikes pictured below...

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are still available... shoot us an email for more info...

available...

2009-06-15T10:16:00.002-04:00

vintage amf lightning...

vintage rat rod hawthorn...

vintage amf roadmaster...

the only one i have left.

2009-06-05T20:12:00.008-04:00

cleaned house.
men's western flyer "london flyer"- 3 speed, shifts on the grip. brand new tires. $120.
contact me: hutchcandoit@gmail.com

bikes in the works...

2009-04-24T12:26:00.002-04:00

no pictures yet, but i have several in the works currently... i have a kid's bike lined up that will take you back to the summer days of ridin' all day up and down driveways of the same neighborhood... there's also a solid woman's vintage ride that'll be ready for the handicraft show with some that fresh summer shine... and for all you rat rodders out there... one bike is completed, and another vintage huffy is going in some new directions for your knife's edge crew... pictures will be posted as progress is made...

logo ideas

2009-04-19T12:23:00.002-04:00

indieana handicraft exchange--june 13...

2009-04-02T16:15:00.002-04:00

come check us out on june 13 at the harrison center... it's the spring/summer indieana handicraft exchange and we'll have a whole range of bicycles and other goodies available. come see what new things we've been working on, and pick yo'self up a bike...

bikes for sale!!!

2009-03-20T13:42:00.000-04:00

20 inch columbia $75-new tires and chain.
bum bike $40-kind of rough but it rolls.
red schwinn $250-the bike i rode all last summer. built it from the ground up. two speed kickback, newer chain, grips, seat, pedals.
strawberryshortcake $40- 12 inch little girl's. just needs cleaned up.

lets make a deal! hutchcandoit@gmail.com

this guy.

2009-03-06T12:43:00.003-05:00

anyone else seen him around town? i always pass him on east 46th street. he's got a sweet ride.

tim's bike

2009-03-03T22:58:00.003-05:00

this bike...

2009-02-16T23:59:00.000-05:00

check out this story from cnn.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/16/tenn.bike.bomb/index.html

tv spot this coming week...

2009-01-03T16:41:00.002-05:00

check out the fox 59 morning show this coming week on wednesday (jan. 7). the knife's edge crew will be yuckin' it up for three spots in the morning (around 6, 7, and 8 a.m.)... we promise to look sleepy and haggard, but we'll be in perfect television form... whatever that is... you know there will be bikes and maybe a few other goodies...

couple of events

2009-01-01T16:01:00.002-05:00

here are a couple of upcoming bicycle events to get us though the rest of winter...

The 2009 North American Handmade Bicycle Show

Hoosier Antique & Classic Bicycle Club
Winter Swap Meet

we got mad skillz

2008-12-28T23:34:00.002-05:00

when we're not making a mess of vintage bicycles we're incorporating them into some of our other projects. appliqued & embroidered bicycle for custom western shirt.

snow ride...take it easy!

2008-12-06T22:50:00.004-05:00

Tonight we went on our first ever snow ride. Jaime wrecked twice, the rest of us did some wicked power slides and Liz and I both managed to bust our asses sledding down a hill on a piece of plastic that we found behind Hinkle Field House on the Butler campus. As you can see we sort of look like terrorists and no doubt scared some Butler students with our arctic bike riding antics. We can't wait for the next snow... hopefully it will be a blizzard. We'll be riding cause Knife's Edge is hardcore like that.

Schwinn Tornado

2008-12-06T18:06:00.003-05:00

Picked this one up this morning at the local bike project. springer fork? apes? sissy bar? too cold to decide!

2008-11-26T15:04:00.001-05:00

check us out in indianapolis monthly's best of edition for december. and remember... bicycles are still awesome in the winter...

story about Worksman bicycles

2008-11-16T20:13:00.004-05:00

this was on NPR's Weekend Edition yesterday. kind of interesting...

Nation's Oldest Existing Bike Maker Keeps On Rolling

hoarding

2008-11-13T19:27:00.002-05:00

this is what we should aspire to be. the video starts out slow. the good part is at minute 3:25. i bet he had some good bikes in there.

goofing around.

2008-10-30T20:09:00.003-04:00

we took these in jerry's backyard.

a couple of bikes for sale...

2008-10-20T08:21:00.003-04:00

here are a couple of bikes for sale via the knife edge crew... the first is a vintage hawthorne that has been customized. and yes it comes with a new chain. at the time of the picture it was left unattached, but no worries it has one... the second is a customized vintage amf lighting. it's been powder coated, and the head badge in the picture has been removed. both bike ride very well and are eye catchers. you know you want one. if interested then contact us through the myspace or at this email: knifesedgebikes@yahoo.com

knife's edge now provides free towing service

2008-10-19T21:41:00.005-04:00

My bike chain broke in Crown Hill Cemetery so Hutch and I devised a very sophisticated means of towing myself and my bike involving two bike locks connected; one attatched to the stem of my bike and the other end attatched to the sissy bar of Hutch's bike. Slow riding but worked out pretty well. No Knife's Edge bicycle ride is complete unless someone wrecks , vomits or loses a chain.

Yeah, I know, we're geniuses.

out there

2008-10-18T19:48:00.004-04:00

i was cleaning out the photo album on my old laptop and came across these photos. i took them about four years ago at my grandparent's old farm in pennsylvania. this was before i got into the old bike thing. next time i go out there, i'm grabbing all of them. hopefully i'll get the '56 chevy too.

gone hollywood

2008-10-14T21:03:00.003-04:00

sorry friends, this one is spoken for...

*we did a photo shoot a few nights ago with jerry and all his bikes. i'll be posting them soon. keep an eye out for them!

'fer sale

2008-10-11T13:14:00.003-04:00

here's a couple of bikes left over from the show that are still for sale. the green one is a late 70's columbia. 20 inch tires. the red one is an '82 schwinn pixie. 16 inch tires. it's a rad little kids bike. both have new tires and chains. tuned up and ready to roll. green=$120. red=$70. i traded a bike for a chainsaw this week. what do you have? contact= hutchcandoit@gmail.com.

awesome score

2008-10-07T19:03:00.008-04:00

Mark, Liz and I hummed the theme to Sanford & Son as we drove back to my house after filling the back of Mark's truck with an assortment of rusty bikes and NOS (new old stock) Wald baskets. Best of all these bikes were basically free since I got them in trade for some 1980's ten speeds that I found on the curb in my neighborhood. Needless to say my favorite bike in this lot is the Huffy Custom Liner from the mid 50's, although I'm rather fond of the Western Flyer. Today I threw some apes on the Western Flyer, one of the NOS Wald Baskets and a different seat. Maybe this weekend I'll practice my pinstriping on the fenders. Damn, I just cleaned my garage and now it looks ten times crazier than before.

20" Hawthorne skip tooth

24" Western Flyer

Firestone Speed Chief

Huffy Custom Liner

2008-10-05T09:14:00.002-04:00

thanks to all those that stopped by our booth at the indieana handicraft exchange. we were glad to get out and talk to people about our bikes and bikes in general. thanks, also, for checkin' out jerry lee's western wear and keepin' it so real when comes to hand-tailored clothes... stay tuned for some updated pictures of our latest creations. we have some other ideas we're hoping to roll with very soon, so stop by often to see what's up with us. fall is a great time to get out in ride... crisp air, changing colors, and a new bike makes that even better... be on the lookout for our custom knife's edge messenger bags and bicycle bags... you know you want one, so hit us up... you need a custom saddle... well give us a shout... and for all you bmx heads... we'll even hook up those essential frame and stem pads for you... get off your ass and ride, and say what's up if you see us rollin' around...

Bicycle sculpture

2008-10-01T15:13:00.002-04:00

My friend William told me about this bicycle & junk sculpture in an alley near my house. I had never seen it so we went to look at it. Very strange but kind of cool.

Indieana Handicraft Exchange

2008-09-26T18:26:00.002-04:00

Just a reminder that Knife's Edge will have a booth at the 2nd annual Indieana Handicraft Exchange next weekend! We hope to see you there. For more information go to:
http://www.myspace.com/indy_bitchcraft

Knife's Edge in the news

2008-09-24T21:33:00.000-04:00

http://www.indy.com/posts/11883

60's Sears Tote Cycle

2008-09-24T17:01:00.003-04:00

Just got this in the mail today. I bought it from one of the members of the fine site ratrodbikes.com. I had a newer folding bike several years ago and absolutely loved it. It eventually fell apart (cheap chinese components) and I must have given it away. I've always wanted a vintage folding bike ever since I saw a white peugeot folding bike from the 60's back when I lived in Bloomington. This isn't a folding bike per se, but the frame does come apart via two wingnuts which hold the front and back together. I don't think I'm going to paint this one. I plan on cleaning it up, polishing the chrome and riding it around.

got bored

2008-09-21T17:40:00.000-04:00

and put this together today...

Rainy day score

2008-09-14T14:02:00.004-04:00

Found these on Craigslist this afternoon... actually just the red Western Flyer was on CL. The seller was a nice guy named Harvey from the Eastside who I bought a trike from this Summer. The Western Flyer was $20!!! He had lots of bikes and bike parts in his backyard. I asked him if he had anything else for sale and he pointed to the women's frame with the tank and those much sought-after star sprockets. I asked how much he wanted for it and he said 10 bucks! Sold! Nice way to end my birthday weekend!

birthday black and blue

2008-09-12T16:17:00.009-04:00

just finished a birthday present rebuild. now i can start working on bikes for the show.

skip toof

2008-09-09T19:22:00.006-04:00

these bikes are just falling into our laps. 1953 skip tooth schwinn. wide bars and a nice rack. brush painted with something thats probably ultra toxic. rescued from a barn somewhere in ohio. it belonged to my friend megan's grandfather.

garage diggin'...

2008-09-08T22:12:00.002-04:00

i went garage diggin' this evening and came back with a couple of bikes... a vintage huffy and a bratz bike... they'll both get the treatment, and the bratz bike is destined for the serious chop... purple velvet is not a good time unless prince wraps a guitar in it... i have some good ideas for the huffy, so all is well...

custom leopard print banana seat

2008-09-07T17:57:00.002-04:00

lil' green

2008-09-05T17:20:00.003-04:00

scored this one today for cheap. it will be one of my builds for the show. unless i put those bars on something else first.furturistic chain guard.

if you see "ruth ann" on the street, tell her i have her bike. and, no, she can't have it back.

da bruiser

2008-09-02T18:04:00.003-04:00

Mark's newest creation, "the bruiser" is almost finished. This bike will be available to purchase at the Indieana Handiecraft Exchange October 3rd & 4th, although it's soooo awesome it may be gone by the time you get there....

more old BMX stuff

2008-08-28T21:22:00.001-04:00

i guess you could say i've been working on bikes for a while. check those converse weapons.

freestylin' book

2008-08-27T19:02:00.000-04:00

just got a copy yesterday from a friend. this where it all started for me...

2008-08-25T23:19:00.000-04:00

early heads up on an upcoming article on the knife's edge crew appearing in indy.com magazine the week before the indieana handicraft show... hell, there may even be some video of us actin' like fools on bikes. too bad we didn't ride any of the wheelie bikes...

2008-08-25T23:09:00.000-04:00

things are movin' right along with the knife's edge crew. we have several bikes in the works, and all of them offer something different... we'll snap some pictures when they're finished. a little paint in the 'ol sinus cavity never hurt anyone nor does a little grease and grime from forty year old bikes coming back to life. my man jet one says it best, "paint in my sinus and it burns when i swallow..." something like that...

2008-08-25T23:03:00.000-04:00

we're down with 90's hardcore and punk rock... los crudos anyone...? we rep that ish...

star princess

2008-08-25T19:39:00.000-04:00

i found this in my garage after we moved in (along with a blowgun?). i can't roll with it, so it's up for grabs.

Swiss Army bike

2008-08-24T17:44:00.001-04:00

I remember seeing a Swiss Army bike several years ago at Brooke's Army Navy Store here in Indianapolis. It was one of the coolest bikes I'd ever seen. It was also one of the most expensive, at about $900! This month I decided to make my own version. I used an old Murray road bike as a basis for this project. I painted the frame green, made a custom frame bag from an old Italian Army jacket that I bought at a garage sale a couple of years ago, and I recovered a very vintage saddle with camoflauge fabric. There are several things I still need to do, but so far it's looking good.

2008-08-24T17:06:00.000-04:00