What You'll Get

Hands-on Education - Building an awesome wood bike involves an intense process with lots of little steps. Chris's bikes come in three different basic configurations and can be customized in many ways. You'll work with Chris to realize your vision over the course of up to three half-day sessions.

A Bike Apart - All Connor Wood Bicycles are:

Strong – Steam bent and Kevlar reinforced

Durable – Protected with marine spar varnish

Green – Individually made from sustainable  American hardwoods

Beautiful – Hand ash wood

Local – Made in Denver, CO USA

Race Tested – Connor frames have survived the Leadville 100 mountain bike race

Description - The Woody Scorcher combines form and function into a rideable work of art.  It embodies simple, pure fun in the most unique way possible on two wheels. Enjoy the unbelievably smooth ride and the distinct look that only an individually crafted, hand-sculpted wood bicycle provides.

Your experience with Chris will begin with a half-day kickoff session where you'll:

• Discuss the bike design and ways to customize it to the rider's needs
• Walk-through the building process
• Pick out the wood for the bike
• Re-saw the wood into the different pieces
• Thickness sand and prepare all wood for assembly
• Do the first glue-up, laminating the main frame sections together
• Possibly steam-bend some critical assemblies such as the chain and seat stays.

You'll have the option of adding a check in half day if desired, where you'd either cut out the frame and hollow out the inside preparing it for joining, or shape the rounded frame and do the first major assembly by adding the chain stays. 

A final half-day could build the bike with all of its traditional components, adding the wheels, brakes, cranks, fork, etc., and test riding it.  

Cost - Standard build $4,750.00

Available in Small, Medium and Large sizes

Geometry (Large, Medium, and Small):

standover height: L 32.25″, M 30″, S 28.75″
wheels: 29er/700c
a. seat tube length: L 22″, M 20″, S 18″
b. top tube length: L 23.25″ M 23″, S 22.75″
c. head tube angle: 71.5deg
d. seat tube angle: 73 deg
e. chainstay length: 19″
f. bottom bracket drop: 3″ (small 3.25″)
g. fork rake:  43 mm
h. wheelbase: 43.5″ – 44″
i. head tube length: L 5″, M 4.5″, S 4.5″

Woody Scorcher Specs:
Ash wood  frame with walunt center stripe
Disc brakes
8 – speed Shimano Alfine internal gearhub
Gullwing aluminum handlebars
Gates Carbon Drive belt system
Brooks leather saddle and matching grips
Sport geometry
29er wheels with fat tires
135mm hub spacing
Weighs around 27 lbs

Upgrades:

Sweepback wood/Kevlar  handlebars (add $150)
Wood Fenders (add $150)
Rack, wood wheels, suspension fork and other upgrades available on request

Description - The Woody Cruiser elegantly combines form and function into a rideable work of art.  It embodies simple, pure fun in the most unique way possible on two wheels. Enjoy the unbelievably smooth ride and the distinct look that only an individually crafted, hand sculpted wood bicycle provides. This minimalist cruiser brings riding back to its basics.

Your experience with Chris will begin with a half-day kickoff session where you'll:

• Discuss the bike design and ways to customize it to the rider's needs
• Walk-through the building process
• Pick out the wood for the bike
• Re-saw the wood into the different pieces
• Thickness sand and prepare all wood for assembly
• Do the first glue-up, laminating the main frame sections together
• Possibly steam-bend some critical assemblies such as the chain and seat stays.

You'll have the option of adding a check in half day if desired, where you'd either cut out the frame and hollow out the inside preparing it for joining, or shape the rounded frame and do the first major assembly by adding the chain stays. 

A final half-day could build the bike with all of its traditional components, adding the wheels, brakes, cranks, fork, etc., and test riding it.  

Cost - Standard build $3,500.00

Available in Small, Medium and Large sizes

Geometry (Large, Medium, and Small):

standover height: L 32.25″, M 30″, S 28.75″
wheels: 29er/700c
a. seat tube length: L 22″, M 20″, S 18″
b. top tube length: L 23.25″ M 23″, S 22.75″
c. head tube angle: 71.5deg
d. seat tube angle: 73 deg
e. chainstay length: 19″
f. bottom bracket drop: 3″ (small 3.25″)
g. fork rake:  43 mm
h. wheelbase: 43″ – 43.5″
i. head tube length: L 5″, M 4.5″, S 4.5″

Woody Cruiser Specs:

Ash wood  frame with walnut center strip
Single-speed
Coaster brakes
Gullwing aluminum hadlebars
Brooks leather saddle and matching grips
Cruiser geometry
29er wheels with fat tires
115mm hub spacing
Weighs around 25lbs

Upgrades:

Sweepback wood/Kevlar  handlebars (add $150)
Two speed kick-shift  internal gear hub  (add $150)
Wood Fenders (add $150)
Rack, wood wheels, and other upgrades available on request

Description - The D.U.R.T. (Denver Urban Reclaimed Tree) Bike brings together  form and function like nothing else.  It embodies absolute performance in the most  unique way possible on two wheels. Enjoy the unbelievably smooth ride and the distinct look that only an individually crafted, hand sculpted wood bicycle provides. This no-compromises mountain bike brings performance into a new dimension of beauty.

Your experience with Chris will begin with a half-day kickoff session where you'll:

• Discuss the bike design and ways to customize it to the rider's needs
• Walk-through the building process
• Pick out the wood for the bike
• Re-saw the wood into the different pieces
• Thickness sand and prepare all wood for assembly
• Do the first glue-up, laminating the main frame sections together
• Possibly steam-bend some critical assemblies such as the chain and seat stays.

You'll have the option of adding a check in half day if desired, where you'd either cut out the frame and hollow out the inside preparing it for joining, or shape the rounded frame and do the first major assembly by adding the chain stays. 

A final half-day could build the bike with all of its traditional components, adding the wheels, brakes, cranks, fork, etc., and test riding it.  

Cost - $13,000 (as shown). Other versions starting at $7,500.

DURT Mountain Bike Features:

• RACE TESTED – this bike survived the Leadville 100 Race
• Zip code wood – made from local reclaimed lumber tracked back to its originating zip code
• Ash wood  frame with walnut center strip
• Holow Carbon Fiber FSA  race components (Stem, seatpost, cranks, etc)
• DT Swiss 110mm suspension fork
• Magura Carbon Disc Brakes
• 29er wheels with Ghisallo wood rims
• Fourteen-speed Rohloff internal gearhub
• Gates carbon belt drive
• Sweepback wood/Kevlar  handlebars
• Mountain bike geometry
• Weighs around 30 lbs (lower weight options are possible with different component options)
• 135mm hub spacing

DURT Mountain Bike Specs:

Ash wood  frame with walnut center strip
Single-speed
Coaster brakes
Gullwing aluminum hadlebars
Brooks leather saddle and matching grips
Cruiser geometry
29er wheels with fat tires
115mm hub spacing
Weighs around 25lbs

Options:

Full custom configurations are available with simplified drivetrains such as SRAM 1×11, or revised componentry options.  Contact me for your dream build.

Wood has always been important to me and since I was a kid I’ve always worked with it.  Professionally, I have designed and built furniture, boats and just about anything I could imagine. I’ve worked with my brother Steve Connor building some of the finest classical guitars in the world. I’ve also always loved riding fun bikes, but most of all I have been trying to find a way to design and build functional art that combines my skills and interests.

With the guitars I built with my brother the instruments took on a life of their own after they were built. They had to be carefully engineered to be strong, precise in their construction and, of course beautiful.  For years I found myself looking for something similar that I could build and satisfy my own creative urges: to create something beautiful – a piece of functional art that you can take out into the world *with* you.  Then it was like a lightning strike one day – Bang! Wood bikes! Enter: Connor Wood Bicycles! 

Working with wood, I could design and build my bicycles as rolling works of functional art.  Wood lets me create something beautiful with flowing lines and curves which creates a bicycle which is unmistakably wood and not like any other material.  It’s also strong and reasonably lightweight.  I’m able to design to close tolerances and execute them beautifully. Plus, wood delivers a fabulous ride.  You haven’t ridden anything like it before. It’s supple, but strong and makes a delightfully smooth ride. Coupled with the big 29er wheels and fat tires, you get a bike that is buttery smooth and a joy to ride.