Blinged-out Trail King and Monster X Touring Ride Reports:Trail King:If you haven’t already seen this on the Willits site, this is my brother James’s new Trail King. I must say that it’s cool to see James on this bike as he was one the first people talking in most of the Austin ears about 29ers […]
Considering an individual fork? Be sure to check ours out.
Basic Unicrown: $150 with purchase of frame, $200 reg. price
Fork Span: 420/465mm
Straight blades, disk or canti mounts
Raked Unicrown: $225
Fork Span: 420/465mm
Raked blades, disk or canti mounts
WOW:$250
Fork Span: 465mm
Extreme vertical compliance, disk or canti mounts
Type II: $450
Fork Span: 420mm
Potts crown w/ brazed leg, disk or canti mounts
The […]
Congratulations to Scott (Mountie rider/retro-geek) and Meryl Linville for bringing in the 2007 model Trail Queen with all the options, and an early delivery to boot! Meet Maya.
Ah, only in Texas would a group of individuals go out the first weekend after the holidays and subject themselves to a 6+ hour race through the Lost Pines area east of Austin in weather that can’t be determined until the gun goes off. The race consists of a full lap at the Warda race […]
As the New Year approaches I felt like it was appropriate to look back at what has transpired here in the past 12 months or so.
As you might know, Wes is genuine train-buff. He’s studied them for many years, has taken some BURLY rides on them and the fact that the new Willits World Headquarters […]
Whew! As you can see, the new site is finally up. Lots of hard work has gone into this and it’s great to finally see a face on the modern era of Willits. Poke around the site and see what you find. Be sure to check out our Fit Forms for each bike. They are […]
We have been slaving away in the shop building Scorchers and Monster X frames for the past few weeks. For those of you that are Austintites you can sneak a peak at the Scrochers at the Bicycle Sport Shop’s central store. For those of you unfamiliar with the Scorcher, it is a single […]
Our dank, wet, ride the other night was bad ass. As Steve commented we were one Scorcher shy of the Willits product line on our ride. It was so cool to watch all the frames we built in action. Especially because of the snotty trail surfaces we were maneuvering over. […]
I had a pretty cool and unique oppurtunity today. In honor of my departure for a 3 week trip to Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy, some of my best friends sent me off with a memorable ride that ended up being pretty hairy, but successful. It’s cool enough to ride with the guys behind Willits […]
Hello, everybody. Well, today I got goosebumps and for the first time since about March they weren’t caused by dehydration or heat-stroke. After 32 consecutive 100 degree (plus) days, summer has finally released its choke-hold. While the high temperature today WAS a toasty 86 degrees, that’s a good 20 degrees less than just a […]
You might see the phrase “South Austin, Tx.” adorning Willits Brand materials and ask yourself, “why “South” Austin, isn’t “Austin” enough?”. Yeah, it probably would be, but there’s something about South Austin that is at the core of Willits Brand.
Maybe it was a young Wes Williams racing his StingRay in South Austin, Hill Abell taking […]
This is my first attempt at living outside of the northeastern corner of the country. I just moved from upstate New York with Peg (my wife) and our cats, Simon and Dylan. We are starting to get acclimated to Austin’s balmy spring weather, and find our way around town with some aptitude.
Wes […]
Rolled over my first 1000 miles on my Ti Trail King today. This has been my all-around bike since it was built for me at the beginning of the year while my wrist was broken. My wrist finally felt strong enough to go off road as of the first week of March and I’ve ridden […]
I had the opportunity today to spend some time shooting Wes explaining the finer points of Willits Brand and 29ers in general. I’m starting a little series of webumentaries for the final Willits site that should prove to be interesting. Hopefully they will serve both as frequently asked questions for those who aren’t familiar with […]
Well, here’s version X.1 of WillitsBikes.com. A number of things need to happen before version 1.0 of the site can be completed; photographs, logos, policies and lots of other tasks that go along with a “new” company. However, this version of WillitsBikes.com should be enough help put anybody interested in Willits bikes in contact with […]