Archive for June, 2006

Why “South” Austin?
Thursday, June 15th, 2006

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 […]

Meet Jared Porter, the new guy at Willits
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

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 […]

1000 Miles on a Trail King
Friday, June 9th, 2006

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 […]

Wes speaks!
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006

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 […]

Welcome to WillitsBikes.com
Monday, June 5th, 2006

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 […]