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    Road Bike Action July 2019 Cyclist Magazine Summer 2017     Outside Bozeman Summer 2017 1001 Bicycles Bicycle Artisans Popular Mechanics Men’s Journal Bicycling-April 2011 NAHBS 2011 This is 2009 NAHBS show guide cover. Loretta took the picture and we were very flattered at the show when we saw they had selected her image and our shop for the cover. NAHBS 09 – Cover Mountain Flyer – Number 13 – TFC Freehub – Issue 1 Mountain Bike – NAHBS 07 Strong Hyalite PRICE: $1,000 (frame); $2840 (as tested) THE STORY: Owner Carl Strong started Strong Frames in 1993 and the company has grown steadily ever since; Strong now builds about 200 steel, titanium and aluminum frames year, and while most are road frames, the company also makes mountain and cyclocross frames. Most Strong frames are […] Bicycling – Jan/Feb 2005 Titanium is often held up as the holy grail of frame materials: light weight, high strength, durability, good looks, great ride characteristics all coupled with a high sticker price! STRONG CUSTOM RIDER Gavin Ng FRAME Strong titanium double butted w/oval taper chainstays, Breezer-style dropouts, triple top tube cable routing w/hydraulic guides & one set of […] New Zealand Mountain Biker – 2004 Strong Titanium Bike Mag TiCarl Strong is something of a torch wielding Renaissance man. Operating out of Bozeman, Montana (not often thought of as a cycling industry hotbed), the self-taught welder/framebuilder has been in business for a decade, and now can put the stick to steel, titanium or aluminum, in any number of geometries, depending […] Bike Magazine – July 2003 GOING, GOING… GONE? Is the hardtail mountain bike a thing of the past? Ask a product manager or slae-guy from any of the major manufacturers about the state of high-end hardtail sales, and one word continually crops up: dead. Hardtail sales are being gobbled up by the increasing number of full-suspension bike sales each year. […] Mountain Bike – August 2002 14. STRONG FRAMES CUSTOM ROAD BIKE ($1,200 AND UP, FRAME ONLY) After a 15-year racing career, Montana-based Carl Strong spends his days whipping up some of the finest custom-made bikes on the planet-mountain bikes, road racers, etc. He made this road bike for easily corrupted Maxim staffer Chris Connolly. After an hour phone conversation to […] Maxim – June 2002 For two perspectives on the state of cycling, we called the owners of two very different companies. Carl Strong, Owner Of Strong Frames in Bozeman MT, a small frame-building operation that specializes in custom, handcrafted bicycles, and Mike Sinyard, who owns Specialized, one of the largest bicycle manufacturers in the world, and the first company […] Hooked On The Outdoors Stuff, Reality Tested Product Reviews It starts out so innocently. Garage tinkering with your friends after junior high school. Bombing through the woods on beater BMX bikes. Exchanging parts daily, garbage picking spare bits, driving mom crazy with that big box of bike parts that’s often in the way of the car. Then you finally […] Dirt Rag – Issue 86 Building Community, One Bike at a Time What this morning was a pile of hollow metal tubes is now taking the shape of a bike. After hours of measuring, cutting, fitting, aligning, and cleaning, the most critical and holiest of all bike-building activities, welding, is about to begin. Winding the electrode through a maze of […] Outside Bozeman – Vol. 3 No. 1 Smaller Builder – Strong Racing Frames MTBin Cover Mar 2001Location: Bozeman, Montana | Owner: Carl Strong EMPLOYEES: Carl Strong, owner and welder; Dave Kirk, Ti guy; Tony Smith, machinist; Isaac the Shopboy FRAMES: Rigid and full-suspension mountain, road, time trial, cyclocross, touring, singlespeed and custom MATERIALS: Steel, aluminum and titanium OTHER PRODUCTS: Forks and Ti […] Mountain Bike – March 2001 Carrying the Steel Torchpress_239 Simply Fast on a Strong Frames Stage III Mountain Biking – December 1999 – Volume 13, Number 12 Vital Specs Strong Stage III Foco Frame PRICE: $1000 (Frame only) $3195 (as tested) WEIGHT: 23.4 pounds KEY SPECS FRAME: TIG-welded Columbus Foco Thermacrom alloy (steel) FORK: White Bros. SC72UL (3 ” travel) […] Mountain Biking – December 1999 Hot Tubes Carl Strong BY ALAN COTE To a framebuilder the essence of a bicycle could he any number of things: a kinetic sculpture, a continuation of an artisan tradition or a marvel of engineering. Carl Strong concentrates his work on another bicycle quality. “What I’ve tried to focus my bike on is performance exclusively, […] Bicycle Guide – 1997

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Under the Big Sky (full) Under the Big Sky (trailer) Under the Big Sky (trailer) Under The Big Sky (tailer) Bikerumor Podcast 4/19 Ruckus Fiber Side Chats KBZK Montana Made The Pull (part II) Dec 2018 On this week’s show, my guest is frame builder Carl Strong. The Bozeman, Montana-based builder behind Strong Frames is best known for the titanium road and gravel frames he makes from titanium, something he’s been doing for more than 20 years. Recently, though, Strong launched a new venture, called Pursuit by Carl Strong. Working with […] The Pull (part I)- Dec 2018 Build Cycle Podcast PBS 1997 Local News 1994ish NAHBS 2016 Outspoken Cyclist NAHBS 2011 NAHBS 2008 NAHBS 2010

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