Should have this thread rocking again, with alot of new pics, projects and info this weekend. STANDARD has been going crazy with orders, and I have been going crazy with my bmx program in this same section. check it out and post some comments....

Standard is also UPDATING there website for both SBC and Goodtimes.. Big changes coming, so keep checking..

I know a few of you got presents in the mail, Post them up and make people drewl!!!

Going to the bike shop today after work to order all the components for the flat black Standard cruiser with a 22" t/t that I have on order. First new bike after about 20 years away from this great sport and after the awesome customer service I have received thus far reading through this thread I know that my choice of manufactures was correct.... Now that 22' t/t is still be question by some, but am sure to love the ride. Can't wait till after the holidays when I can order the matching 20" Standard....... Cheers!!!!!

Now that is what SBC loves to hear!!! Customer service is VERY IMPORTANT to us as it is to you. So If Rick or Jess cant help you. Please contact me. Ask around. I take alot of weekend calls on my personal cell quoting and answering questions even late at night. I have been doing alot of SBC talking one to one on facebook on instant chat also as for I am on there most nights from 10PM central-11pm. So Customer service is always there for you if you need it.

From production bikes to Full out crazy Customs. We are here for you ( THE CUSTOMER).

JESS'S email is info@standardbyke.com
SBC Phone number is 563-323-4894

NICKS email is nziegler@istate.com
Phone # 563-508-0908 after 6pm central time.

Make sure you tell them, Nick needs a raise!!

Nick,
You are doing such a great job I am going to double your pay as of right now. Thank you for all you do!
Rick

Wow what power!!!! Can I give you my wife's number so that you can get my BMX budget double? Then we can get that Standard 20" on order a little sooner and it can be shipped with the cruiser.... The BMX bug has bit me big time again...........

Pays not all that great, Rick gives me a hand full of peso's a month

talked with jess yesterday just to make sure my package arrived and all is well. Nick did you get your small box I sent you.

Scott, not yet I will be at STANDARD tommorrow.....

thanks

nick

SO......

To all of our customers, and Potental customers.. I have a question?


STANDARD has been super crazy busy with new builds and orders and it just keeps climbing. As a customer why do you think this is happening? QUALITY? PRICE? CUSTOMER SERVICE? REP? HYPE? THIS THREAD? WORD OF MOUTH? EXC. What can we do to improve it and make it even better? Website updates? exc...

I would love to hear your feedback!!!!

PLEASE POST AWAY.....

Not to sound like a broken record, but like I said yesterday, been out of the sport for 20 years now and started to get back into it a few months back playing around on my old cruiser from back then, but that bike has seen many days and it didn't take long to realize it "was" a good bike and needed something updated with the modern parts and such. The reason Standard was picked I wanted the best molly bike possible, the new aluminum frames just did not seem appealing to me for some reason (I know the material and technology have changed, but to many Race-Inc weld jobs went through my head), wanted a strong bike that could go on trails and jumps, yet could go to the track as well (an all around bike). I posed the question about the best bike for my needs to an old racing friend from bitd who still rides and races at times and he said Standard without a pause, after exploring the website it looked like my kind of company, building quality products, takes pride in its products, but at the same time likes to have fun (yes got that from the website). Did not find this thread till after the order was placed, but man you guys have a great following and know for certain I made the correct choice. So one checkmark for "word of mouth". My 20" order will be due to "great customer service"....

You guys have provided great customer services answering all the question I have had and always available, could not ask for anything more, truly a pleasure deal with a company that is like this, keep up the great job… Oh maybe a free tee-shirt with every order would be better (always trying to get free shirts)

Now get off the internet and go get started on that flat black cruiser with a 22"tt and white decals for a customer named Bauder…….

I'll go. I'm not quite sure how many hours of effort Nick, Jess and Rick have spent listening to me mull over geometries, finishes, gussets and the like, but I do know that it's 100 percent more attention than I would have received from most other frame manufacturers. They have been very communicative and supportive every step of the way, even after I sent them the required frogskins (another industry anomaly, I should think).

In terms of quality/price, I am completely blown away by the product Standard is putting out there. Having just received my 20" 125r last week, I spent some time looking over all of the welds, and while I'm not a metallurgist, I can tell you that this thing was practically perfect with smooth, complete, even welds all around. My previous US-based, hand-made chromo frame from another vendor, which cost over 500 bucks, was actually missing welds in two spots. Crazy. Anyway, with Standard, I was able to get a frame, fork and bar combo, all with matching finishes and with a number of custom options for 45 dollars more than what I spent on that one, poorly welded frame.

Here's a sneak peak at some of the welding goodness:



Customer service and quality/price aside, you know, I'd still ride a Standard for one simple reason: their frames ride like a dream. After getting back into racing last year, I tried a number of modern cruisers (two aluminum and one steel), and for different reasons (sizing, material, whatever), they felt foreign to me, not at all like my body told me they should feel (harkening back to racing in the 80s on a GT and GJS). Then I picked up a cheap 1999 125r cruiser on eBay to set up as a play bike. But after riding it once (literally, once around the block), I knew I needed to dump my current race rig and switch to this oldie mid season. I don't know how else to describe it other than the bike just felt right. Even though the chainstay is a bent a bit, I freaking love that thing. Hopefully, my new 20 will feel similar. I can't wait to try it out.

Cheers,
b.

NOW THIS IS WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR.

Keep them coming good or bad. This is what makes us better at what we do! It is for you guys. Not many companies show behind the curtains and take this much time to build a custom spec bike for a single customer..

Its hard to know where to start,the quality of the parts that comes out of sbc are second to none.
i have never ever had one single problem with anything and its like a breath of fresh air..
why buy a shirt off the rack when you can get a Taylor made one at the same cost..
why buy an inferior product and waist your hard earned $ when you can cut out all the rest and buy the best...simple really.
nicks been a bloody legend for me helping with anything i need and hard working chap thats got alot of thanks to be owed.
the sbc squad rick,jesse and all the guys who put in long long hours to keep us happy...
i havent ever meet one of them in person but feel like distant family,if i lived anywhere near them i would have to be part of the team some how or way...my door over here is open to them as if it was a second home ,i give them that much respect...

dan

p.s just to say phils clear coat raw new custom frame is a thing of beauty..the sbc boys over here
seem to be getting new rigs more on the way...i will get a few snaps of us all together next time we are all out riding together.

I have to agree with both Brad and Dans comments. The easy of working with the standard crew has been far above and beyond anything I could have imagined, period. I wont ride anything else.

Brad my cruiser rides just like my twenty, I can't hardly tell the difference between the two. Don't tease us with bits and pieces, we want to see it all.

Im in agreemen here too. His cruiser does ride like a 20, it was mine!! LOL

Cant wait for my new 125R to get here, I'm like a dog chasin UPS trucks down the road!!


Trey

Trey, Sorry to inform you, your payment wasnt any good, and your bikes got sent to other customers. j/k

So that's why an extra frame showed up at my house.

Now that could bring a tear to a fat kid's eye!!


Trey

Shaman remake. Integrated, euro, 1.50 top and down tubes. BURLY! Not a trendy light bike for sure.

Integrated head tube drilled and tapped for removable gyro tabs.

Two tone paint job. Red over white powder. We had to add in a layer of black to keep the red from looking pink during the fade.

Custom 3/8" slot dropouts and coaster brake mount added.

More fun pics for everyone to enjoy!















STANDARDS WEBSITE IS CURRENTLY GOING UNDER RECONSTRUCTION AND BEING UPDATED. PLEASE GO CHECK IT OUT...

MORE SHOP SHOTS....

Hey Nick,
Long time no talk. Life has been hectic for me but i'm still want to get an order in for a custom STA maybe after Christmas.
I may need to bother you again for some spec possibilities and prices if thats cool. I have your # maybe i'll try to call you
tommorrow?

P.S love the thread and photos keep up the good work!!!

Hey Nick, are those fork tubes I see, by chance? Please oh please say it's true!

Also, awesome shots all around man, and the site is coming together nicely. I love seeing how things work behind the scenes over there in Davenport.

BTW, I'm really digging that modern, thin lettered, sans serif logo on the top tube of that black 250. Pure class. Let me know if I can pick up a couple of those, will you?

b.

sack you beat me to it

really digging the new standard decals - im thinkin those might look good on the Tribar

look at all the fork tubes

glad to see were all thinking alike - those stickers would look good on your new ride also Brad

you musta been hitting the button while i was typin

Unfortunately, I think were waitn on STEER tubes.

But hopefully, my new forkd are in that mix, I know i saw me new frame!! LOL


Trey

Im glad you all like the thread, Not a easy job, but someone has to do it.

As for the new stickers, just call SBC.....

Check out my BMX program thread!! Its rocking.

Also check out STANDARDS new website over the next few days. it will be staying up to date and changing, same as goodtimes!!

Also still Looking for everyones feedback!

Great pics

The new website is mint, nice one.

I think I'll just do that, silver or chrome would look smashing on the Tribar

Went riding at the skate park today with Rick, and got caught up with some old friends and made some new. First time I rode some ramps in over 10 years. I didnt fall, but didnt ride hard. Ill post some pics when I get home from work so you can see the SBC boys playing and blowing off some steam... Outside of SBC session...

Good times, just a tad sore from being a lazy 30yr old smoker!! hahahahahahah. I think I may start doing this more.

Im the dude taking the pic's

I really need to make a road trip. Looks like a goodtime

Its a good time. around 6-7 AM is old fogie fest where there is no little kids, and its is nice and quiet. It was my first time riding it, and had a blast. I was also on a borrowed bike.

Just ordered my wife a matching bike to the daughters, but a 24''. Yes Rick I told her already!

Yes Indy thats why I want to do next year for sure a STANDARD open house /BMX weekend. We have the skate park you see here, 3 blocks from SBC. So we can have tours durning the day, Riding all day, then 5-10 Min from us is the Big BMX racing track (EAST MOLINE SPEEDWAY). Then at night, have some bands playing at the skate park or SBC... Just a crazy day or weekend of FUN!!

Great thread! My wife just bought me a 21.5" 125r for Christmas. This is my first "new" frame. What do you recommend as far as frame prep, facing, reaming etc...?

changed that for ya Nick driving 9 hrs heck ya I'm there all weekend.



I would start with a hug, some gentle carassing and sweet talking when you get done building it, start on the wife for buying you such a cool christmas present. LOL


Pics are a must!!

She's awesome! 7 months pregnant, due Christmas day! The frame is still in the box. I promised her I wouldn't open it unti Christmas. I'll share some picks Christmas day.

looking forward to the pics


Congrats to you and your wife.


A Christmas baby and a new Standard you would have to say life is Grand!

I can't think of a better Christmas gift...........and the bike would be pretty cool too..... Big Congrats.....on both ....

nice to see a few riding shots,whos riding the 1" threaded sta ?

That is Disco Dave. He bought that new in 1995 and rides it as bought....sort of. He removed his gyro, front brake, and two pegs recently. He lived in Rampage back in 1990. Great guy.

i have heard alot about disco dave,sounds like a top guy.
good to see it being used still,i find once you get a solid weight ride rolling well
it is easier to ride ,less effort and helps with pumping..send him props from me...

The new website is great; a lot more info.

Is the head tube angle on the 125RC really 72, or is that a typo?

Sean did a hell of a job on the NEW SBC website. and it will only get better witht time, same as Goodtimes!

Thank you. We still have more to go as well.

The head angle is 72. We have had great luck with that. The seat angle is 70.5. I'll make sure the site is correct. We crammed a lot in all at once. If you like a different head angle that is something we can do custom. Fairly easy as well.

Rick

When will the Goodtimes store website be finished? Need to do some X mas shopping.

I'll have pics of the black bike next week, wheels are at the shop now.

sack I've been holding my breath waiting on some pics from you. I just can't wait anymore so I'll post one of my own



Phase II of Project Lodown is well under way