How To Buy A Custom Mountain Bike
There are many things to consider when purchasing a mountain bike, and your riding style will be one of the most critical factors to evaluate during the process. In this blog, we will cover a few tips to show you [...]
Grand Opening and 40th Anniversary Celebration
You are invited to our 40th Anniversary and new shop Grand Opening! We would love to have you come and celebrate our 40 years of building wonderful bikes and our beautiful new shop in Louisville, a block south of South [...]
Guide to Bicycle Wheel Size For Height
Are you a cycling enthusiast who is 6'5" or taller? If so, determining wheel size may seem like a difficult task. But here at Zinn Cycles, we make this process easy, and we specialize in custom-built wheels for riders of [...]
Zinn Custom Carbon Fiber Gravel Bike with Enve Components
This was one of the fastest gravel bikes we've built. It's a Custom Serrai Carbon Fiber gravel bike built with Sram Red eTap AXS components and Enve wheels and cockpit. The bike was built for a 6'5" rider with 195mm [...]
Long Distance Bike Riding Tips
Are you planning for a long-distance or multi-day bike ride? Whether you plan to ride in a charity event, a sporting event, or any other long-distance adventure, you'll need to be sure that you have the right equipment, that your [...]
How to Choose Your Ideal Hybrid Bike
Are you searching for the perfect bike that can handle just about any terrain you can throw at it? Custom hybrid bikes are practical and maybe just what you need for your cycling regimen. These bikes are great for riding [...]
Electric Bikes 101
How Electric Bikes Work & More! When you think of an electric bike, you might be visualizing people zipping up and down roads and bike paths without pedaling. But electric bikes cover a wide array from utility e-bikes with a [...]
Adventure Gravel/Trail Bike Packing Bike
When a long time customer and professional photographer residing in Aspen, Jim Paussa, came to us with a unique request to build a 29+ custom bike with drop handlebars for bike packing, we jumped at the opportunity. This was [...]
5 Benefits of Electric Bicycles
At Zinn Cycles, we believe in keeping up with every aspect of the cycling world ㅡ and that includes electric bicycles. Ever since Lennard Zinn, our founder, was limited to short, slow rides by his heart problems, he’s been searching [...]
What is Cyclocross?
Cyclocross is a form of bicycle racing across all kinds of terrain where riders are often expected to hop off their bike and carry it to the next segment of the track or trail. If you enjoy a variety between [...]
E-bike for 6’10” rider
This bike turned out really nice. It's a titanium custom ebike build for a 6'10" rider. The customer was looking for a bike for riding commuting in his home town of Geneva Switzerland as well as long adventure rides [...]
Custom eMTB at 37lbs!
This bike was a really cool project. Lester Binegar, CFO of our favorite local Boulder Bike shop, University bikes, came to us with the idea to build his dream e-bike. Ubikes has been a cycling institution in Boulder for [...]