Elliott McFadden writes at austinbikeblog.org

This article is part of a series I’m writing about my experience taking a bicycle framebuilding class with master frame builder, Doug Fattic.

I woke up before dawn this morning ready to get started. Since we don’t meet for class until 9 AM and I hadn’t exercised since Thankgiving, I got up and went for a run around Niles. It was quiet and snowing on my run and much of the town is quite charming in a rust belt way. The older part is along the river with surronding hills.