Welcome To René Herse Bicycles Inc.

Making Dreams Come True!

(303) 284-9721

or mikekone@comcast.net

Website Contents

 

The Rene Herse Story

 

The Rene Herse Blog

 

Performance and Build Philosophy

 

Rene Herse Price/Ordering Information

 

Products We Offer - From Boulder Bicycles to Randonneur items to vintage specialties

 

Links - coming soon

 

Vintage Road Bike Price Guide - coming soon

 

 

Lyli Herse in the Lead!

 

Telephone Hours - try anytime weekdays - leave message if not in!

 

Retail Showroom Hours

Monday        1-5

Tuesday        9-1

Wednesday   1-5

Thursday       1-8pm

 

 

Newsflash!  The René Herse Road/Sport machine we displayed at the 2008

NABS Show won the award for Best Road/Sport Bicycle at the recent Cirque

du Cyclisme in Leesburg Virgina.  This award was based on craftsmanship!

 

Congratulations to Mark Nobilette, our lead builder, for his outstanding work

on this machine!

 

 

 

Note the new René Herse Stem Bolts!

 

These stem bolts are supplied with alloy nuts - now available at $40 per pair

 

 

The Rene Herse Blog

Updated August 1, 2008

News about Rene Herse bicycles

News about Boulder Bicycles

Lots more too!

 

 

 

 

Learn about our Sister Company

Boulder Bicycle

 

Complete American made randonneur bicycles from  $2,985 complete with Son Generator and Lumotec headlight!

The prototype is in!

High quality randonneur accessories at competitive prices

Vintage road bike goodies including   Campagnolo Nuovo and Super Record components and small parts

 

 

Vintage Road Bike Price Guide

(coming soon)

 

 

   
  • Click here to see photos of New Production chrome Rene Herse  Randonneur displayed at the NAHBS in Portland in February 2008

  • Also click above link to see exciting changes we made to this machine for the Cirque 2008 show!

 

 

 

 
  • Click here to see photos of New Production Rene Herse  Sport/Road Bicycle displayed at the NAHBS in Portland in February 2008.

  • Also note - this bike one the award for best road/sport bicycle at the 2008 Cirque du Cyclisme

 

 

 
 

 

 

Many custom steel builders strive to make bicycles that appeal to the buyer’s esthetic desires.  At René Herse bicycles the focus is on performance first.  All lugs and bottom brackets are handmade.  This enables unlimited choice for angles and tube diameters so that the design process can proceed with fewer constraints.  In addition, it means that off-the-shelf materials do not need to be “tweaked” to work, which can decrease tolerances.  Making lugs and bottom brackets is extremely labor intensive; it takes longer for us to produce these than it takes many builders to produce an entire frame.  The result, though, is a lugged joint that is both strong and extremely elegant (very smooth transitions at the tube junctions).   

Some enthusiasts appreciate fillet brazed frames; Rene Herse has a long tradition of using this time honored build technique.  Fillet brazing like our custom lug making enables construction without constraint due to available bottom brackets or lugs.  For this reason, Rene Herse Bicycles is pleased to offer fillet brazed frames as a customer option.

René Herse bicycles have always been known for innovative features that take advantage new technology.  The lighting project at René Herse is an example of this tradition’s continuation.  Using cutting edge LED technology, twin headlight designs using special circuits located inside the steering tube are providing greater illumination for the enthusiast cyclist than commercially available single light solutions. 

 

 

To Place an Order or for More Information (We'd love to just chat about your ideas for a possible bike)

Call Rene Herse Bicycles at (303) 284-9721 or email mikekone@comcast.net

Our address is 4949 Broadway Street, Ste 126, Boulder CO 80304

 Visitors are welcome by appointment - we expect to have regular open shop hours later this spring.