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Ch-Ch-Changes

Benjamin — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:00:45 +0000

Sorry about the radio silence. A lot of changes have been going around the shop.

Time for a rearrange

First and foremost, we have expanded our offices and workshop. This means we now have dedicated, separate space for forming, sanding and finishing. We also have a new expanded shipping and material storage room as well! While we don’t have a full video tour as there is some final painting and cleaning going on, check out this new/old bench for the finishing station:

Updated Hours

We are hoping to catch more visitors in the evening now that it will be light out even later over the summer. Our new hours starting this past week are as follows:
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: 12–7
Sunday: 11–4
The shop will be open several other hours and days, please give us a call/email/twitter/facebook/smoke signal if you would like to stop by. We can always do appointments as well.

Website Update

We’ve update several sections of the website, including an overhaul on the Plank and Pinch description pages. Hopefully this will answer a few more questions about the products themselves, as well as installation and usage.

Expanding Production

As the frequent emails to us asking about stock levels have shown, we simply are having a hard time keeping up with demand. A great problem to have for us, but we really would like to let more people enjoy what ClankWorks has to offer. As a result, the expansions mentioned above have occurred, but we will be bringing on some extra help as well too. More details will come there in time. It won’t be an immediate change, but over the summer we will hopefully have more of our current offerings, and perhaps a new product or two, if things go exceptionally well.

Yinzpiration

Benjamin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:41:31 +0000

Any time we stumble across something that we find interesting, and think that you may not have already seen it on one thousand other blogs, we want to make sure we share. In this most recent case, it was both something and someone. I recently met Kate Showalter through an anonymous submission to her latest project, Yinzpiration.

Challenged with the goal of interviewing and talking to 100 Pittsburghers, Kate is documenting her steps along the way with a great blog that is definitely worth checking out. This should grow into a great resource to send to someone next time they ask “Why Pittsburgh?” (which we do get quite often). If you know of anyone in the city with a unique angle on why they are here, head to Yinzpiration and submit a nomination! Keep an eye on this one as it grows through the year, I know I am excited and honored to be a part of it.

Second Sunday Seersucker Saunter Spectacular

Benjamin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:48:38 +0000

We are pleased to announce our second leisurely, themed ride to be held in the glorious city of Pittsburgh. In following with the relaxed style of the Tweed Ride earlier this spring, but with apparel adjustments more in tune with a hot August afternoon, we present the Second Sunday Seersucker Saunter Spectacular.

The ride will be just short of 10 miles, and shall prevail at a slow enough pace so as to never break into a full sweat. The saunter will start in Schenley Park, at the top of the upper field near the turn around in Overlook Drive, and progress through the Park, Southside, Downtown and a brief stint in the Northside before retiring to the courtyard of the Priory Hotel, where light refreshments will be served. The entire experience will begin at 9:30 AM on Sunday the 8th of August, 2010, which coincides quite nicely with Bike-PGH‘s BikeFest celebration. There is a Facebook Event that you can join, if you would like as well.

Additionally, we have secured some bells from Velo-Orange which we will sell for only $5 at the beginning of the route. Drew and I will be there as early as 8:45-9 AM, so feel free to pick up some additional swag for your bike to help you alert those along the route!

Please joins us in our joy of riding and appreciating the bicycle’s heritage on the 8th. Whether head-to-toe garb, or simply in the mindset to enjoy a relaxed ride with good company, it should be a great time. Feel free to download either the Poster or Map by click on the image to retrieve a PDF format file.

Tweed Ride

Benjamin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:42:14 +0000

The time has come, spring is here and to kick it all off, ClankWorks has decided to orchestrate a Tweed Ride in our fair town of Pittsburgh. We hope this will be a great chance to start what will hopefully become a yearly tradition.

As the poster shows, we will be starting in Doughboy Square, home to ClankWorks and the new home to BikePGH. From here, a brief ride through the strip, Allegheny West and Downtown will culminate in a brief jaunt in the South Side until we end at Piper’s Pub. The exact route can be viewed on Google Maps. We will begin milling about the square shortly after 2, but will have our door open earlier than that if you wish to swing by. Come out and show your support for good cycling, good friends and good times in tweed!

Feel free to post any questions in the comments section below!

Cookie Tour

Benjamin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:02:07 +0000

This year marks Lawrenceville’s 10th Annual Cookie Tour!

Shops will be open up and down the street with cookies, recipes and of course wonderful art and designed objects.

We would love Clank to have it’s door open for this event, but are unsure if we will have much to show by then. Stay tuned for updates, and we may just have a public appearance yet!

More details about the tour can be found here.

Leslie Park Accordion Pool Party!

drew — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:40:17 +0000

On Saturday, the much neglected Leslie Park Public pool had its busiest saturday since its closing five years back. The Accordion Pool Party saw a ragtag accordion ensemble playing five feet deep in the emptied pool, while those brave enough to dance did so on the peeling cement. The rest of the crowd watched from the surrounding sidewalk. The event drew a huge crowd over its four hours; hopefully the exposure will create interest in renovating and improving the facility, which still has a chance at being a fantastic public space. If they can’t afford to put water in it, it has certainly has proven itself as a viable and unique concert venue!

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happy belated fourth

Benjamin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:42:55 +0000

Quite late, yes I know, but I wanted to do a quick happy 4th of July post. Drew and I got the chance to hang out with some lovely upcoming designers prior to the evening’s big event, with a nice bike ride down to the smithfield street bridge for a nice view. I mostly paid attention to the show, but did manage to grab a few pictures as well. It was apparent there was a new group orchestrating the whole thing, with some parts good and some others bad. Overall though, fireworks always show off what a wonderful city Pittsburgh is. Bridges, rivers, skyline and fireworks, we look forward to seeing them all.

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