Three 7005 rim brake road frames for Japan

These three frames and forks are all going to a shop named 'Circles'. This is a very well known shop in Japan and I have seen lots of features of them in Loop magazine, a Japanese bike culture publication . The shop is also connected to Sim Works, a supplier of some cool esoteric bike accessories. People from the shop came to last year's made show where they had a display. They also came by my booth and showed interest in what I build. This is their first order. I hope that they like what I built for them. 
 

And so it starts- the last pre-season aluminum batch

 Here's the first frame in the batch of 8-10 frames for June/July. It is a Gravel/CX for 700x47 tires.

My hope is to have all these frames done by mid July-after that I'll have some catching up to do on the steel list. If you have an aluminum frame on order , definitely get in touch with your build and fit info so that you'll have a bike for the fall CX season. Once this batch is done there will be no aluminum frames built in 2025, or at least until December. 

7005 road frame going to CT.

 Last frame on today's data dump is this 7005 road frame. This one is just a bit over 3 lbs. and should be nice for the group rides where speed and efficiency are a must. It is set up for an integrated headset and Shimano Di II. It also has a satin clear coat-that is getting very popular as of late.

Steel 'All-Road' frame

 This customer got a rim brake road frame from me years ago and now wants what most people are asking for these days- more tire volume and disc brakes. This one will be set up with an Enve G-series fork and a SRAM wireless 2X group. The frame will comfortably take 700x40 tires and should open up some new riding routes for the owner.

Steel track frame for a complete build

It's not often that I bust out a frame for stock but this is that rare case. I have a full set of track bits that have been on my shelves for too long so I built this frame last Friday to mount all the parts on. It will be a mass-start style of track bike in my size ( 55 cm ) and it will be for sale as a complete bike- more on that later. It has True Temper S-3 top and down tubes scored from a couple NOS sources so this frame is made out of rare metal and weighs a mere 3 lb. 9 oz.  Look for it on my blog as a built bike in about a month.
 

SSCX in steel with new style dropouts

Never used these before- seems like the idea is good as the flat mount caliper lines up with the chain stay better than the other Paragon adjustable dropouts. I do think that the aluminum hardware might be a bit delicate but time will tell . This rider intends to really make a go of it at the nationals so I can't think of a better testing ground than that. 
 

Low standover steel 27.5 MTB frame

This owner says that she has the legs of a coffee table. Now I would not go that far, but indeed she does have a low standover and the reverse-curve top tube is the way I deal with it. The plan is to have the bike have a more modern wheel spec than here '80's 26" MTB without sacrificing standover. I hope that she likes what I built. I will do a full XTR build on this one and post photos  when it is rolling.