Blogger won't let me upload photos

 Yes, that is correct. I don't know what is going on but for some reason my photos will not upload to this blog any more.  hope to get this fixed.....until then you can just check out Instagram for the current frame photos. There won't be any of the usual copy along with the photos- that usually only happened on this blog. I hope to get it sorted out soon- until then, my apologies. 

All steel, all the time.

Yes, this CX frame and fork are steel , but there are current specs on this one- flat mount brakes, thru-axles front and rear and a Syntace dropout set. The color is unique-a very dark gray, an unusual request that really looks nice i person. 
 

Big tire gravel frame in 7005

This one is built to take 700x50 tires so I call bikes like this "Drop bar MTB's". It's just my view on it. Once you get to a 2" tire I have a hard time calling this a CX or gravel bike, although just about everyone else is fine calling it a gravel bike. Whatever you might call it, it should be a bike that can be ridden nearly everywhere. 

 

WCCX frame

This one is for a repeat customer who got a steel S&S travel frame from me over a decade ago. Seems that he has gotten the bug to race some CX so this one should scratch that itch. Hopefully he will carve the turns and bomb the muddy courses on this with a smile on his face. 
 

7005 road frame

Pretty happy how this one came out. It will have a mechanical shift Campagnolo group with disc brakes. I have not had one of these groups in the shop and since this customer will be assembling the bike I guess I will not see the parts- maybe some day. I'm curious as to how well the Campagnolo shifting and braking is in the more recent editions.
 

Drop bar MTB frame for Eugene , Or.

 Most of you would call this a gravel bike frame but when the tires get close to 2" wide I call it a drop bar MTB. Back in 1986 there were lots of people running drop bars on their mountain bikes- it was a fad that maybe lasted a year. Now the trend is back but it is not going away any time soon. With much better wheels , brakes and tires a bike like this can really move along compared with something from almost 4o years ago. 

This one also has the UDH , which is gaining in popularity as people adopt the new rear der. standard. I'm still getting used to the difference in fixturing and learning a bit more every time I mess with one of these Paragon setups. There's more than one version but this is the one I choose for now. It is the lightest of the few out there and it welds up in a similar style to what I already use. Oh yeah- this one will take 700x47 tires but I'll bet you will be able to run 50's. The fork will be an Enve adventure version which has lots of tire room.

WCCXSS - # 6 in the batch

 I am in the midst of the first aluminum batch of 2025. I hope to be done with this run of 10-11 frames in 2 weeks. This one is the sixth, a single speed. If one wanted, it could be run with a wireless 1X shifting system as the dropout can take a hanger for a rear der.

For those of you wondering if the UDH is available in aluminum.....it is not and I have no idea if it ever will be. For me to personally bankroll the development of an aluminum 7005 dropout would be unlikely as the cost would be significant and I am already leveraged with a big inventory of aluminum dropouts of the more traditional kind. The other factor in my reluctance to fund an aluminum UDH is the likelyhood that the industry would come up with something different that would replace the UDH and I would be stuck with obsolete inventory- enough money spent on stuff that becomes unusable and boom-you are broke. That would not make anyone happy......I have seen it happen to many talented builders- they get leveraged by buying big on stuff that winds up not being useable and they have not enough money to buy what they really need- like paying rent and buying brazing and/or welding supplies.

So for now and maybe for a long time to come, this is how my aluminum frames will look- no UDH but still the kind of frame that you can depend on to ride at any level of the sport.