Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Forst In-route frame for me.


 That's right - the brake line goes through the BB shell. It was interesting getting it done but it looks to be rolling in this photo that the customer sent. It is a steel single speed CX frame that I am probably going to see at the Nationals this December. 

Steel road frame with steel fork.

Level top tube, QR axles and rim brakes.....definitely a build that harkens back to a time when bicycles were simpler and some would say more graceful. The frame will be outfitted with Campagnolo 10-speed ergo that the customer has waiting. I hope that he likes the way this one rides. It's sturdy and made for stability at high speed and all day comfort. 
 


7005 all-road frame for a local


The owner of this frame has had a few injuries so a new geometry was requested. The front center is really long to accomodate a far forward foot position . The head tube has been lengthened to help give an upright riding position. I hope this hits all the marks and checks all the boxes. The frame is mated to an Enve Adventure fork painted to match.
 


Saturday, August 23, 2025

27.5 " MTB for bay area rider-full Shimano XT 8200 build

That's right- the newest wireless shifting from Shimano and it really was not that big of a deal to set it up. The frame is for a shorter rider with short legs so standover was important- this was achieved with a reverse-curve top tube and an ultra short integrated style head tube.





 

Friday, August 22, 2025

7005 CX/Gravel frame


 This one could be raced but it is not a CX race bike . It has three bottle mounts and room for slightly bigger tires. The Enve G-series fork was painted to match and the whole thing really has the look of a team bike. The owner's son actually does race on the team and was the one who put the deposit down on this frame - nice gesture !


WCCX frame going to junior team member

This was a rare non-batch build for one of our juniors who just won the junior national road title for the 15-16 year old age group. This puts him on the radar for all sorts of recruiting by major road teams but most of them do not have CX programs. With this being the case, we are throwing our support behind his 2025 UCI and CX nationals schedule. With luck, maybe he will get a decent start grid spot for the nationals and not have to pass 60 riders to get to the podium. He has a shot and this will be one of the frames he uses to give it a go.


 

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Steel track frame and fork- really a Path Racer for Washington, DC.


 Track frame with brakes ? The British called this a 'Path racer' in the '50's and I call it that today. This one is really tall- the customer provided the Tange Ultimate and Columbus Max tubes for the build- an interesting blend that actually makes sense for durability, quality and stiffness- which is important in a large frame such as this. The Paragon machine works dropouts were also from the customer. I really hope that he likes what I built for him-I had fun building it.