Thursday, July 3, 2025

7005 CX going to Australia

This customer has a similar frame that he got maybe 5-6 years ago. This updated version has the newer rear stay gussett and is set up for wireless shifting. The geometry is full race CX- short and snappy. I hope that he really likes it. He has ridden the heck out of the first one so I know that this one will see a lot of use. This is # 4 in a batch that will probably be 8-10 frames. This is also the last pre-season CX 7005 run so if you have a frame on order and want it for the race season, better get me your fit info ! After this batch I'll be done with aluminum until 2026.
 


Tuesday, July 1, 2025

WCCX frame for junior on the team

The juniors on the team and ones who have gone on to other teams have been inspiring with how they race and also how they represent in the sport. I feel lucky to have had so much talent through this team. Just today I learned that Enzo Berghout just won the national 15-16 road race -he's a kid on our team who has the best attitude and also happens to have a ton of talent. 

This frame is for Matthew Werner and I hope that it serves him well. It's a solid 7005 race frame that can also take 700x40 tires for general dirt riding.
 



Monday, June 30, 2025

Steel big tire gravel

This one is bound for Alaska and can squeeze 700x50 tires. It's the extreme end of gravel in my opinion but hey- it's going to Alaska so there's probably a lot of places where that tire volume is needed.
 


Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Hmm, what is it ? CX or Road ?


 This frame will have two duties. First, it will see a lot of road use. Second, it might be on a few CX courses. Truthfully, I'm not sure what it's main duty will be but it should check a lot of boxes. It has fairly nimble geometry for the road. It also has room for 700x45 tires. It also has a flattened top tube section for shouldering , i.e. , cyclocross run ups. It also has dropped seat stays for that roadie look. This person asked for all this stuff and I really hope that I delivered. I'm sure that it will get some comments as it is a slight departure from what I have been building for the last 25 years in aluminum. I have a feeling that there will be more like this one built in the coming months.


Tuesday, June 24, 2025

All-Road steel frame for Sacramento, Calif.


 The owner of this frame has some pretty significant shoulder issues so the bars on this bike will have to be up high. The head tube will accomplish that without a big stack of spacers. The frame will be set up with Sram RED AXS and an Enve G-series fork. 
There are rack bosses and two bottles- very simple setup for the most part. I was able to score some NOS True Temper OX and Platinum main tubes so this one is built to take a beating.


Monday, June 23, 2025

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. 
 


Monday, June 16, 2025

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.