Every year end I take time between Christmas and new years to do a project or two. I'm a bit late starting this one for a couple reasons but hope to have it done tomorrow. It is raining here so if the project leaks into the weekend I'm ok with that. It will be kind of a copy of a French bike from the '50's , not that I know much about them but I do know a bit of the geometry. This one will be long and slack- not a bike for the fast group ride but it could be nice for exploring on less than optimal roads. It should be very smooth riding , or at least that is what I'm shooting for. I'll put up full photos when it is done. Tubing came from Bruce Gordon's shop through Ed Litton's shop and then to me. Lugs came from Hugh Enoch's shop. I guess I'm last man standing from the '70's Nor-Cal frame building generation so it's up to me to turn some of this stuff into frames while I'm still alive. I'm just building one or two of these a year to keep my toe in the traditional style of lug brazing. I don't want to do too much of it- it's a really long process.
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