Two matching WCCX frames for a new team member

 Yes- if you are going to any big CX race , it's best to have two bikes so that if you have a mechanical you have a spare in the pit so that you can finish. Also, if it is a super muddy race having two bikes and someone in the pit can be a big advantage as getting a clean bike every lap or even every half-lap can make a big difference. These frames have PF-30 BB shells so that they can run an EBB and be used as single speeds. 

There's a very good chance these bike will be at the nationals in Fayetteville, Ark. in December.

7005 CX frame going to Seattle.

 Wish that I had taken more photos of this one before it went into the box. It will be set up with Di II and fenders. You can just see the chain stay crossmember- it has a fender boss as does the seat stay bridge. There's eyelets welded onto the dropouts as well. It is going to Seattle, after all.......

Bro tour for rim brakes ? Mechanical shifting ?

Not only that but it has a level top tube. The local rider was very specific about the features on this 3 lb. 2 oz. frame. It's a serious road racing frame but it does not have the modern features that have shaped this particular model. That said, it has the same look and will be a lot easier to set up and maintain. 
 

I got to use a pair of my QR dropouts for the first time this year , at least the aluminum ones.

Latest Bro-Tour frame for In-Route

 This one is going to another team mate and local rider. It is only 3 lb. 7 oz. and it is made to have all the brake lines hidden. The tubing is NOS Easton Elite with some Dedacciai chain stays. It is about as aero as I build for the road. 

In-route WCCX frame going to Illinois.

Here's the latest version of the WCCX frame - different in that it is set up for the in-route brake line system so the head tube is different and the chain stays are roomier inside for the brake line. There are also big ports inside the head tube and BBshell for the rear brake line. This one will be used as a single speed with an EBB most of the time. 

 

Big tire 7005 gravel frame for local rider

 This customer has raced on the team for a number of years on a frame I built 10 years ago. This frame will replace it and it has a few tweaks to reflect this rider's current riding: Room for 700x50 tires, external brake routing, three bottle mounts, heavy duty top tube. 

Instead of a straight CX race machine like his 2016 frame, this is a gravel frame with a longer wheelbase and a front end designed to work with the Enve Adventure fork. It still has a nod to the WCCX frame with the seat stay gusset and top routing.

Steel MTB frame for Reno, Nv.

This one is pretty clean with minimal stuff on it. It also has an integrated headset style head tube , one of the very last from Paragon. The brake mount is also Paragon as well out of my dwindling stash. 
 

Tube set is a mix of Velospec and NOS True Temper along with my Tange wishbone seat stays. Chain stays are Columbus. This little frame is solid and should be good for the East Sierra dirt.

 

Gravel frame in 7005 for Pasadena, Calif.

This one has full fender mounts- not sure how much rain the bike will see in Pasadena but I'll bet that it might not have a life limited to southern Calif. in the future. the Enve fork has been painted to match.

 

 

WCCX team frame for new team member

This is the first in what is likely to be the last aluminum batch of the year. All the team frames have to be done by the end of this month and off to the painter so that by early September they will be ready to assemble. 
 

The owner of this frame joined the team last year byt his season was cut short by a pretty nasty crash. He's got renewed energy and is replacing his old bike with this-should be quite a difference from what he is riding now,especially as his current bike is too small. 

Steel 29er going to Boulder, Colorado

You might think that I have not been building many frames as of late- this is not the case. What I have not been doing has been posting all of them on this blog ....hope to catch up with that some time soon, This is the 45th frame of the year so I am on a quicker pace than I had intended for 2026 - wanting to build only 70 frames in a year. I guess if they are turning out as nicely as this one I'll keep at this speed. 
 

This frame is unique in that it is designed to work with the Enve rigid carbon fork and is unlikely to have a shock fork or a dropper post. This is a cross country rig all the way with the only modern feature being the UDH dropout. If I were making myself a steel MTB frame I'm pretty sure that it would look just like this one.

The frame is going to an old friend who is a bike industry lifer and was on our CX team for a number of years. He has had many of my frames - I hope that he really likes this one.

Really tall steel all-road frame going to Brooklyn

Yes, this one is big- one of the largest frame so far in 2026. It is made to take wireless drive train and is mated to an Enve G-series fork. The set is complimented with a silver King headset and seatpost collar, along with a Jen Green headbadge. It's a popular combo for sure and purple is coming back .

 

Steel CX/Gravel frame for Texas

This one is light- 4 lb. 1 oz. It is not made for tires larger than 700x40 so it is more like a CX race frame. The UDH dropout is currently the only way to roll until I get more normal Paragon style dropouts- this will happen in a few weeks. Until then I'll be UDH only on steel. I'll make sure that I ask customers first if they are ok with the change , not that it is a really big one- the UDH dropout will take SRAM or Shimano, even Campagnolo - it's not exclusively a SRAM dropout.

 

The batch goes to heat treatment

 Yes-I have not been idle-as soon as I got back from vacation I launched into these 10 frames . I'll have photos of each after they are painted. This represents about three weeks of work. I think they came out pretty good considering the age of the builder.

Small steel all-road frame for Colorado

This one is going to and industry person. It will be set up with internal chainstay-exit rear brake and it also has a T-47 BB shell. Yes, I did not offer this for years but now I do so there.....I did eventually cave to all the requests ! I also offer UDH on steel frames now- I'm bending with the times and it's really not much of a learning curve to deal with either of those two items.  In route ? .........that is a bit more of a learning curve, at least in my case. Maybe like learning to operate an new phone-not something older people really warm up to-and I am an older people.
 

Steel gravel/CX frame with UDH

Well, never thought I would be building with UDH dropouts but now I am thankful as the supply of non-UDH dropouts has been temporarily interrupted with the demise of Paragon Machine works. I'm sure that within a few weeks the situation will be much better but in the mean time all the steel frames I will be building will be UDH such as this one. I can still build non-UDH aluminum frames and have been doing so for the last few weeks-been so focused on building them that none of them have made it to the blog ....but they will with time. I'm sorting out a very strange time in the bike business right now- it is not what I would call a good time but it won't be like this forever-I'm taking steps to do what I can .

 

Retro style fillet brazed bike with steel fork for sale

Not everyone's cup of tea maybe but still a super cool bike. Low standover, high bar position, three bottle mounts, full fender and rack braze ons- even a pump peg. This would be good for light touring or Rando riding as it has fairly calm geometry and a bit longer of a wheelbase. It has 650B wheels and can take much larger tires than the 650x38 Maxxis ramblers. Cantilever brakes, QR  wheels- it's got some nods to classic bikes but the shifting is still modern with Shimano 105 throughout and a GRX double crankset. 

Fit numbers : top tube 550 , seat tube c/t/c  530. This is a good bike for someone about 5'9". The wheels are built with NOS Wolber # 58 rims out of the shop collection. These rims have been in storage for over 40 years. The front end has a 1" threadless King headset . I'm asking $ 3,500-about what the frame and fork would cost. It's a new bike and it has only been test ridden once by me. Email me if you are interested.
 

Steel time trial frame for NY state

 

Yes- that's correct. This  is the first steel TT frame I have built in many years. It has a NOS True Temper S-3 airfoil down tube and Columbus Foco chain stays- remember those ? Along with NOS rear dropouts, this one is chock full of bits out of the collection of vintage frame hardware.