Images from the Amgen T.O.C.

Here's a VIP car in the caravan in advance of the peloton. It was a big surprise when I saw a friend in the lead car, a super fancy Nissan. Paula Mara is a race official and must have been having a blast driving the electric blue convertable for the week of racing.
Here's Radio Shack controlling the pace at the front of the pack just before the Carmel Valley KOM. There was a break about three minutes up the road at this point....I didn't get a photo, though.
Here's the broom wagon doing its job, removing all traces of the race that had just passed. All of the signs and paraphanalia got loaded up to be used the next day.

Spring scandium batch # 1.

This batch is made up of three new frames and three repaired frames. I can get them all heat treated and save a little money for the repair customers. Scandium bikes are light and they are something that I feel are worth repairing if they aren't too beat. I have another batch of all new frames I'll be starting Monday. It will be about 6-8 frames total. After that it is back to steel for a month.

Single speed for Atlanta

No, there's no water bottle mounts on this frame-it was ordered that way. I never argue with an omission ! Even with a few less braze ons, there's still plenty of work in the frame with the oversize seat tube, slotted disc mount and the usual stuff you find on one of my MTB frames.
I price these frames the same as steel road frames but there's more work involved and I find that I'll have a couple more hours invested. This one is a frame I would love to have at a show because it displays simplicity- my idea of a proper single speed.
Here's my proprietory adjustable dropout that has seen little use since the advent of sliding dropouts. For the customer , this version is simpler and about $ 120 less expensive.....a good thing. $ 120 will buy a lot of burritos , even in 2011.

Granny Smith hartail

I always have a hard time using the phrase " Hardtail" to describe a mountain bike. I don't build full suspension and rode in the dirt for many years before any suspension was available, front or rear. I don't have anything against full-suspension, I just don't have the background that would make me want to build it. This frame is a pretty standard setup for me, the disc brake, wishbone stay and not really huge diameter tubing is what I do. This one came out pretty nice.
The customer chose silver decals against the lime-green metallic/candy finish. i think it was a good choice.I probably have about seven decal colors available but I would have chosen this combination if it were my bike. I also built a bar/stem combo painted to match but it is in the box already so you'll just have to imagine what it would look like.

Scandium cross country frame

It seems like a long time since I have welded any aluminum or scandium. I have been on the steel treadmill for a couple of months and it is always fun to switch materials for awhile. This frame is # 1 in a batch of 6-7 scandium frames, mostly for the 'cross team.
This is a smaller 26"wheel MTB frame that will see lots of trail use and some racing. I have not weighed it yet but it feels very light , definitely lighter than my new 29er.
The stays are all NOS Easton made in the USA. I wish I could always use this stuff but it is in short supply and will no doubt be gone soon.
Here's the side view. The frame is a 16" center to center and will take up to 2.2 tires along with a 100 MM fork.

Another parking lot bike show

Hey, want to hang out with your nor-cal frame builder buddies ? How about tacos and beer ? How about a bike yard sale with all of our cool old stuff that you can paw through and make really insultingly low offers on.......and we'll most likely accept the offer ? How can you refuse that ? This will happen at Bruce Gordon cycles in Petaluma on the afternoon of June 26th. Details can be seen on brucegordoncycles.blogspot.com . Be there.....admission is free and there will be at least 10 of nor-cal's most notorious frame-fryers there , along with other industry folk. I will be offing my super trick smelly old jerseys and collection of various shiny bits that might fool the primitives but will probably not fool you.....darn.

Two tone 'cross frame

Panels are definitely in these days. Here's an example of two colors that I have not often put together on a frame. The two seem to work together well and give the frame a pretty deluxe look compared to the normal one color scheme on the majority of my frames.
The s-bend chain stays will have plenty of mud room for the fall racing season.