This 26" wheel town bike will have a rack and fenders and be going to Los Gatos , Calif. as soon as it is all built up. I'll be putting a mix of Shimano components on it.
Yes, there even is a kickstand mounting plate made out of 1/8" plate right in my shop.
Here's the rig with paint and decals. I guess I should let everyone know that this will most likely be a one of a kind......salvaged tubes and couplers are rare things in my shop. I try not to ruin tubes....it's a tragedy when it happens.
This is a big tire road bike but this time it's a travel version.......I hope i get to fly somewhere with this thing.
This frame has been shipped to it's owner in Eugene, Oregon. I'm sure a lot of hard miles await this one-racing and general shredding.
The frame is set up for a Fox Talas shock that can adjust from 95-120 mm of travel.
This frame will go to a local rider who is on our cyclocross team. He spends a lot of time in the woods as he's a forester. I hope he gets lots of time to check out the forest on this rig.
The flat finish and panels give the frame an almost " Highway patrol " look. Maybe you'll see it in your rear view mirror some day.......
This is a pretty aggressive commuting rig but it suits the rider. The tires are 700x25 but the bike will handle much fatter treads. The hub and light did not come with the connectors or a tail light so the wiring is not done yet.....this was no quick build as the wheels had odd spoke lengths and the mechanical disc brakes are always touchy to set up.
The odd thing was, the belt was very easy to deal with and is silent when being pedaled. The only noise is the occasional rub of a disc rotor-these hubs might not have as tight a bearing set up as an MTB hub.
All in all, it is a sure-footed rig that glides along without much effort.
Back in August of 2010 I built a big-tire road frame and sent it to a magazine. This bike was pretty nice but the thing it was lacking was a set of S&S couplers. I wound up selling the whole built up bike last month. As luck would have it, I had forgotten that I was planning on doing a big ride on the bike.......that would now be rather difficult as I no longer had the bike. So , being a bike frame builder I got to work. Of course, being a frame builder means that one is broke most of the time so I would have to scrounge to build the next version of the big tire road bike.
And here you see it, the next version. I used some salvaged and re-worked materials to build the frame-stuff that didn't find its way into customer's frames for one reason or another.......downtube cut too short , chainstay munched in the mill while being mitered , headtube welded on at the wrong angle for a larger frame and finally...couplers harvested from a crashed recumbent tandem. This stuff would never find its way onto your bike but I'm fine using this stuff for my own bike. Hey, I can say that this may be one of the 'greenest' frames I have ever built and I'm sure it will ride fine and last a long time.
It is my first own personal travel bike and because much of the materials were salvaged from the scrap bin I will call and fully decal this frame as the ' Dumpstervaagen"-with no disrespect towards any other 'vaagens' out there. It is what it is and I'll be riding it very soon...as soon as the paint dries.
That's right.....a steel Team Carbon - my first. Also it's the first with couplers....probably not the last. The rear end is the Dedaccai 'Fire-box' carbon stay kit. It went together really well and I think it is a good alternative to the other kits on the market.
This has to be the lightest S&S coupled frame I have ever built-surprising, considering that it isn't a small frame.
Here's the rear stays , very svelte and sculpted. The carbon has a more graceful look than the other kits I have used in the past.
Here's the customer for the disc brake town bike. She's taking it to Yosemite this weekend.
