Neon steel 29er built up.

The bike is all XT and I built the wheels with Mavic 717 rims. The fork is a Fox 100 mm. The 2x10 drive train is pretty much the stock setup on all 29ers I build.

Lugged road frame ready to go to the painter

 After waiting a week for the last two braze ons, I'm at last done filing on this frame. Since it was June of 1978 when I completed my very first frame ( which I still have and ride occasionally ) I will call this the unofficial 35th anniversary frame. The owner does not know that I'm doing this but I don't think he will have a problem with the title of his new ride.

 I used some double oversize lugs from Nova cycles supply and found them really nice to work with. I feel lucky that stuff like these lugs are available so that I can take an idea from a customer and make it happen.

 I grafted diamond footings onto the 'V' shaped brake bridge......this was a first for me with this style of brake bridge......the parts are not supposed to fit together-hah !

The braze ons that delayed completion of this frame are visible on the underside of the dwontube. Yes, those are the Llewellyn stainless STI adjusters for a 35 mm downtube, also ordered from Nova. Every piece of hardware on this frame is top notch, right down to the Henry James stainless dropouts. Yes, I do say that I hate stainless but there are some stainless bits of frame hardware that don't fight me too fiercely in the building process.

HD 29er for local rider

 Here's the beef......at least the downtube. This frame has a bi-oval NOS Easton 'Rad" downtube. I think I still have about three boxes of these monsters. The wall is so thick I don't think you could dent it with a hammer unless you were really swinging it.

 That said, this frame still comes in at less than 5 lbs. There are the two Ahrens yokes and rectangular stays.Other than the chainstays and headtube, this is all NOS Easton Elite. I seem to have lots of this MTB stuff still around. I'm getting really lean on road frame tubes and will now have to source some other stuff after this 11 frame batch.

29er for Los Gatos, Calif.

 This summer seems to be all about bringing back the '80's so I guess it wouldn't be complete without a neon blast from the past. This finish used to be really popular 1988-89. It is rarely done on my frames these days but maybe it is coming back.

 This is a steel 29er frame that will get an XT build with a Fox 100 mm fork and shop built wheels.

The frame has the fittings for a rear rack as this rider might do some wilderness camping.

Aluminum road frame , extra small

 This frame is for the guy who has been my book keeper for about 28 years. He's really good at what he does and I appreciate his good work over the years. I hope he appreciates the bike I am constructing for him.

 It might look like a dirt jumper but it is a 13 1/2" road frame. The top tube is 54.4 cm as this guy has an inseam of 26 1/2 inches so he is mr. torso extreme at 5'4 1/2".  The frame weighs 2 lb. 11 oz and will be built up with the new Ultegra 6800 group. I'll probably build the wheels as well.

The bike will see most of its duty in Carmel Valley and on the Big Sur coast......pretty incredible riding all around.

Tall 'cross frame for L.A.

 This rider is about 6'4" if I remember right. He opted for the S.L. version that will take big tires.

 This will be a versatile bike and good on the trails. The frame will also take front and rear racks and fenders.

An unusual request was for a steel custom stem. I only build a few of these each year and this one will take a 31.8 mm handlebar.

Homage to the Bridgestone MB-1

 This customer has been riding a Bridgestone MB-1 for nearly 30 years. He decided that it was time to replace it with a 29er but he didn't feel the need for a new look-rather a more sentimental look. I had nothing to do with the paint scheme but I think it might be a stroke of genius-more people heve been talking about this bike than anything I have built in quite some time.

 This is a steel 29er with all XT equipment , shop built wheels, Fox fork and Easton post,stem and bar.