Steel gravel frame for Bay area rider

This one is pretty much the normal style I build with the addition of rack mounts on the rear stays.

This one weighs in at 4 lb. 9 oz. and is made for someone with a fairly long torso so the top tube is about 570 mm.

 

Steel frame for a local

This one really looks amazing in the sun but today was cloudy so this is all you get for photos.

The frame is going to an employee of a local shop with a good rep so I'm happy about that- always goot to get industry people on your bikes.

 

Rick's new ride

Here's a tall 7005 CX frame for a team member who crashed hard on his old frame and totaled it , more or less. I was on a batch of aluminum frames a couple of months ago and squeezed this one in so he could compete this season. He did the decals himself- he's a creative guy and does the artwork for the backdrop of our race podium at our home event. If you come to the race on Oct.29-30 you'll see it and probably him as well.

 

Really tall 7005 frame and Whiskey tapered road fork

Nice fade that the customer asked for. The bike will be set up with Shimano Ultegra Di II 12 speed.

Its a really big bike for a nearly 6'7" rider but it should turn out pretty light. The customer did specify some heavy duty wheels so it won't let him down on rough roads.

 

7005 gravel frame going to PA.

This diminutive frame weighs in at 2 lb. 15 oz. That's about as light a frame as I can build.

The bike will be set up with Sram wireless - hence the lack of cable guides. It is made to take up to 700x42 tires and will be paired with an Enve fork.

 

WCCX frame going to Colorado for a junior

I built a frame for the father of this 15 year old when the father was a junior so I guess it is fitting that I build one for the son. My frames have definitely been updated since the first one in 1993 but the main goal has always been the same- build it so it does not hold the rider back in a race and make it fun to ride .

I hope that this light frame checks both boxes. This one is set up for mechanical shifting- turns out that the 15 year old thinks that electric stuff on a bike is a form of cheating and he wants none of it !

 

Steel SSCX frame for someone on the team

Lightning strikes thrice- this is the third steel frame this fall going to someone on the team who intends to race. This is not to say that steel bikes are archaic but the bulk of the race bikes I build are from aluminum tubes. This one weighs in at 4 lb. 8 oz. Maybe a 1 lb. weight penalty but for this rider I don't think that it will be an issue. 

The frame will be fitted with a Squid EBB , just like most of the other SSCX bikes on the team. The previous bike I built for this rider was aluminum and more suited to gravel endurance events. This one is shorter and steeper to negotiate the frequently tight turns on a typical CX course. I hope that he likes how it rides.