Friday, November 22, 2024

7005 road plus frame going east

This was definitely road frame week- prepped three of them , shipped two of them out. This one is pretty tall , made from a mix of Dedacciai Fire and NOS Easton Elite tubes. It wll be mater to an Enve AR fork.


 

7005 Road plus frame for Saint Louis

This one is huge-I think the rider is 6'8". The head tube was so long that my reamer would not work without some adaptation. The decals were special ordered chrome finish from Screen Specialty shop, Ink. , my decal supplier since the '80's. 
 
In spite of it's size, this is not a very heavy frame. Some of the tubes are NOS Easton Elite from my stock of tubes that I got in 2002. Hard to believe that they are finally getting used after over 20 years of storage.

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Customer is selling a CX bike from 2011

This one is in Santa Cruz and is built for a 5'6" rider. It has a 52 cm top tube, mostly Ultegra 10 speed group with some nice USA parts - Paul Component mini-v brakes, King headset and Thomson seat post. If you are interested in this bike you can contact the owner directly at lperas@gmail.com    The bike is set up for racing with tubular wheels and tires. 





 

Steel road frame for Eldorado Hills

This is a return customer. I built him a rm brake road frame about 8 years ago . Now he has decided to go with disc brakes and 32 mm tires so this will be the new ride. The bike he is stripping the parts from has a post mount rear brake and an integrated headset so in order to build him a frame where all his old parts would fit I had to make this on a little different. I hope that he likes the result. 


 

Monday, November 18, 2024

Steel gravel frame for Colorado


This one will be mated to an Enve fork and a Campagnolo guppo.The customer picked up all the parts for a good price so it will be interesting for me to see a Campagnolo gravel group for the first time
 

Steel rim brake road frame with steel fork

Yes, I still build these and there has been a renewed interest in rim brakes and mechanical shifting. This frame is 3 lbs. 11 oz. , not bad for steel. The rider is only 145 lbs. so he's the right build for a light frame like this one.


 

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Small steel gravel frame for Seattle

This little frame is for a 5'6" rider but it will have an Enve Expidition fork instead of the usual G-series . The frame has rack and fender fittings and the fork will have the same along with bottle mounts. 
 
This frame is only 4 lb. 2 oz. and is made almost entirely out of Columbus Zona. The tubing profiles are a bit smaller for the 145 lb. rider.  It is made to take 700x45 tires.