All road frame in steel

 This frame is made in a similar style to my "ultimundo" road frame but with room for 700x38 tires.

So, this is not a gravel frame but really a big tire road frame made for the Enve "All-road" fork.

I think there's a place for bikes like this as people are wanting a bike that is a bit more nimble and street oriented than the typical gravel frame. 

Steel gravel frame for NY state

This steel frame is all Columbus Zona and it will be set up with Sram-hence the UDH. So far I have only built four frames with this new dropout standard but there seems to be momentum gathering for its use. 
 

Hard to say if the older style dropouts will die out but I sure hope not- there's lots of people using other parts who won't necessarily get on the Sram train. I thought that the UDH was just an MTB feature but this shop asked for it on a gravel rig so here it is in all its glory. I hope that the customer likes it.

WCCX frame for a returning team member

 It's going to be the reunion season with all the former team members coming back. This rider has had much success at CX but concentrated on gravel for the last few years. Now she is coming back to CX and will test herself against the country's best.

WCCX frame going to returning team mate

This rider spent his teens on the team and then went on to bigger things , including the worlds. His team has released him just for this CX season so he asked if it was OK to ride for his old team (us) until the first of 2025. They said OK so we have him back and here's the newest frame for him to tackle the US CX season.

 

WCCX frame going to Colorado

This one will be raced in a number of UCI weekends in the US and will be taken to Europe for the latter part of the season. This rider has big plans so it will be nice to follow his travels.

 

Surf City next weekend

It's that time again. I know it is tempting to sit and enjoy a beverage of your choice at your own home and avoid the grand parade that is the Crest Ranch Surf City annual cyclocross Halloween weekend.....but seriously, are you going to miss that ? Think of the regret-think of all the fun your friends will be having that you will miss. It is true, CX is not as popular as it was a decade ago but you have the power to change that statistic. Do it- you will not regret the experience. 

October 26th and 27th- Crest Ranch -Empire Grade.....way up the road where the air is crisp and clean. 

 

Full build- steel road frame with GRX/Ultegra

 Yes- every once in awhile I build a full bike and this one is for a son of a customer who had bought a frame from me in the late '80's. The son is in his early '30's so I guess that gives you an idea how long I have been at this craft.

The build:  The drive train is Shimano GRX-810 as the customer wanted mechanical shifting and 11 speeds on the cassette. Since it is a road bike the crankset had to be Ultegra to get road-size chainrings. The wheels are also GRX, a medium depth carbon rim.. The bars are Enve aero with internal cabling but not internal in the stem or the frame-this made sense with the mechanical drive train. It is still a very clean look.