7005 Bro-Tour road frame for Philadelphia

This is the 4th Bro-Tour frame I have built and this one is going to a former Santa Cruz resident who has relocated to Philadelphia. He used to be a part of the Tuesday ride locally that has had a bit part in shaping my road frames. My hope is that this one checks all the boxes for the owner- speed, stability and style- nice fade done by Joe's Bicycle painting in Watsonville, Calif. He also does carbon repairs as well. 
 

The frame is paired with an Enve tapered disc road fork but not the in-route version. Looks like this week I'll be building an in-route frame much the same as this one but with a 44 MM ID head tube to accomodate the in-route King headset. New stuff.....can't stand in the way of innovation but I hope I'm not the person who has to thread the brake lines...........

Classic SSCX in 7005

I used to build many like this about 15 years ago-I even had one myself and raced it a few times. I really liked how light,silent and simple it was. This person must feel the same way, going for rim brakes, 1-1/8" steerer fork and no bottle mounts. This one is as they were back when the single speed CX worlds were at Golden Gate park in San Fransisco-still one of my favorite races of all time.

 

Carter boost 27.5 MTB frame going to Colorado

This is maybe the first one of these that I have built this year. It features the new Tange Wishbone tubes of my design from Tange through the Merry Sales company in San Bruno, Calif. I hope to use many more of these for the steel MTB frames I build in upcoming months. 

 Another thing setting this frame apart is the flat clear coat. This is a finish not found on many of my frames but it works well on this one. Might be a bit tough to keep in clean but all of my bikes are dirty so I'm not one to talk. The front is capped off with a genuine copper Jen Green headbadge. 

7005 CX going to Australia

This customer has a similar frame that he got maybe 5-6 years ago. This updated version has the newer rear stay gussett and is set up for wireless shifting. The geometry is full race CX- short and snappy. I hope that he really likes it. He has ridden the heck out of the first one so I know that this one will see a lot of use. This is # 4 in a batch that will probably be 8-10 frames. This is also the last pre-season CX 7005 run so if you have a frame on order and want it for the race season, better get me your fit info ! After this batch I'll be done with aluminum until 2026.
 

WCCX frame for junior on the team

The juniors on the team and ones who have gone on to other teams have been inspiring with how they race and also how they represent in the sport. I feel lucky to have had so much talent through this team. Just today I learned that Enzo Berghout just won the national 15-16 road race -he's a kid on our team who has the best attitude and also happens to have a ton of talent. 

This frame is for Matthew Werner and I hope that it serves him well. It's a solid 7005 race frame that can also take 700x40 tires for general dirt riding.
 

Steel big tire gravel

This one is bound for Alaska and can squeeze 700x50 tires. It's the extreme end of gravel in my opinion but hey- it's going to Alaska so there's probably a lot of places where that tire volume is needed.
 

Hmm, what is it ? CX or Road ?

 This frame will have two duties. First, it will see a lot of road use. Second, it might be on a few CX courses. Truthfully, I'm not sure what it's main duty will be but it should check a lot of boxes. It has fairly nimble geometry for the road. It also has room for 700x45 tires. It also has a flattened top tube section for shouldering , i.e. , cyclocross run ups. It also has dropped seat stays for that roadie look. This person asked for all this stuff and I really hope that I delivered. I'm sure that it will get some comments as it is a slight departure from what I have been building for the last 25 years in aluminum. I have a feeling that there will be more like this one built in the coming months.