Friday, September 11, 2026
7005 CX/adventure frame for a local
This owner got a similar frame from me about 10 years ago and was looking to replace it after many thousands of miles on the first one. His most recent ride was a 300 mile jaunt from Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara in just a bit over 24 hours. I guess the aluminum frame was not too rough of a ride .....it's all in the tires in my opinion anyway. This new version has an Enve adventure fork with adjustable offset and many mounting points. Maybe this one will see even longer rides.....
Steel single speed/heared big tire CX
The customer for this one asked to be able to run 700x50 tires -this will do that. It also has a semi-in route rear brake routing -not through the head tube but through the T-47 BB and exiting on the chain stay. This seems to be a popular option lately. It's a little more work for me with creating the larger ports int the BB shell but it's easy to do on the Bridgeport mill. This frame weighs 4 lb. 9 oz. and it is for a 5'11" rider.
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Steel all-road frame and fork for Florida
I also built a stem for this one but it did not get into the photo. There's some older features on this one, namely the 1" threaded steerer , the brazed seat lug and the crowned fork. The bike will also have V-brakes. Where this rider lives there's not much in the way of hills or technical dirt. This one will be cruising the flat roads around St. Augustine. Can't wait to see the color the owner picked- Prsche Amethyst metallic. Should be really nice with original style silver and clear decals.
Sunday, September 6, 2026
New hats in stock
Yes- the next season of CX is just about to start and the team podium hats have arrived. These are the 2026 version and they are in the limited edition color.....that's limited to how many you all want. The price is $ 25 and they can be ordered with an email to me as these are not on the webstore yet. I have almost 100 of them in stock but they are starting to go ........not gone yet but going.
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
7005 CX with Campacho UDH
here's another frame with the made-in-spain UDH. I have built three frames with this setup so far and it has given me the idea to produce my own UDH dropout to interface with the non-driveside flat mount dropouts that I already have. This will make fixturing and welding easier for me as the shape of the dropout will be roughly the same as what I have been using for over 20 years.
The color of this one is 'forest green'. The frame is matched to the Enve 'Adventure' fork.
Bro-tour frame for local
This one is full in-route and will get the full Chris King parts build. It isn't a big tire version but a straight ahead road bike for 700x32 tires max. The fade was done by Joe's bicycle painting in Watsonville.
Friday, August 28, 2026
A pair of fixed-gear MTB frames for Kansas City
I built these two earlier this month and am finally getting them on the blog. The customer has been riding fixed off-road for years and these are not the first of their kind that I have built for him and his buddies . The frames are sturdy but not overbuilt . The customer source Paul Component 'swoopy' dropouts which apparently are being made again .
The wishbone seat stays are made by Tange to my design - something I have wanted for years and now finally have. These frames look very much like the first versions I built about 15 years ago-I hope that they hold up at least as well as the earlier versions.
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