Broken leg progress report

 Howdy, folks. After nearly two weeks in the hospital and a surgery I am now finally at home. The first of six weeks of recovery has just been completed so if all goes well I will be full weight bearing five weeks from today. It is unlikely that I will be able to work in the shop until then, mainly for safety reasons but if I can, I will. There are still over 30 frames on the list so I'll have a mountain of work waiting for me. I will still try to build one more batch of aluminum frames before the start of CX season. I think there's only about 7 frames on that list so getting them done is really possible. The time off of work will really renew my enthusiasm. 

Thanks to all who visited me at  the hospital and for all the well wishes online and by phone. I guess I'm not done yet. 

Broken leg

 That's right, folks. Looks like there will be a delay in work for awhile. I hope to get back to it in 8 weeks but I really have to consider the long term quality of life and allow the time to properly heal. There are a number of completed frames in the shop and at the two different painters and those will be prepped and shipped first. I have arranged to have help with this and will check on my inventory in maybe 2-3 weeks. Sorry for this but hey, I was just riding along.........

Steel big tire touring frame and fork

This frame is for a local woman who is replacing a very old bike. With thru-axles and flat mount brakes this should be a sure-footed ride. The frame and fork are built to take 700x45 tires and racks, as well as three bottles.

 

Colmbus Max road frame for the UK- just been repaired.

This one will have a big carbon foot print,having already crossed the Atlantic twice-soon to cross it again to go to its owner. People send me stuff from pretty far away to be repaired. I don't generally do repairs but this frame was one that I had built and an exotic one at that so I really needed to do it . Even with the shipping it is still quite a bit less expensive than buying a new one and less wasteful, too. 

What happened was that the bike had a pretty big collision and the top and down tube were bent. Also, the fork was replaced just to be sure that the whole thing will be like new and safe to ride. I hope that he likes the bike as much after all the work. It was a trick to find the Max Tubes but I got lucky and found what I needed right here in town from another builder. It is all boxed up and ready to ship.

 

Steel road + fork going to Bakersfield, Calif.

This fork was made for 47-57 mm reach caliper brakes. I tried a 700x33 CX tire and it fit-hopefully the brake caliper won't hit. I'm pretty sure that it won't. I'm going through some of my new stash of old 1"steerer fork crowns. This one is a Tange and it was really nice to work with. Too bat that it was the only one I had. Still, I have lots of other cool ones to use in the coming years.