An old frame re-visits the shop

This one is # 34 , probably built in 1986. The tubing is most likely Columbus SLX and the lugs are Haden 'specialist'. I know this as they came with a nice frame decal stating the name. I really miss having a few sets of these lugs around- they were one of my favorite patters. The frame has some pretty odd cable routing, quite a story in itself but hey- it was a custom order after all.

I built this frame in the Trescony street garage before I had a business license. I was a hobby frame builder during the day and a musician at night-I worked a lot back then. The person who ordered this frame wound up getting several frames from me and was one of my earliest sponsored racers. He was a pioneer in single speed MTB racing and I built my first single speed for him in 1987.

Here's a detail of the head tube and below a shot of the seat lug and the diamond plate I made to braze the seat stays on in a fastback configuration. I did not trust just brazing the stays directly to the seat tube without some sort of lug-like re-enfrcement . Seems to have held up fine for the last 36+ years.