Two incredible road frames for sale

This frame is unridden. Long story, suffice to say that it is all USA made GX-2 scandium, the best tubing that I cannot get any more. You can get the frame with an Edge fork for $ 1250


The second frame is also Easton USA made scandium but this one has a couple of seasons worth of miles and a Reynolds ouzo pro fork. It can be yours for $ 800. The seller is at cafehunt@hotmail.com and is located in Fairfax, Calif. I am advertising the frames for him and am not taking any cut from the price......they are both hundereds of dollars less than a hew frame made from newer inferior materials.

Collector's corner

A customer came by with this nearly mint condition 1974 Raleigh professional. I figured that people needed to see it in all its glory.

The drive train is super clean.....not many miles on this bike at all.

Yes, Doug....this your fork

This fork will go on an older Merlin MTB. The blades are NOS Tange and should have a very nice ride. The length is the same as a Rock Shox 'Mag-21' from about 1993. The bike is old enough that it has a 1" steerer. Nice to know that a nearly 20 year old Merlin is still in effect.

Bakersfield bound single speed 'cross frame

The internal top tube and fender eyelets were a special request. It doesn't rain much in Bakersfield but you never know.....climate is changing.
The brake bridge has a little boss for the fender and is some 3/8" cro-mo aircraft tubing.
this frame should see some hard duty in the coming months. I also built a fork to go with it but didn't get a chance to photograph it.

Hardtail frame for Texas

This frame is nearly the same shade as one of my guitars. I had to take a photo of the two of them side by side to show the difference.
The color of the frame looks a lot lighter when photographed outdoors but the photo shot inside my shop gives a more accurate representation of what the color looks like in person.
The frame is a cross-country frame for the most part but it can take a 100-120 mm shock .
Nearly all the tubing is made in the USA, nice in view of the difficulty in finding material actually manufactured in this country. I'm glad that there are still some people out there who believe that we don't have to import every D#$%^ thing from China.

All purpose 'cross machine

This frame is for one of the former editors of Cyclocross magazine. I always like to get industry and former industry folks on my bikes.
This is pretty much the straight-up Euro chassis with fender eyes and bosses on the bridges.
You might ask " Why such thin tubing on the bridges ?" When you run out of the fatter tubes and the fame has to get done , you use the thinner stuff. I change the guage of the bridges once in awhile to get a different look. In this case it is a pretty graceful touch and since the bridges are only there for fender support, they don't need to be larger. The .049 wall tubing is stronger than it needs to be anyway.

This week so far

I finished up two steel 'cross frames and built these two forks today. On frame will go to a rider who is all legs. The other smaller frame is going to a man who has some new shifting system that will be debuted very soon, like in a few weeks. I'm hoping that our team gets a few sets to try.
This is the taller frame. Both are my tig Euro model and they weigh about 4 lbs. each and are made from a mix of Reynolds 725 and True Temper OX gold and platinum. Light and solid is what I hope these will be.
I kept the rear stays pretty straight on the taller frame as the thinner tubes do not like to be bent very much. Also, with such a tall frame not much of a bend is needed in the seat stays.


I had a little more poetic license with the smaller frame as I used some thicker wall seat stays that can take a couple of bends without buckling. The frame was still pretty light at 3 lb. 15 oz.