SSCX frame in 7005 aluminum

I have been building frames for this racer for nearly 10 seasons and this is his latest single speed for the upcoming season. I am trying to get a jump on all the race frames I have to build before the season starts in September. I think I have about 23 total to do, maybe 7 have been completed so far. Hopefully by the end of this month I'll be more than half way through them. 

This one has the Ahrens sliding dropouts with Paragon inserts. There are other ways to make a single speed setup but this way has been proven in many big races so I am happy to go this route for this particular rider. 

 

7005 aluminum frame batch continues

My computer had issues this week but it looks like I got things sorted out so I can continue documenting the shop and building progress. I am in the thick of a 12 frame aluminum batch, mostly pre-season CX race frames - some of them for team members . This one is a WCCX frame for a bay area racer who is not on the team.

This one is for a 6' rider and weighs 3 lbs. 6 oz.  , about 1 lb. less than a light steel version of the same thing. The aluminum is quite a bit stiffer for all the accelerations needed out of every corner of a typical CX course. The thicker tube walls are harder to dent as well.

 

Team CX frame going to the Pacific northwest

Seems like I will have a lot of these team CX and WCCX frames going up to the land of mud.

 

1963 Raleigh Gran Sport for sale

I'm thinning the collection and this bike is something I have had for at least 20 years. I didn't really get it rolling until last week as I wanted to take it and some other stuff to the Eroica California to sell at the swap. Well, the bike didn't sell so now I will put it up here and on my Facebook page. I bought this all those years ago because I knew someone who had one and it was a really great riding bike. This one is all original except for the wheels which have been upgraded to something really nice.

Here are the numbers: Seat tube 580 c/t/c. Top tube 560 c/t/c. 170 cranks. 10 cm stem. 447 chain stay !

Equipment : Campagnolo Gran Sport der's and shifters. Campagnolo record hubs. GB Courier brakes and levers. GB Maes bars- these are really cool. 

Theres a light mount on the fork and yes, I have the original lantern. If you are looking for a smooth riding old classic that is not a racing bike but more like a rando-tour bike, here it is. There's even a license from 1964 on the back of the seat tube. I didn't do the full restoration to it as I wanted it to retain the original look. I'm asking $ 450. 

 

Steel all road frame for Pacific Northwest

This one will get a wireless Sram 2x group. The frame weight is 4 lb. 9 oz.

 

Steel gravel frame with steel fork for a local

I hope that the sparkle black can be seen in the photos- it really is spectacular in person. I don't often build this style of frame with a wishbone seat stay so this one is a little unusual.

The brakes are flat mount disc and there's fender and rack mounts on the frame and fork. 

 

WCCX frame going to the midwest

I'm just waiting on the fork before I can ship this one out. Since CX season isn't for awhile there's no hube rush.