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Last weeks frame built up and number 8 in the works. Happy Father's Day!
I found the new mascot for FNL
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The new toy that arrived today
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and living vicariously through my bikes at Ride the Rockies
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and Golden Gate State Park
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Media tour:
Steven Shand and I spoke about European and US frame building at Bespoked:
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Ryan Schoeck stopped in to shoot some video and stills at Winter Bicycles. His NewsLab story and video are now online at the Register Guard (local paper):
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And then there is the stuff I've been up to:
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On the home stretch with Cross Boss Ross.
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Thanks, NATE
Hi Everyone. Here are a pair of frames for Michael and Rebecca in southern CA that I sent off today.
Thank you for taking a look!
Dave
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There are more photos here: Michael's ACB Compact Road - a set on Flickr and here: https://picasaweb.google.com/MERLARS...caSFinished202 if anyone is interested.
Not a very Vsalon type of bike but it's what I did last week and it's off to test in the Montreal area.
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Happy me as the bike handles just like I wanted
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Congrats to the other builder, awesome work as usual.
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- Garro.
This is for the new guys. Its sloppy, and I have been getting the torch settings closer, timing, flow of the bronze figured out. It's been a while since I used oxy acetaline.This is an old Giant frame that I cut up, and reworked. It will be a single speed. I decided this after brazing the chain stays so the first dropouts came out.
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@02136 this week... among other things.
Titanium Road, Ti Stem :: Ti Post :: Anodized Ti King Cages :
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Titanium Road :: Ultegra Di2 :: Ti Post with battery inside :
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Cheers all!
Until next week.
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03082 Playlist: Lightning Hopkins.
29er headed to Hendersonville, N.C. to shred Pisgah. Natives beware:
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Traditional diamond 29er with internal cable routing getting the build treatment:
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Ultra-lite BikePacking on the mind. Pair of custom bags sewn up on the 44 "factory" floor:
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Commissioned vectors (Logo+Poster) for the Southern Spokes Bicycle Summit. Be there or be square. Should be a good time:
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Long time no FNL.
Random smattering of images from the before I head out the door to use these;
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3rd generation Acel chainstays
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Yeah, it's pretty stiff even with a proper bb shell.
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19.5 pound 26" xc race bike, Delorean
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Yeti "restoration"
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Jimmy Deaton, 1993 Kamikaze champion.
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Frank built more championship winning MTB frames in 1993 than every other person who built bikes in the world. Combined.
Blurry steel 5" travel 650b trail hardtail
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Front end of my aluminum Lumberjack from Baller's
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"Loud fast music inside the rider's head at all time."
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In the spirit of Willie1, here is my numero uno circa 98ish.
Don’t ask why! This is supposed to be a fixed gear cyclocross bike with a xxxl super long top tube.
Ingredients: 4130 pipes, vice, hacksaw, files, brass, fire, straight edge, viola.
Spent 3 days staring, 2 days building. Road the crap outa this bike, thinking about getting her painted.
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Busy Busy, build and ride. Wouldn't have it any other way:
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Fatbutt road bike, Columbus Life CS, Columbus EGO SS, fastback attachement
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Just one of the many reasons I love my cycle commute