Friday PicFest No.175

Damn - it just snapped in my head that this is at way over three years, FNL that is. I must have over 80-90 frames on here now.....
I would like to know what the bikes shown were designed for?

this one, rider 150lbs, 5'9" 53yrs old, STRONG 1-speed rider despite two new hips a few years out & a stiff neck.
More legs then torso, mid-length on the arms.
A 650B in Fox fork white.
Paul, Stan's, Easton, White Ind - a simple, light bike.
Also, a storm I photographed on the way home from kayaking - it was starting to throw down spinning tentacles..........try as we might we cannot touch the beauty of nature - "Behold, I am Shiva, destroyer of worlds"
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Sometimes it gets crowded in here.

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Been a bit of a jetsetting week.

I was invited up to Brisbane to attend a great show and shine/ industry talk event, Pushies Galore.
Gave a talk with Dazza (Llewellyn), Mick Peel (Busyman Bicycles) and Andy White (Fyxamatosis)

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I also got the chance to visit the shop of the mighty Darrell:

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Stunning stuff!

Got back home, from ~20 degrees C to a balmy -6 degree morning...

Only way to warm up is to bring out the files, and spark the torch

Still working on Fillets, want them to be perfect and smooth

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Have been working with the new lathe, making some titanium stem caps.

Nice simple industrial look cap:

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And a more labour intensive rounded and polished Ti cap in progress:

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And finally another submission in the "Tired Truffle Hunter" Series

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First frame build, be gentle. Special thanks to Paul Carson and the Artisan Asylum.

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~ Rowan is the Traveller's Tree ~

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The sun is going down and I'm still waiting on a few parts to come in the mail, so this is all for tonight.

Prototyping. My own new ride. Richard's UOS + Enve seat tube

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I thought that this was cool too.

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Moving along on Chris K's road machine.

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Thanks, NATE

@02136 this week...

Titanium Road:

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Titanium 29'er:

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Titanium Road:

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For the full set from this week go here: XXX

Cheers!

03082 Playlist: Dick Dale. That did not however prepare me for his live performance this thursday at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA. At 75, Dick Dale still defines "Bad Ass".

29er built around a 120mm Fox Talas 32 w/internal cable routing:

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Table leg hole drillery on that Bridgeport:

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This is about all Kaya could muster before the humidity broke up here in the North...

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POV torch action
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Files
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Starting a touring bike this week.
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I rode the North Umpqua trail last week. It's time for a paint job.
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Nate is making himself a mountain bike.
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Hey,
Summer sizzles on Winter Hill.
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Photo Credits to T. Berg the Terrible (he's actually quite personable)
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Nature in the shop.

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Adding cable stops to a Surly Steamroller/Sturmey-Archer S3X hub so shift cable can be properly routed, for customer in Arlington, VA.

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