Friday PicFest No.155

[zank]

Make it tight.

[Nate Zukas]

Southeast bike Expo was my first show experience. Caught a some windburn, sunburn, major compliments on the frames and gained a new customer. Good first experience! Had numerous people who have been to NAHBS tell me that I need to go. C'mon NAHBS, southeast next year please!!
Loaded up at 6am.
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Repainted my roadbike Tuesday before the show Just in case Shane coudn't bring his showstopper! There was a lot of "carbon" but these steel handmade bikes were the talk for both days. Even the Niner guys next door spents over 30min looking at the details. Shane's road bike weight of 15lbs created a huge buzz!
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Thanks, NATE

[Clockwork]

Light tourer with bi-lam construction and Sharpie pinstripes.

Build pics: Mark's Light Tourer - a set on Flickr

-Joel

[fortyfour]

This weeks effort here at 44HQ. Snow bike just in time for 14" of fresh icing...

[Tyler Evans]

@02136 this week...

Titanium Road #1:













Titanium Road #2:













Titanium Road #3:

A mechanical and electrical drivetrain transition bike.













Special Refinish of Firefly #1:

This is FF000, the first bike we made.



Last year we completed it the on March 4th, and the very next day Kevin started the 5-day, Tim Johnson's Ride On Washington from Boston to DC.

We're a little more prepared this year and have it refinished and ready to go two weeks before this year's Ride On Washington.

The ride raises money for Bikes Belong.









Like last year, we're donating a frameset to the ride's raffle. Every $50 donated goes straight to Bikes Belong and gives you a chance to win a custom Firefly, like this one. For anyone interested, you can donate here: https://www.pledgereg.com/27064.

Cheers to all!

Some really cool stuff coming up soon... I really don't know where we find the time. But we do.

[Kumo Cycles]

Spent the first half of my week milling slots in ballast plates for mounting night vision goggles on ballistic helmets, and the second half filing fillets on frames.

But I did get one back from paint:

[Adam Eldridge]

now we know who's not at NAHBS.

Final. by stanridgespeed bicycles, on Flickr

Crazy thing going on in the shop. Yes thats 28.6 to a CYA shall. Dont ask.

[bellman]

Got this one back from powder just in time for my first road race of the season. The color was supposed to be orange sparklies over a white base coat.
Didn't happen that way, It's more like shimmery terra cotta. Good thing I like it as my new MTB is the same color :-)
It rides beautifully and I couldn't be happier.

Untitled by Huckleberry cycles, on Flickr

Untitled by Huckleberry cycles, on Flickr

Untitled by Huckleberry cycles, on Flickr

Untitled by Huckleberry cycles, on Flickr

Untitled by Huckleberry cycles, on Flickr

[Tom Kellogg]

An attempt to keep our paint batches straight. Each frame's finish is so different that I really have to make an effort to keep organized and on track. First image, the clients' descriptions laid out in a row. Second image, My own descriptions and paint mix sequences for the base coats of the batch.
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[Eric Estlund]

The show is going really well- a friend of mine named David Rangel grabbed some great shots. Here is one he took from the booth:



If you are in town, stop by and say hello!