SOLD

This is a bike I built for Spectrum’s booth. It’s made with Columbus Life and True Temper OX Platinum. The blueprint is below for reference. The frame will be displayed at NAHBS Feb 27th through Mar 1st. After which it can be taken from the show by the buyer or shipped. As you can see the powder coat is beautiful as you would expect since it’s being displayed by Spectrum.

The normal price for the frame is:

$1650 Frame
$400 Paint
$200 Headbadge

Total $2250

The sale price if purchased before the show will be $1500. SOLD

Remember you’ ll have to wait until after the show to receive it. Also for you very frugal people out there keep in mind that I’m having a 30% off sale on build kit’s. This is your chance to get a really high-end bike for a lot less than you’d normally have to pay. If you have any questions please give me a call 800-586-1105.

Also if this isn’t the type of frame you’re looking for check back soon. There will be several more show bikes added as soon as they are ready.

Blogging

So some of you may have noticed I’m sort of easing into a blog here. Be patient with me. I’m working towards more thoughts but I have a feeling that, at least in the beginning you’ll be seeing more of my day to day activities and frames than hearing my thoughts. I  hope to give some insight to what I build and how. I’ll also be including any items of interest as they come along. I’ll cover rides and trips, I’ll try to post pictures from the NAHBS show while I’m there. I’ll also feature any new parts and other new products that I think you’ll find interesting. I will also break-down and explain various operations that I do as well. If there are other things that you think would be interesting let me know and I may be able to include them as well. Thanks for visiting.

Oumar D. from TX

Here is what I’m working on today. It’s a larger frame for a larger rider. Lot’s of builders fail to make larger frames look  good. It requires a delicate balance of frame shape (which is highly influenced by the HT length) and the combination of stem angle, spacers and HT extension. In these shots the frame looks  larger than it actually will once assembled. the key to balance is understanding what the frame will look like once the parts are hung on it. When I  design frames I use BikeCad which produces a design that includes all the parts so that my customer and I can both see what it will look like when it’s assembled. This allows us the control over the balance between all the elements that will produce the fit required and the look we want.

Here is Aaron B’s frame ready for paint. It goes out this week. Check back in a few weeks to see the finished product. The paint scheme is really cool.

Just got this frame back from paint. It’s on it’s way to Rich B in  New York. Loretta and I will prep it, shoot some pictures and get it boxed and shipped today.

It’s a Trifecta. Basically the frame is a combination of Reynolds 953 HT, DT and chainstays, carbon ST and TT and titanium SS’s. The idea is to put spring in the “spine” of the frame, the carbon where it’s low weight can be taken advantage of and the titanium in the SS’s for it flexy characteristic.  This frame is liquid painted by Spectrum with some really cool saved stays and DT logo and the fork is painted to match.