Dan’s a big guy so we made sure he had a frame that could stand up to him. This frame has a 1.75″ DT and 1″ chainstays I had to bevel in order to mate them with the dropouts. It’s going to be painted and we’ll hang Dura Ace Di2 on it along with a Enve 2.0 tapered fork, Enve cockpit and custom wheels.

Here is Jonathan’s steel road with steel fork and Tres’s steel road with S&S couplings. Now that the titanium dropouts have arrived I’m back to titanium. I’ll finish Dan O., Dave D., and then on to Peter, Richard, Ben, Vlad and Vince.

Here is a blog about one of my clients experience buying a bike from me (http://jobuma.wordpress.com/). I thought I’d post it for a couple of reasons. One is that the bike is really cool, the other is it shares what buying a custom bike is all about. And finally the story about how he came to buy a bike from me is a lot of fun. Be sure to read the Dec posts (http://jobuma.wordpress.com/2011/12/) because that’s where the back story is. Most of the posts are short and you can cover the story very quickly.

The dropouts I use on titanium frames were back-ordered so I jumped ahead and did all the steel frames while waited for the dropouts to ship. The dropouts are on their way now but I got quite a few steel bikes done in the mean time. Below is Garrett’s steel 29er single/geared and John’s Extralite Personal Blend built around long reach brakes.

Just thought I’d give everyone a quick rundown on what going on around here. As many know, we’ll be moving shortly (http://www.strongframes.com/blog/2012/01/21/missing-nahbs-this-year/).  So our schedule is to move from our current location by April 30th. Our new shop will be under construction for a couple months following our move. We will continue to operate our business remotely but will not be building during the construction period. All frames due by or before the end of May will be built and either shipped to the owner, at paint or ready for assembly prior to our move out the end of April. We will continue to do any remaining assembly and shipping activities after our move out. All frames due August or later will be built in our new shop. So if you were promised your bike this Spring, don’t worry it will be delivered on time.

Below are pictures of Sharon’s Personal Blend steel that has Di2 internal wiring and is set up for long reach brakes. Also is Brandon’s Custom Blend steel 29er singlespeed. The white bike is Don’s from Hamilton MT and the Black bike is Peter’s carbon which will be shipping to Australia. I’m currently working on Dan’s Custom Blend titanium Di2 road bike and up next are Dave D., Garrett G., Peter G., John G. and Richard M. The final bikes that will be built prior to our move are Jonathan B., Ben L., Vlad L., Tres S. and Vince M.