Handbuilt to help you get lost
Frame 5 geometry is as follows: 29er with 19.5" seat tube length (center to center), 69.5 degree head tube angle, 72 degree seat tube angle, 17.1" chainstays, 24.25" effective top tube length, 27" front-center, 12.4" bottom bracket height (52mm bb drop), and a 44.1" wheelbase. It has my 5-ish year old Fox F29 110mm suspension... Continue Reading →
...and possibly headed to the CB100 next weekend. I painted it "Pumpkin Orange" at the request of Heyride who will be it's test pilot. Fitting for the fall season and it's camo with all the leaves changing color right now. The frame build went pretty well for the most part, but took way longer to... Continue Reading →
I thought my most recent frame would fit a traditional front derailleur but turned out I was wrong. I'm close to never running a front derailleur ever again...but if I'm gonna make frames for friends I'll have to learn. This must be why many builders keep if safe with 'regular' chainstays of 17.5" -- those... Continue Reading →
The two-triangle bike frame is pretty hard to improve upon...there are little tweaks but for the most part everybody uses the same design because it works. I've always loved Retrotec and other frames that incorporate unique lines but try to make a rigid frame less rigid where it matters. I know there's very little evidence... Continue Reading →
I found this randomly searching eBay, where I'm selling my brown Surly Cross-check frame and fork. Funny how Joe Breeze developed this way back in the early 80's and now there are some serious new versions of basically the same thing - but overkill in my opinion. I had one on my first mountain bike... Continue Reading →
I finished welding the front triangle and chainstays of frame #6 on Labor Day Monday. Still not where I want to be in terms of consistency in puddle size of the welds, but i didn't burn a hole in any tubes which is a good thing. My miters were pretty tight this frame. Really good... Continue Reading →
