deja vu

Here are some photos of Rafael’s new road bike. It might look a little familiar…

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I updated my New Belgium flag logo. I had been searching for the official Flag of Flanders with the black Lion with red claws. Thanks to my pals ZD and JS, I found it. I mxed the colors up using the official colors of the Belgian flag, retained a few of the elements of the New England flag, and here is the result. Stickers, anyone?

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The goodies are starting to roll in. Specialized 24 oz. Big Mouth bottles in clear, blue or yellow are available for $4 each. Knit skull caps in black are available for $15 each. Logo is stitched in silver thread. Black and pink baseball caps are available for $15 each. Logo is stitched in silver thread on both colors. My wierdo buddies bought up all of my pink ones before I…

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Final pictures of Rafael’s bike before it goes to paint.

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Here are some pictures of Rafael’s frame so far. The fork pictures are in an earlier post. Current production order is Karen, John, Scott (Steelhead), Deb, Bill, Don, Mike, Francis.

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I am thrilled to be taking part in a fund-raising effort for The Young Survival Coalition.http://www.youngsurvival.org We will be raffling off a custom bike to raise money for the the only international nonprofit dedicated solely to helping women 40 and under and their families affected by breast cancer. Young Survival was recently named one of the most efficient breast cancer charities in the U.S. by Charity Navigator. RBR members are…

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I can’t wait to get some dark blue candy and ice blue pearl on this baby.

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I am sending two bikes off to paint this week. Bruce’s bike is a very cool single speed cross bike. I took a set of Pacenti lugs and really slimmed them down. The BB shell is a Phil Wood Eccentric shell that has been fillet brazed. It allows the use of vertical dropouts (stainless in this case) because the eccentric sets the chain tension. No need for horizontal frame ends.…

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Here are the pictures of Rob’s bike. It is getting decked out with Chorus and some sweet wheels from ergoTT. Record hubs, Sapim CX-Ray spokes, Velocity Aerohead rims. More photos coming…

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Well, Rob’s frame just came out of the oven. It still needs a final inspection and buff, but I was too excited to wait on the pictures. I will take some better pictures tomorrow on the white back drop, but here are a few teasers. The lugs are hand cut from Pacenti’s Artisan set. BB is also Pacenti. Henry James frame and fork ends are all polished up. More tomorrow…I’m…

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