After a bit of a hiatus, I am back. I will be building up Rob’s bike this week. Here are a few pre-paint pictures. Paint pictures and complete bike pictures coming in the next couple of days.

“What is that thing on the jersey, shorts and hat?” It’s the New Belgium flag. What did you think it was? Take the New England flag, trade blue for black, and add the Lion of Flanders.

Introducing Rebecca’s sweet new road rig. 07 Centaur, Proton wheels. It should help her get her average speeds up over 17 mph!! Have fun, Becky.

Here are some pictrues of Terry’s new cross bike. He said red, so Toby made it red. Have a happy and safe holiday, everyone!zank

Terry’s cross bike is in the paint booth. Here are some bare frame pictures. Deda Zero tubing, Richie-Issimo lugs, stainless dropouts. Look for it at cross races in the Pacific Northwest. Paint pictures tomorrow.

Mike’s completed road bike. I love the color he chose. A gorgeous sunset pearl with a cream head tube. The lettering is also stenciled on in cream. Those aren’t decals. This bike is one of my favorites. I hated shipping it because it is almost my size and I wanted to take it for a ride! Thank you for your order, Mike! Toby at Hot Tubes is back from vacation.…

Here is Mike’s road frame and fork. Henry James lugs, a PCD BB shell, Deda tubing. The main triangle tubing is speced with a 1″ top tube, 1.125″ seat tube and a cool down tube that tapers from 1.25″ at the BB to 1.125″ at the head tube. He wanted the ride of a standard tube bike with just a little more stiffness at the BB. Chainstays are Deda 22.2…

Here is Deb’s new 45 cm road bike. This bike was a blast to build. 650C wheels, Henry James lugs, Deda tubing and a hot metallic blue and silver paint job. The pictures don’t do this color justice. It looks awesome in the sun. Thank you for your order, Deb! On deck are Mike’s road bike, Rob’s cross bike, Terry’s cross bike and Rafael’s road bike.

Here is Andy’s 65.2 cm Sport Touring bike. He came up with a sweet paint design that Hot Tubes executed perfectly. The checkerboard design on the seat tube and down tube is aligned dead-on with my panel bands. And Toby nailed the colors. The frame is built with Richie-Issimo lugs, Deda tubing and has lots of braze-ons. Dropout faces and eyelets are polished to keep the paint in perfect shape.…