Busy week

The new shop is finally feeling good. Made lots of metal chips, melted lots of silver, and burnt lots of acetylene this week. S&S Coupled road frame. Fillet brazed cyclocross frame. Another road frame headed to New Hampshire hills. A road frame destined for some serious dirt road riding. More to do…

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Methodology

I dig working in batches. That’s not to be confused with doing production runs where everything is the same size. These are still all unique to their future owners. But it drives me crazy doing every single step once. It completely offends my sensibilities. It also runs counter to all of the training I have received through school and my time in industry. Granted, this is not a production environment…

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Ready for some Florida cyclocross action

Yes, they have cyclocross in Florida, and it’s growing. I love seeing regions develop across the country. Maybe now that Nationals is in January, somebody in South Beach will submit a proposal to host! No offense, Madison. Anyway, this machine is Florida bound to tackle some racing. Thanks, Rafael!

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Cyclocross chainring project moving along

Just got a couple of photos of a sample SRAM/Shimano 110 bcd 42 tooth outer after the hard anodizing and I am very excited with how they look. This is before the shifting pins and chain drop pin are added. With the hard ano on the 7075, these are going to be to tough as nails. I won’t get many repeat customers because they won’t wear out! We’re on schedule…

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