Hand Made Bicycle Building

Starting a winter bike, or should we call it an "All Roads?"  Winter bike sounds better to me - less pretentious. The BB only has sockets for the chainstays, sort of a mongrel design, but nice...

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Here are a couple of pix of brazes on the chain stays: hand made bikes framebuilding bicycles handbuilt custom steel frames brazing speed road single speed mtb carbon fiber stainless ste...

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More cleanup prior to assembling the rear triangle. The lugs are mostly filed,the  remaining dreck is gone from tubes. The front triangle was placed back in the jig, and fell right into p...

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Pictures from 2 sessions.  Brazing and Filing, as follows. Front end pinned and starting to flux it up. Camera in one hand, torch in the other. Despite bending the BB to tighten the ...

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Back at it on a Sunday afternoon.  No quite as many pictures this time, as you'll see. Got the BB mounted to the ST, and put the pulley mount on the ST. In this pic, you can see that I...

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Got a few things done before work today, so you get some pictures. After taking the front triangle out of the jig, I checked the alignment as pinned. Everything was within a mm or less. ...

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I recently made the move to an iPhone based on a 1/2 price sale.  The biggest driver was the camera, and now I have a convenient way to document building activities.  Hopefully posts will now b...

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Yesterday we covered the Light and Motion vis 180 rear (red) light.  To summarize, I like it but don't take it out in the rain. Today, we'll cover the Cygolite Hot Shot.  Its described as a 2...

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Time for a couple of product updates. I've been doing twilight to night rides over the summer.  With the shorter days of fall, more rides have been in low light conditions,  And too often, ev...

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Having started cleaning up and filing lugs, it seemed likely that some of you would find some pix interesting.  With no further adieu, here they are: hand made bikes framebuildin...

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I haven't brazed a lugged frame for a while, but I did today. Since I last posted brazing photos, I've replaced my torch.  I was doing a second pass to build up some filets when the old torch ...

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Wow, its been a long time since I visited this place! Where to start?  Well, I recently got a new helmet: a Lazer 02.  After trying to purchase at a local bike shop, I ended up going to the l...

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I've been trying some painting using spray cans.  Not for client bikes, just on a prototype for me.  It'll be a long time, if ever, before I explore painting for customers.  Painting properly ...

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A few more pix: Lower Head Tube Filet I little bumpy on the the outside. Filing away. A little more sanding and we'll have a nicely radiused filet. hand made bikes framebu...

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Here is a downtube cable stop.  Polish needs a bit of touch up.  can you see the heart-shaped cutouts? Hard to see from this side, but the front derailer hanger is polished. And the...

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Working on some shiny bits for Nick's crit bike.  Looks like there are still some gouges to sand out before completing the buff job. hand made bikes framebuilding bicycles handbuilt cust...

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Charlies mountain bike is almost ready paint.  Just a bit of sanding and painting.  Meanwhile, Nick's Crit bike is coming along.  After tube fit up, I've brazed the seat tube and down tube to ...

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I've been riding again for about 6 weeks or so.  They we (the family) went out west, where I managed to tear a hamstring.  Humph!  Anyway, now I don't have to feel guilty about shop time cutti...

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1) Check out House Industries at velocipedesalon.com - good stuff. 2) Also read about Suzy of Little Fish Bicycles - quite a multi-talented women who convinced any number of folks that they to...

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Well, it looks like at least another two weeks on the IV.  While I'm chomping on the bit, it's going to be a little while yet before I can start ramping up the shop again. With that in mind, l...

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Hey gang, Sorry to be gone so long, but I've been busy with some medical issues.  Nothing I can't get past, just stuff that interferes with life for a while.   It started in December with a h...

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Today I stand with the teachers, nurses, and all public employees of Wisconsin who are fighting for their rights. If you do too, change this to your status for the rest of the day. You too can ...

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"IN ORDER TO FIND THE BEST COMPROMISE BETWEEN PERFORMANCE AND COST, THE ROUND TUBE MAY BE SIZED SUCH THAT ITS BENDING STIFFNESS IS IDENTICAL TO THAT OF A SQUARE TUBE WITH THE SAME WALL THICKNESS....

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Progetto Cycles is now SMOKED OUT .  Interesting story, check it out. hand made bikes framebuilding bicycles handbuilt custom steel frames brazing speed road single speed mtb carbon fiber stain...

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Maxwell Cycles in now SMOKED OUT - so check it out! hand made bikes framebuilding bicycles handbuilt custom steel frames brazing speed road single speed mtb carbon fiber stainless steel Cycles ...

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