Stations of the Frame :: Painting

Stations of the Frame :: Painting

The realm of the color slingers.Almost all of our bikes pass through the Paint Department (minus the raw titanium and stainless steel bikes). The frames are received sandblasted and prepped for primer. After priming the action begins.This is one of the two stands used...
Stations of the Frame :: Welding

Stations of the Frame :: Welding

This is the land of the TIG torch slinger.Whether it’s steel, stainless steel or titanium it is welded here. Within this station is everything needed to weld up a frame.This is the welding stand. It is centrally located within the welding station. It is grounded...
Steel Deluxe Singlespeed :: 10 Years Old

Steel Deluxe Singlespeed :: 10 Years Old

Today my singlespeed steel Deluxe bike turns 10.This has pretty much all of the original parts on it from 10 years ago. I have gone through a few chains, freewheels, tires, chains, brake pads, and I think I had to put a new rim on the rear about 7 years ago, but my...
German Prowess :: 29’er 5 Speed

German Prowess :: 29’er 5 Speed

David’s sweet rigid 29’er sold by our man in Germany: Ken Bloomer of IFbikes.de.(Ken has some cool stuff on his blog that is also worth checking out.)This bike just shipped out the other day. It’s amazing to see how fast it came to life.David put a...
St-Ali :: Aussie Coffee Bike

St-Ali :: Aussie Coffee Bike

I was apparently unaware that I should have prefaced the initial blog post about this frameset with a ***spoiler alert*** or at least just held off for a little while. I will repost the initial images as soon as the bike is unveiled at St. Ali (maybe sooner). My...