Another stainless steel SSR Rapha frame set, this time a complete build.Sterling silver Rapha headbadge.Designed, cut, welded, brazed, polished, painted, built up, photographed and presented to you directly from Indy Fab.I.F. crown seat collar, carbon fiber seat tube...

These 2 bikes were made for the same person, built with the same geometry and parts.The only difference is in the tubing. Both are stainless steel. One is built with Columbus XCr tubing from Italy....The other is built with Reynolds 953 tubing from England.XCr above,...

A fresh shipment of our new and improved disc brake tabs has arrived. After the forks have been welded, aligned and finished they are taken back over to welding to have the disc tabs welded on.The jig we use is simple yet effective. The front brake is where we get 90%...

As you know, we make a lot of different kinds of frames. We make mountain bikes, road bikes, touring bikes, commuting bikes, track bikes, etc.... and they are all custom. That means that in order to do it right sometimes you have to do it yourself. This brings us to...

James can build a mean bike.... with a little help from Campagnolo Super Record 11, Zero-G Brakes and some Fulcrum wheels.A little sterling silver on the front never hurts.As you can see, James is a big fan of the little rubber doughnuts on the cables, his ride must...

We just completed an SSR for James Morrison from Embrocation Magazine, who also races on the Embrocation/Cambridge Bicycle Team. These are just some shots of the frame.We are going to do a little "before and after". James will bring by the built up bicycle for another...

Everyone needs a foul weather friend. A friend you can turn to when times are tough.A friend to brighten even the most gloomy day.Dependability is important in a friend like this.The specs... Steel Independence touring frameset. Phil wood hubs, Mavic OpenPro hard...

Shipping out today are another pair of SSR Rapha frames. All of the frames we make for and/or in conjunction with Rapha get the sterling silver Rapha headbadge, cast by our jewelers up in Maine.Each frame and fork has painted in graphics and polished stainless steel...

Just some quick shots of this Crown Jewel SE frameset before it goes out the door.Corsa Red (actual Ferrari red paint code), Velocity Yellow (2005 Corvette Yellow) and black with black script decals and Italian color banding on the seat tube panel and sterling silver...

Here are some pictures of Clint's SSR after a long weekend rain-ride.There is something I really like about photographing dirty bikes.Raceblade fenders still attached.Red, white and blue accents throughout.

Independent Fabrication team racer Greg "The Leg" Montello received his Team Issue steel Deluxe the other day. We had a few moments with it in the photo studio before he took it to the woods and soiled it.Painted in initials.Sterling silver headbadge.Gusset...

Completed! Built up with 2005 Campagnolo Record CT, EDGE 2.0 fork with custom paint, Campagnolo Neutron wheels, Ritchey WCS stem and bar, Chris King headset, Selle Italia SLR saddle and King Cage stainless H2O cages.Some detail shots:Ground dropouts.H2O...

Now that she is welded and aligned, it's time for the parts. First the brake bridge gets mitered.After mitering it is deburred and double checked before cleaning.Same for the chainstay bridge. Holes are also drilled in that frame within the bridges to allow the argon...

This is Jim's everyday bike dubbed IF RAW. It is an XS singlespeed with road geometry, 120 rear spacing, and set up for both front and rear brakes. It weighs in at 16lbs 3oz.Most solid drive train ever.Phil Wood BB, Campy Record 165mm track crank with mounted 46t...

Yet another early morning stainless session. I couldn't resist any longer, I had to weld her. I checked Bella out on the surface plate to figure out my welding sequence, then set her up in the welding stand, fit her up with all of the purge fittings/heatsinks,...

This installment of "The Stainless Report" chronicles an early morning framebuilding session by myself (Tyler) and Jamie. These are the tubes, chainstay sub-assembly and the build sheet:The first tube that we cut off was the headtube on the lathe:Then we cut the front...

It seems as though stickers are all over the factory. Before the fridge became the target for peoples need to stick a sticker to something people stuck stickers all over the place. In my search for vintage IF stickers stuck to stuff I came across some winners on our...

The Columbus XCr chainstay sub assembly is completed. The sub assembly includes bottom bracket, chainstays and dropouts.The pieces were mitered, slotted, cleaned, argon purged then tack welded together in our sub assembly jig.The XCr stainless steel tubing cut and...

This was one of our NAHBS bikes from 2008. It was the first IF lugged bike. The frame, fork and stem were all built and polished in-house at IF... under the cover of darkness. It's been riding the streets of Boston since the show ended.The entire tubeset is Reynolds...

Mauro from Columbus sent us over another XCr stainless steel tubeset to try out. This will be the second one we have made. We have no plans on offering this as an option for our stainless steel SSR yet, but it is always good to know thy materials.The tubing came with...

I grabbed Kevin's team issue SSR to snap a few pictures. This is the same bike featured in our 2009 catalog. He has been training and racing on it for quite a while now and it's still looking pretty sharp.The IFracing team is riding on Mavic Neutral Support...

Snapshots of some frames that are all welded up waiting to move into the finishing department.If you look closely you can see an XS, some Ti Crown Jewels, a Steel Planet Cross and others.Maybe one of them is yours?If there anything you would like us to FOCUS on, let...

Independent Fabrication icon Jamie Medieros has the longest commute of anyone at IF and logs some serious miles. His weapon of choice for year round urban/suburban commuting: The Brown Bird, a most beastly workhorse. He prefers to not wear a bag but instead attaches...