polo fork and 22" forks/frames

A few more forks with smaller dropouts and disc mounts

Messing around with oxidized pattern ideas. Leopard print is pretty easy to do by hand. 

 I had my steerer tubes made long enough for mountain bikes (about .7 inches longer than the standard BMX fork). The effect of this was that when I cut them down for BMX frames the 24mm threads don't work too well. A good solution to this was to ream the steerer out and just use a different compression cap style- the 10X1.25mm thread caps.

Found a truck in the creek, eroded from a beach I've ridden for years. There is literally 13,000 years worth of garbage in this creek.

 A few forks done today: A 24" (that I decided to keep) and Doug's 22".

parts

 I had never heard of them, but Profile made these heavier duty "DJ" cranks for 19mm spindles. They're pretty similar looking to the Column cranks_ same diameter arms. I have never had 180mm cranks before (because a shorter length is usually stronger) but these have the beef to compensate for the added torque.

http://www.profileracing.com/estore/product.php?productId=136

http://www.profileracing.com

 Swamp bike's new seat. Not a significant improvement in comfort but at least it aint bright orange.

The frame is a few weeks off but I was asked if it were possible to do a Texas monostay cap.

The local route for headtubes would cost three times as much as the bike parts manufacturers (Solid or Paragon). But the few that I had done were made very quickly and at higher tolerances. 

This time of the year I have to either powdercoat with a bunch of pollen contamination or wait for the rain to drown the pollen. The powder came out of the gun very differently, almost as if it were paint.

 I'll be trying out a machine shop down the street for a new headtube shape. I have plenty of 5.1"s but my 4.6"s are going to run out in a few months.