Four more frames to coat. The forks are 90% coated as well (one more to weld still). This new clear is a little cloudy but lays down very well and is thick enough to prevent rust in a single coat. Prismatic's clear is thinner and lays down a little lumpy, especially in subsequent coats.

Not perfect weather for statically charging plastic particles:

Outsource stuff

 Not much that I can show for the next few weeks, as I'm finishing a small run of outsource parts.

I have taken on a new design job at a large company, so I can now afford to keep the focus on custom bikes. It had been my plan to shift to a fixed product line, but making custom parts will be the goal again. So I'll keep doing what I've done for the past eight years and just make whatever people ask of me. It is a huge relief to get to make bike stuff and not have to make bike stuff.

unscheduled detour

Mom needed a new frame. This top tube sits 5" lower and has a more modern geometry than the automatic shifting "Landrider" that it is replacing. A steeper 69.5 head angle and a 30mm drop replacing the 67* HA and 13mm drop. A straight 1.125" steerer fork replacing the old 1" threaded. 

I still might convince her to ditch the clunky shifting derailleur and just do a single speed in back and two gears up front. I noticed that she only really rides in the 16t in back and uses the 36t and 46t shifter up front for the few areas on the greenbelt with moderate hills

 The one-off dropouts required recessed areas for the hanger and its chainring bolt. I actually used a 1" hole saw in the mill to machine the surface of the hanger's recessed area and had pretty decent results.

22 on the way

Dialed 26"ers

Dialed 26"ers: 23" trans gunmetal and 22.5" Coffee

                                                

23" top tube and 22.5" top tube, 17" (432mm) and 16.5" (419mm) reach:

44 inset headtube  (ZS 44/28.6/EC44/40)

https://www.jensonusa.com/Cane-Creek-40-ZS44EC44-Headset-Tapered-Black-ZS44286EC4440?pt_source=googleads&pt_medium=cpc&pt_campaign=shopping_us&pt_keyword=&gclid=CjwKCAjwwdTbBRAIEiwAYQf_E2qUfwvSvJ3jW8MAF053C4TQoFSQc1m8BgT83FeVllUsZHak86ZqRxoCNfoQAvD_BwE

69 HA, 74 SA, 

25mm BB drop

14.7" CS, 

Euro threaded 73 BB, 

25.4 seatpost size

Supertherm tubes

designed for a 23-26t sprocket but a 32t can work with a slightly angled chainline.

Fits a 2.3" slammed amd a 2.4" tire at ~15"

I'd have made more frames but I'm out of disc dropouts at the moment. My old water jet place got rid of the competent workers so I'll have to go to the laser cutters and hope that things get scaled right etc.

3-4" bars

 I have 3", 3.5" and 4" bars for sale as well as the 6" black branch bars. 10* back, 3* up and ~31" wide for the 3-4" bars.

 These are the 3.5"

 Below are the 3 and 4"

 The DJ frames have 14.7" slammed chainstays. The same geometry that I've always recommended but with a tapered capable head tube. The rigid street frames will have the old BMX headtube.

A few dirt frames close to finished. The dirt frames will be two sizes and feature tapered steerer headtubes, Supertherm main tubes, and shorter chainstays than any other DJ frame available.

The street frames are getting started in a few days. I'll be making several street frame and forks based on the geometry of my rigid bike.