I've been making bars for months now, and I'm almost back to making frames. There is a pile of stuff to powdercoat and pretty good weather for it_ It's outsource work though so it'll be a few weeks until I show anything Stout brand.

The old hardtail has been hanging on the wall (for a few years now) since I re-coated it a metallic purple. Wasn't a fan of the color until I got the itch to build it up again. It felt sluggish with the DH tire on it, which was weird, as I'd always ridden this bike with one. But it rides great now with a Holy roller. I was doing gap to wall rides on it (with the DH tire) so it should be a decent "run what you brung" does-everything bike. The 6" bars do feel weird at the skatepark but the bike felt terrible with lower bars (even 4.5" felt way too low for my current preference). I think ~5.5" would be best but I don't have time to make more personal stuff for a while.

 About as high as I can get on the silver 26", at least while its super hot/humid. I'll try the orange 24" to see if I can get more pop.

31.8mm bars, anthills' lizards, designing weird machines and fixing old ass bikes

The 3" bars took some time, but I've been wanting to do them this way for a few years. Kind of a 5-piece bar

Emmet's ridiculous bars...

Indexing machine that I got to design at the main job.

Look at all those blue jeans... I don't even own a pair of jeans. HA!

I've always hated half brakeless. Just pick one ya idiot.

The neighbor's bike: I shortened that stem by a good 3" (77m) and welded the cap parts. It used to have a big stupid plastic part that disappeared somewhere along the way.

 All the bars and this frame will have to wait until the weekend for the relatively drier weather (still 60% at the lowest).