Tuesday, January 11, 2011





Stout Phantom: Just about ready to go. Some quick decals to give it some contrast

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Ive got three bikes at a local powder coaters this week. In the coming week(s) I will have my own oven and will be able to fire out my own coats on my own schedule. Here's the behemoth in progress

"Design is in the details"... On this 20" BMX frame, the details are:

a relatively wide distance between top and downtube making a stronger headtube junction

Shortened dropouts that reduce the risk of smacking a ledge on the bottom lip of the dropout... and saving weight
Clearance for the biggest tire. Braces that are as close as they can be to the tire making a stiffer rear end
Its lighter than my longer frames, and for a 21.15"TT at 5lbs it not that heavy at all considering its mostly straight gauge. I'd say the OX plat/supertherm butted version would be ~4.6lbs
the first day using my new gopro cam on some big jumps. Now, to figure out how to edit the things and upload with a better resolution...

Thursday, December 23, 2010




it was a nightmare welding between the seatstays and the seat tube... but it came out nice. i had fun anyway.

23.5" eTT , 12.6: BB height (100mm fork) 16.25" stays, 68.5 deg HA

Hopefully the paint job turns out well... I spent twice as much time on this one!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010



Had the blue one done for a while now... its a ~23.2 TT dirt jump frame

The other is a super-gusseted trail bike that should be done tonight...  mostly. Cable guides always take longer than expected....

Thursday, December 16, 2010