Posts from ‘January, 2009’

I just got these in the mail today from Mark at Paragon.  I’m pretty damn excited about them and this pair is about to go on my cross frame.  They’ll be polished or bead-blasted depending on what people want.  I really like the flat outside faces with the extra material on the inside around the [...]

Meaghan’s bike came back from the painter today, and Spectrum did an awesome job.  She wanted black with Gold pearl, which really sparkles in the daylight.  The ship above the bottom bracket was designed by Chris Fitzpatrick and will go on all frames from here on out except super light race frames.  
Spectrum did an [...]

I finished up brazing the front triangle today of my S3 cross bike today. In the past I had been brazing the entire frame in the jig, which generally helps to keep the frame in alignment but often makes it difficult to get a nice fillet in the hard to reach spots. Keeping a frame [...]

Here is the design I came up with for my new cross bike.  I basically took the XY measurement from my road bike and added some more BB clearence, accounted for the longer fork, made the chainstays longer, and added a bit more handlebar drop because this is going to be more of a race [...]