I asked Paul to make this hub after seeing a 120mm dishless hub he made. This one has 135mm spacing, very wide flange spacing and builds up a very very stiff, strong and dishless front wheel.
Here it is laced up to a Speedway Cycles 26″ fat rim.
dishless. strong. stiff.
Here it is built into a 29″ wheel. More on this […]
The fat front tire 6 speed bike I built for myself is now on display along with 9 other bikes, that were handmade in Oregon, at the Portland Oregon International airport. It looks like a nice display but it’s behind security so you have to have a ticket to see it.
Here is a good video.
The light mounts are in.
I made the first few myself then sent one to Mark at Paragon Machine Works. We talked about the design and he did the rest.
The one bolt, two piece design is simple, light and clamps firmly to the fork.
The tilt is adjustable by hand if the bolt isn’t too tight.
It’s designed to […]
I went for a ride up the mountain to see if the trails were clear of snow on one of the loops I like to do from the shop. Most of the ride is on dirt roads and then it ends with some very steep and rutted motorcycle trials. It’s a good ride with […]
This is the glass bead blasted finish option.
It’s not as shiny as the brushed finish but it does have a nice industrial look.
This rolling chassis shipped out last week. The rear wheel is built with a King single speed hub and has my modified XT 17-34t 6 speed cassette. This makes for a strong rear wheel and easy conversion between a geared or single speed bike.
I really like this set up.
Equal spoke tension and good chainline.
Just a […]
I visited Merlin last week to work with them on the current run of frame sets. It’s great to have such a capable team of people working hard to get everything just as I want.
Here Josie is welding the disk tab on. This is done after the frame is welded to maintain proper placement and […]
