mid build lugged road frame pics

Heres a couple of mid build lugged road frame pics for your ass. Ive had these webbed lugs forever and finally got to use them.here you can see some of my fixturing devices at work. It got a little cold out there and all my soak tanks froze so no soaking yet but this baby is gonna clean up nice. I found a new powder coater here in Danbury so I think this will get the powder treatment. and maybe a fancy schmancy copper badge like the last one.

Johns frame back from powder

here are some pics of johns frame back from powder. it features a hand hammered copper badge , sleeved seat stays, and a rigid nicola fork.....enjoy

John Thorpes SS Mountain frame

Here are some pics of The mtb I'm working on now. There are some interesting pics showing the making of the seatatays from regular straight stays. after forming the bends they get a little work hardened and more lively making for a real treat to ride. other than that The bike is pretty straightfroward 8-5-8 tubing with regular canti mounts. It will be black with a fine silver hammered badge. and maybe some burnmt orange. there is also a pic of the bike this one is modeled after that shows my Rigid mtb forks. I know the unpaintedness is unflattering but at the time i took this I had to still braze on some hydro cable guides for the maguras.

sneak peek. post paint pre build.

I know it seems like we build like one bike every month and a half, well' you're right. we take alot of time building because we're picky and both work full time jobs and have girlfriends and numerous other things going on.food not bombs, kids, beer, friends, riding, dumpstering. but when we are working on a bike it is the only bike we are doing and all of our attention goes to that one bike. One at a time, thats how we do it. period. we also recently decided to keep everything in house and we are painting all of our own frames to keep the quality intact. so here it is, our first in house spray job. and if i do say so myself i think it is the shitttt. my friend eric hooked me up with his autobody paint distributor Albert Kemperle. Tony at AK told me that i could rummage through all the mismatched colors that have been sitting on the shelf and are taking up space. Bottom line is I walked out with $750.00 worth of paint for $0.00. many thanks to tony and I hope he enjoys the roasted peppers. anyway if you ever get your hands on a professional spray gun use it. mix the paint to reducer @ 2 to 1.5 and spray. peice of cake, no trick photography, no majik powers or secret knowledge. i bet if you take your time and keep shit clean you'll get a great result. E-mail me if you need some tips. my friend has been spraying for 15 years and i can answer any question for FREE. anyway we are really appreciative of our customers till this point and all the people that we have met since our landing here in port chester. we are looking forward to building Ski's bike and i assume it will take way more time than it should. enjoy the pics. Mike and Aaron

sams bike pre paint-post cs notch.

new stem

I had a little free time this week and here are the results. half lugged half fillet stem, the lug is a prugnat s-4. 73 degree seat lug that we had sitting around. Im pretty happy with the way this one came out.
@aron

sams cx frame!

We got Sam's frame all done and its fuckin sweet! if you come out for the open house on the 18th you might get to check it out. Next up is a fixie for ski and then a full touring rig for jon booth along with a couple more for family and friends should be fun.
@aron