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The TODO list is getting short, and got short enough for me to build it up for some shakedown rides. Remaining on the list: Wire guides for the headlight Racks (this one is borrowed from my RB-T) Paint A couple of small details. This is how I routed the...
Posted 17 December 2009 05:10 PM by AlexWetmore | 26 comment(s)
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Fork and Canti Bosses
I'm down to the home stretch on this frame and expect to be riding it in a couple of days (unpainted of course...that will come after some shakedown miles). On Friday I built a fork using my new fork fixture: It has 60mm of offset, which will give...
Posted 13 December 2009 05:27 PM by AlexWetmore | 5 comment(s)
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Fork Fixture
The next step in building my new bike is making a fork. To make a fork I needed a fork fixture. I built this one using 80/20 extrusion and a few simple machined pieces. The design was influenced by two sources. Mike Flannigan (ANT Bike) posted this photo...
Posted 10 December 2009 05:03 PM by AlexWetmore | 10 comment(s)
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Frame progress -- finished up the rear triangle
I had planned on doing this in 2 or 3 blog entries, but I'm running behind. That means you get one mega entry. The frame is pretty much done. It just needs cable routing brazeons and rear canti posts. This is what it looks like in profile: A set of...
Posted 23 November 2009 09:25 PM by AlexWetmore | 2 comment(s)
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Chainstay Alignment
The next step in building my frame is attaching the seatstays. Before doing that I needed to make sure that the chainstays were properly aligned. It will be much more difficult to correct axle alignment issues once my seatstays are attached to the frame...
Posted 05 November 2009 04:56 PM by AlexWetmore | 2 comment(s)
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It's starting to look like a bicycle frame...
I brazed the front triangle of my first frame this weekend. Things went pretty well. I did have one mistake which has made a fairly minor change to the geometry. My brazing order around the downtube, seattube, bottom bracket area should have brazed the...
Posted 26 May 2009 02:06 AM by AlexWetmore | 9 comment(s)
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Framebuilding Time
Easton eccentric bottom bracket with the shell in Rene Herse/Alistair Spence style. Eccentrics are heavy, this setup weighs 425 grams. Seat tube mitered and water bottle bosses brazed in. 3 hours down, lots more to go.
Posted 27 April 2009 03:58 AM by AlexWetmore | 6 comment(s)
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Rear tire clearance is hard
I'm almost done clearing out old projects and finally getting ready to build my first full bike frame. It's going to be what Jan classifies as an urban bike. Kind of a light touring bike, drop bars, front porteur rack, 650B wheels. I want it to...
Posted 24 March 2009 06:24 PM by AlexWetmore | 9 comment(s)
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Oregon Manifest
This weekend was the Oregon Manifest. I didn't go to all of the activities, but I was able to go to the bicycle show for a few hours on Saturday. It primarily featured builders from Portland, but there was representation from other parts of the Northwest...
Posted 12 October 2008 05:44 PM by AlexWetmore | 3 comment(s)
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Seattle Framebuilding Chat
(photo by Alistair Spence, from his flickr site ) A couple of weeks ago I posted a message on the framebuilders list inviting amateur and hobbyist builders to come over to my house for some beers, chips, and to talk about building bikes. Yesterday was...
Posted 25 May 2008 04:53 PM by AlexWetmore | with no comments
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