Pete's Club Racer

I call this frame a club racer and it's sort of a model for me. It's built with light weight tubing and a geometry that is as well suited for pace line riding as it is for a long solo country ride. Designed around standard reach brakes so the frame will fit 28mm tires with metal fenders. Of course, if you only want 23mm tires there's no penalty to having room for larger tires. Speaking of fenders, there's eyelets for mounting them. No ugly clamps needed. The lugs, bb shell and fork crown are Sachs castings.

Price increase

Well it's long overdue. I haven't raised my prices in three years. That was a dumb business move on my part. So here it goes- Starting March 1st, 2008 the base price will be $2800 for a frame and fork with Sachs lugs and a single color paint job. Hand carving Pacenti lugs, stainless lugs and fancier paint schemes will add to the cost. This price increase has no affect on people in the queue. So if you're sitting on the fence about when to order you can save a little loot if you order before March 1st.

Stop or I'll...

paint my ear drum! I couldn't afford a real model so you'll have to look at my mug wearing the recently arrived breathable air supply mask. The mask is hooked up to a 50' hose which is connected to a small compressor. The compressor produces breathable air which is pumped to the mask. A useful safety piece of equipment because painting is a nasty bit of business. This breathable air system is one of the last pieces missing to my paint booth set up. I should be ready to spray soon! Now the real learning can begin.

The second picture is of two of my spray guns. The larger one is an Iwata LPH-300 and the smaller one is an Iwata LPH-80. They are expensive but worth it.

Pearl

Here's Mark's cross frame. Paint is by Chris Kvale. It's white with white pearl. I think it looks great!

Cyclocross frame

This frame is built with light (7-4-7) tubes and Sachs lugs, crown and bb shell. The frame is built to be equally at home on the race course and the road. There's mounts for fenders in the off season. Those fenders will be removed for next year's race season. The bb height is normal rather than really high like on so many cross bikes.

Paint booth

I'm in the process of setting up my own paint shop. Here's a few pictures during the ongoing construction. This picture is taken through the front doors of the cross flow booth. The open squares will be filled with filters to clean the incoming air. The duct work is sitting inside waiting to be installed and connected to the exhaust stack.

The second picture is looking through the front doors. The back wall is visible. This will be covered with filters to catch the exhausting particulates.

The third picture shows the used flammables cabinet that I purchased. I was excited to find a used one locally because these cabinets are quite expensive. The material on top of it are the filters for the exhaust wall.

The fourth picture shows the 24" tubaxial exhaust fan along with the 2 hp motor. The remaining duct work will be finished soon.

Single speed/fixie

This bike is built with Sachs lugs, crown and a Pacenti bb shell. I designed and built it around standard reach (47-57mm) brakes to accomodate 27mm tires and Honjo fenders. The bike is currently set up as a single speed/fixie with a flip flop hub. You can see there's provisions for gears and derailleurs. The customer wanted to have that option in the future. The crank and hubs are by Paul Components. The bb is Phil. Freewheel is from White Industries. Chris King headset rounds out the collection of US made components. That wasn't really the goal but in the end it was kind of cool. The wheels where handbuilt by me with DT spokes and DT 1.1 rims. I really like how the red accents on the rims decals tie in nicely witht the red cable housing, bar plugs, bar trim tape and seat tube panels. Also the gold and black chain highlights the gold used in the window fills and stenciled on graphics. The stem is fillet brazed and nickel plated.