Friday, December 5, 2025

Fully built steel gravel bike for sale

I don't often have extra bikes for sale but I have this one- just built it up yesterday. It has Shimano carbon wheels, a Praxis carbon crankset , king headset, GRX-105 mechanical groupset with Zeno cable disc brakes. It's a great bike for someone who likes to have a bike that is easy to service. Here's the geometry:

Seat tube c/t/c ........454
Top tube virtual.......500
frame reach ..........336
Frame stack.........607
BB drop................75
chain stay ............430

You can put big tires on this one - 700x47 no problem. The bike is at the shop so get in touch if you want to check it out. 



 

Single speed 29er for Utah

A world class athlete ordered this for his father- what a nice gift ! This one is mostly US steel- Velospec and NOS True Temper with  Dedacciai chainstays and my custom Tange wishbone seat stays. The rocker dropouts as what makes it a single speed but a different insert with a derailleur hanger is available if the rider wants to go geared. It's almost like having two bikes. This is the second one like this that I have built in the last week. I know there's a few more on the list so I can say that this has been a popular platform in 2025.



 

Thursday, December 4, 2025

All steel "Travel gravel" frame and fork


 This one is going to the east bay. The owner's brother has one on order as well and I'll put up photos of that one soon. The S&S couplers will come in handy as this rider will be doing a lot of overseas travel and having the bike in a smaller travel case will make for an easier time in airports and train stations- not to mention that a smaller rental car would be usable than with a full sized bike box. This one has all the rack and fender bosses along with fittings on the fork for bottle cages or a variety of racks. this one will be set up with mechanical shifting.


Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Steel gravel frame for San Fransisco, Calif.


Yes, this week there are two frames from the painter that are the same color- they are different spec, though. This one is a gravel frame that can take 700x45 tires and is for a shorter rider. The frame has rear rack mounts- never a bad idea if there's some touring or commuting in the bikes future. 

 

Green on green all road frame in steel


 This one is going to a local college professor. He wanted a level top tube and room for 700x38 road tires as this one will see mostly road use.The frame is UDH equipped and would be ready to pick up except for I'm still waiting for a King headset that I was a little late ordering - my fault, not Kings. That said, this one with the British racing green with seafoam green decals should be ready to pick up before X-Mas. 



Monday, December 1, 2025

Fillet brazed all-road frame with crowned steel fork


When was the last time I made something like this ? About three years ago. I spent the years from 1984 to 1991 building brazed frames - lots of them , both road and MTB, even a few CX frames. After 1991 I went mostly to tig welding and seldom looked back. This one is a look back in a way but it also has current specs like thru-axles and flat mount disc brake fittings. It's not particularly heavy as it has a few lighter Columbus 'Life' tubes in the rear triangle. It should provide and nice lively feel- it isn't super long or laid back-it's almost stage race geometry-good for bad roads. There was a lot of elbow grease in this one- made me wonder how I coped with all the finish work back in the day..........

 

Friday, November 28, 2025

Boost 29er single speed with rocjer dropouts

This tall rider asked for a pretty classic rendition of the single speed 29er, one that I had previously built for the Chris King guest house show back a few years ago. This one has dropper routing and three bottle mounts. Other than that , it's a pretty basic build. It has a big 42 mm Velospec heat treated down tube and a NOS True Temper bi-oval top tube along with Dedacciai chain stays and the special RL Tange wishbone seat stays. All of the other hardware except the zip-tie guides comes from Paragon machine works. There was no skimping on the materials on this one- it's all the very best for the application. I hope the owner likes the ride.