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I am at the point where this week I’ll be wrapping up the lugged commuter frameset. As it stands, I do need a few new parts for it — a new BB and crankset, as I sold the old, crappy ones, with the Surly Cross-Check frame that this beast replaces. I’ve been looking into a few supplemental pieces for it, too.

First off, I’m going to mock-up a prototype of a super-seekrit product I’ve been…

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So the 29er is on the verge of going to paint. I built it up with the parts package and took her out for a short spin. There’s a few little quirks that are related to my parts selection, but nothing that can’t be resolved. I’m going to do some touch-up work on her fillets this weekend and ship her off for the first round of paint on Monday, where the white for the panels will be put on t…

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So as you can see, the new website is up and running, more or less. Some content clearly needs to be added, and I need to do some clean-up on the stylesheet to fix the typography. But all in all, I’m pretty happy with the way things have turned out. Do you have any thoughts on it? Let me know in the comments.

The 29′er approaches completion. Pretty much all that’s left is putting t…

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Hello, I’m Chevy Chase. And you’re not.

In all seriousness, it was another productive weekend on the bike front.

Friday, between jobs (I currently have an office gig and a part-time gig at a bike shop), I stopped at the Active Living Bike Expo, as Paul was there, and it’d give me a chance to meet Erik Noren of Peacock Groove. I only had a couple of hours there, but I helped them set up,…

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So right now, I’ve got four frames in-progress, as you’ve probably gathered. They are:

The rigid 29′er frame. At my next session, I’ll be finishing up the TT/ST joint and then getting the seat stays bent, mitered and put in-place. All that will remain after this is the braze-ons (water bottle bolts, cable guides, disc brake mounts, internal cable routing on the TT), the finishing of t…

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So things are plugging along here — the visual update to this site isn’t going as fast as I’d like, so I’ve got this placeholder template in position to handle the nice minimalist layout until I have finished frame and a bunch of photos.

On the manufacturing side of the equation, here’s where I am at:

The 29′er frame is coming along nicely.  Pretty much just have to do the top tube and…

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