Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Messin' with Texas


Hey, Y'all.
This frameset is for Davis Bickston from the Republic of Texas.


Davis wanted a single speed 29er, and that's just what he got. 




This little bridge between the top and seat tubes allows for a bit more 
stand over clearance while keeping the arced line.


Pewter anodized dropouts.




A mix of careful masking and brush painting.






Segmented forks allow the builder to tune the ride of the fork
for each individual. I like to fillet braze the crown first with brass, 
leaving the steerer tube and fork blades to be brazed in 
with silver, which has a much lower melting temperature,
 to keep the steerer and blades much less heat effected
and as strong as possible.  


Thanks, Davis.




Here's a little clip from Texas.
It's the Lillingtons. Man, they were young!
Death By Television has to be one of the 
most ridiculously fun records since The Ramones.
Viva, los powerchords!

5 comments:

Roger said...

Beautiful work once again. Looking good Todd - keep it up.

Greg said...

Beauty welds on that headtube!

SANJEN said...

do you have a source for those dropouts or are you fabricating them yourself?

blackcatbicycles said...

sanjen,
the dropouts are my own design, cnc machined by a friend of mine.
they've been going strong for 6 years now.

Davis said...

Todd,
I rode it for the first time today. It is awesome. It handles really well. Has great feel and response.
Thanks
I love it.
db