Nahbs prep, full steam ahead...

I've not had much of a web presence of late, as I've been hitting it hard in the shop trying to get a mass of stuff ready for the Big Show in Richmond at the end of the month.

If all goes well, I'll be showing up with four rolling bikes;

- a dirt road bike for country cruising with a belt drive Rohloff drive train
- a 29er race bike with a 2x9 set up
- the retro cruiser
- a ti road bike blinged out with King and Dura Ace goodies

Hopefully, I'll also have a raw, in progress frame mounted on my new fixture as a conversation piece as well.

Add to that a bunch of bars, a fork or two, and if all the planets align and I don't sleep this last two weeks, a new Ti seatpost too.

I'm loading up some pics of some of the activity the last week, random comments...

materials for the dirt road belt drive...the Big tube is for the Eccentric BB

Front triangle together, working on the the booty-liscious rear...

No water in the shop this winter so I'm taking the flux off with some 60/40 grit aluminum oxide, not my preferred way, but necessary right now...

Getting ready to cut into the frame to add the gated passage for the belt...deep breath and steady hand :)

No turning back now...

I fabbed up a gate style piece for this one...the center section is removable to allow the belt to pass through without putting any bending or spreading stress on the stays.  A bit more work, but I feel it will lend to the durability of the frame over the long haul...

Working on the custom drop bar stem.  This piece will get the bars up nicely while still leaving the standover the customer desires...

Mocking it up with some fatty tires.  I hit the cockpit dimensions spot on, nice when something goes well ;)

Still have the mounts to add for the custom fenders...you gonna like!

Three show bikes and a sponsored frame for the 2010 season, all getting ready to go to paint.

Updates and email will be spotty this last two weeks but I'll try to keep up,

cheers,

rody