facelift
With a change of wheels, bar-tape and saddle, Tony has transformed the look of his bike. He’s had it now had for a year and he sent in this photo.
Gellie Bikes in the Alpine Classic
Some serious miles are being put in on my frames lately, with six that I know of being ridden in this year’s AAC (Audax Alpine Classic). Four of those were also travel bikes including one of the earlier Breakaway coupling option bikes, caught here coming down Tawonga Gap. Another of the AAC six is soon to...
Summer viewing ….
Gavin Bannerman from Brisbane visited in November and added me to his series of videos of Australian framebuilders.
Custom Di2 frame with internal seatpost battery
Di2, Shimano’s top of the line groupset is as good as it gets but it’s difficult to mount the external battery neatly. Modifying the Di2 to locate the battery inside the seatpost makes for a much cleaner setup. Electronic shifting and no clunky external battery. The frame design has the cable access and clearance to...
painted … Mark A’s travel-bike frame with Ritchey Breakaway
Mark has a beautiful Llewellyn bike but found it got knocked-around on overseas trips: this bike with its Breakaway joints will pack more neatly and securely for air-travel….
Townie Bike
Old-school geometry and the stepless, ‘CVT’ style gearing of a Nuvinci rear hub. Built from light-weight steel this bike has a lively springy ride and handling that’s perfect around the inner-city.
the good old days …
It’s always interesting to work on frames that come through the workshop. This steel frame came in to have “S and S” travel couplers fitted. The BB shell must be ‘square’ for it to sit straight in the frame jig ….