Frames can be had for any type of riding almost any way you can think of; as a frame only, with or without a carbon or steel fork, with some components or as a complete bike. My steel forks are priced to reflect the cost and work involved. Ready-made forks, carbon-fibre or steel work well for most bikes, and I offer custom-made steel forks as well.

All my frames are made one at a time to order and are fully painted or powdercoated. Frames are constructed of Columbus Zona tubing with other more suitable tubes substituted as required, or you can step up to Columbus' Life or Spirit tubing.

Pricing:

Frames from $1900, Tig welded; Breezer vertical rear dropouts, with option to leave/remove the standard rack/mudguard eyelets.

• add $200 with carbon fork: Shimano PRO carbon, Columbus Minimal, Easton EC70, EC90SL, 3T Funda Pro, Funda team.
• add $450 with steel road unicrown fork, TIG-welded (Columbus Road unicrown fork blades, TrueTemper LT steerer).
• add $500 with lugged-crown steel fork, custom-made (Columbus Road fork blades, TrueTemper LT steerer).

Fillet-brazed frames from $2450; (the fillet-brazed frame price has gone up and will now have longer delivery times because it takes a looong time, is bloody hard work, and they extend the delivery times for frame orders. The price reflects the extra time and effort involved. I am shifting my focus away from fillet-brazed frames as I get more and more orders).

• add $200 with carbon fork; Shimano PRO carbon, Columbus Minimal, Easton EC70, EC90SL, 3T Funda Pro, Funda team.
• add $450 with custom steel TIG-welded fork (Columbus Road unicrown fork blades, TrueTemper LT steerer).
• add $500 with a custom-made lugged-crown steel fork

Columbus Life tubing + $200 - lighter, thinner, bling'er. My current 29er has a Life top-tube, seat-tube and chainstays; delicate but definitely off-road capable. A Stronger material enables thinner tubing walls to give more of that sweet lively steel ride.

Columbus Spirit tubing + $330 - the lightest, thinnest, bling'est. The strongest material enables even thinner frame-tube walls to get the sweetest liveliest ride! These tubes are delicate, there is no hiding that but unlike some materials it will take minor damage in its stride.

Frame finish:

Frames come finished in a single solid colour in either paint or a limited choice of powdercoat finish colours. All frames have bearing faces and threads reamed/faced/chased and are treated internally against corrosion, (which will not an issue unless you fail to look after your bike and constantly leave it outside in the weather) A small drain hole is drilled in the underside of the BB shell.

My paint finish is a high-quality automotive two-pack including a clear coat over the decals. This finish is not as robust as powdercoat but very high gloss, just as with a car. A 2nd colour such as a panel adds $50, and more complex paint designs are available. Forks painted to match the frame add $50, painted a different colour to the frame, add $100.

Powdercoat is more durable, has quite a low gloss, and is the choice for no-nonsense durable finish that won't chip. Available in a limited choice of colours, with vinyl decals applied on top.

I'm working on being able to show here a selection of colours I like.

Frame styles offered:

On-road; track, fixie, road, randonneur, touring: with lugged fork, Columbus road steel unicrown fork, or carbon-fibre fork.

Offroad; choose from cyclocross, mtb, 29er, 96er: available with my thin-wall steel True Temper Verus unicrown fork.

Complete bikes are made to order, or I can supply and install headset, suspension forks and stem with a frame.

Frame construction:

All frames take a 27.2 mm seatpost, 30.0 mm external seatpost-collar, 1 1/8" steerer fork. (1" threadless steerer also available) and the BB shells are English threaded. All frames threads and bearing surfaces, BB and headset, are "faced and chased" with precision tools.

Frame options:

Step up from the standard Breezer hooded rear-dropouts to the stainless-steel version with the option to keep/remove the rack/mudguard eyelets +$50 Masked paint at the rear-wheel axle clamping surface + $25

Paragon 'Wright' rear-dropouts in steel material with replaceable derailleur hanger +$30

Paragon 'Wright' rear-dropouts in stainless-steel material with replaceable derailleur hanger +$60. Masked paint at the rear-wheel axle clamping surface + $25

Braze-on front derailleur mount; the Richard Sachs designed part: in stainless steel +$30 (you need to specify your planned chainring size)

downtube STI bosses; Llewellyn bosses +$35

Rack bosses and extra braze-ons from $30-$40 extra.

PF30 bottom bracket; about +$180....The cost of the new tooling is high and in its early days. Better than external bearings? Perhaps not for steel.......

Stainless track fork-end facets inside and out + $70 available on Llewellyn and Surly brand Track fork-ends

Paragon track fork-ends (horizontal dropouts) - extra tough 4130 cro-mo steel +$40

Paragon sliding dropouts + $230 - not back to basics, the best there is for singlespeed.

New* Phil Wood half-link Eccentric Bottom Bracket (EBB) +$165 - smaller, lighter and better-looking than a conventional EBB, it tensions the chain on singlespeed and Rohloff internally geared-hub frames and enables a quick release rear wheel to be used.

Travel frames can be built with S and S frame couplings allowing frames up to 63cm* to come apart to fit into a suitcase, that simplifies air-travel and can avoid the hassle and possible excess baggage fee that bicycle cases can attract on international flights. + $590 per pair built-into a new frame.

Travel frames with Ritchey Breakaway let you take your bike in a small suitcase for air-travel + $350 Adds about 100 grams. Ritchey's soft case is apparently just over airline regulation size....the soft case may not protect against rim damage as well as the S & S hard-case (suits road, cyclocross and mountainbike frames. A downtube made of Zona material must be used with this system: all other frame tubes can be Life tubing if that is preferred)

S and S Couplers can be added to some frames, so contact me to discuss this. Generally a rugged, robust production steel frame is best. Light-weight steel frames can be doen depending on the details; prices start at $650.

Rohloff 14 speed internally geared rear hub: frame options

There are several possible frame set-ups for the amazing Rohloff internally geared 14 speed rear hub:

Slotted fork ends with my disc mount, requires the Rohloff OEM2 axle plate.

Rohloff sliding dropouts +$170, or Paragon sliding dropouts +230

Phil Wood half-link Eccentric Bottom Bracket (EBB)....+$165

I can also remove stuck seatposts that have corroded in place and can't be otherwise be removed. $165