sundays adventure in 20 degree weather was quite a treat - 2 flats at the turn around point of 3 hours put me directly in the middle of nowhere. oh, the fun we have trying to change a flat in the middle of winter.
got home and checked out the homemade bike show pics from MTBR. honestly, i'm not really into a lot of what is out there in this area of the industry as i tend to look at a bike as to wether or not it functions in a race situation. but guys around like indy fab, castellano, vanilla - you are sure to see some really cool stuff.
here's my favorites... (all pics can be seen at FLICKR)
this is a shot of the vanilla stem that is actually the top cap for a king headset as well. saw a few of their frames out at cross nats - very pretty classic looking steel bikes. these guys do some nice work
wolfhound caught my eye with two crazy 29er designs - this is the first of them. note the internal cable routing on the top tube (reminds me of my old panasonic road frame from back in the days) and check out the crazy seat tube that splits into a "y" near the bottom bracket.
and this is off another rockhound. you heard of eccentric bottom brackets, right? well, how about an eccentric rear dropout?
then to top off rockhound's zaniness, check out this 29er frame. more curves then you know what to do with.
indy fab showed up with a 26 inch hardtail with a carbon lefty. too bad the wheels are the wrong size, or i would guess this one would be going to harlan.
and.... ah, the bow ti is back.
the bow ti in it's original design was built by ibis - now by castellano who also makes a 69er..
this frame is way cool, but i dig the old frame design better.
that's it - gotta get some asylums cleaned up to get ready to a speedgoat visit so dan the man can work some magic.
sologoat out
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