Following on from yesterdays post about retrofitting S&S couplers, I thought I’d post a reminder that I can also do frame modifications to make your steel frame compatible with a belt drive.
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This past few weeks have been a blur of repairs, modifications, odd new builds, conversions (recumbent trike!) and non-bike metalwork shenanigans.

I had a few people ask me recently if I do S&S conversions? Well I do. I can do these on new bike builds and as a retrofit option on most steel bikes.

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I’ve managed to juggle round some other work and freed up some additional time for new frame builds. So if you’re looking to get something built between now and start of Summer get in contact with me. If you’re already in the build queue and would welcome a shift higher up the list, let me know.

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Well, it’s been 3 months since I last posted anything here and more than that since I last posted any meaningful bike/framebuilding stuff.

I have been pretty busy in the workshop over the last couple of months but I’ve been getting lazier and lazier about taking and posting pics and getting anything online. This was mostly deliberate as it can be quite distracting stopping to photograph stuff every few minutes then quite time consuming to go through tons of photos and deciding what to post online. I will get back into again though.

I’ve got a few interesting builds coming up in next few months including a cross bike for someone who’s only 5′1″ and a 29er belt-drive Rohloff mountain bike for someone who’s 6′9″! Should be fun. Also in the works is a recumbent trike, an expedition (snow) bike and a Cannondale headshock frame.

As of March I’ll be devoting much more time to framebuilding (at the moment it’s a part-time job for me) so we should see lead times for frames coming down to a more manageable level (at the moment it’s somewhere between 6 and 9 months), so if you’re thinking about ordering a frame, you’ll get it sooner.

The pic above was sent to me by Tom and was taken at this years (‘09) single speed world champs in Durango Colorado. Looking out onto about 4 inches of snow here, I thought it was nice!

see you soon.

Got out yesterday for my first ride off-road in ages. Went down to Glentress with Fat Al, AndyJ and JJ. Remembered how unfit I am at the moment. Took my cross bike down so between the 4 of us we had 2 full suspension 26″ (Santa Cruz and Giant) one 29er single speed front suspension (Fisher Rig?) and my cross bike (rigid with 700×38s).

Bit weird but it was fun. Probably not the best bike choice from me but it gave me a pretty good excuse for riding like a doofus.

This was kinda in memory of our riding buddy Phil who passed away 3 years ago. We stopped at his bench for a while on the way up and admired the view. Wish I’d taken a camera with me.

Anyway, here’s to you Phil.

Currently playing in iTunes: Tain’s Big Ramsay by Martin Stephenson & Duncan Kennedy