What could that be??

Just got his tube in the mail, what could it be??



Thanks Walt!!

Four for Powder

We got Scott's road frame wrapped up over the weekend and three other frames we have been working on are ready to got to powder this week. Cody is working on a special team paint scheme for these and I can't wait to get them back from powder and then paint.

Hello. . . I'm Mo, and this is my bike

As followers of this blog have probably noticed, not very many posts are done by people not named "Clark." While this introduction is not necessarily a wind of change, it is, at the very least, to let readers know that there are other people who comprise True Fabrication bicycles. I am one of them. I think now is the time people would usually go into their majors in college or whether they liked long beach walks or river tubing, but I'll just let you you take a guess as to what I enjoy. . . anyway. . .

I haven't been a member of the team for very long, but in the short time that I've worked here I have been able to eek out a personal bike.



Nothing too special about this one, with it's normalish angles and parts spec, but for those who know any of the other TF guys you probably know that they like their top tubes sloping and wheelbases short; in that respect this bike is unique (while a classic-looking bike doesn't fly directly against their chosen aesthetic, it is a friendly jab. . . I just prefer the look of a straight top tube, which is getting harder and harder to find these days). Okay, more pics



One thing that may change for this bike is the fork. . . there's just not enough clearance for me. . . I'd like to be able to fit 28s, and that's not happening with this segmented/sleeved road fork (a first for TF!).

Some things need to be blacked-out (headtube badge, stem faceplate, front derailleur clamp), but overall I couldn't be happier with how the bike came out.



A classic-looking bike deserves classic-looking colors. For me: British Racing Green, Black, and Bronze. . .






Shop-wise Scott's bike just needs some cleanup after USPS dropped of some small parts we had been waiting for. He's getting a Team TF paint scheme along with some other bikes that have been waiting for a paint job. . . more to come.

Weekend Progress

After a rough week personally for me, I was not able to work this weekend. Mo did get in the shop and braze on the chain stay bridge and the bottle bosses. We will get to the rear break bridge and cable stops next.

More progress on Scott's Road Frame

On Monday night, I got the dropouts welded to the chain stays and then mitered the stays. Today, Mo put the front triangle in the jig and got the chain stays fitting nicely with the frame. Tonight, I welded on the chain stays and then check the frame for alignment. Next up the seat stays.

Scott's frame progress

I was out of the shop most of the weekend attending a friend's wedding in Houston, but was able to make some progress on Scott's frame when I got back in town last night. I was able to get almost all of the front triangle welded up (only have inner seat tube/ down tube junction left to weld) and it is going together great.



Here is a shot of the head tube/ down tube weld

Progress on Scott's Road Frame

Mo worked today and got all the tubes for the front triangle nicely mitered, including a sleeve for the top of the seat tube. I then welded the seat tube bottom bracket junction. We then set up the jig and fine tuned the miters a bit for a good fit. Here is shot of the frame after I tacked it together in the jig:



Here is a shot of the seat tube sleeve: