TF road bike gets 4th in P12 Crit

Check out this great video of the last kilometer leading up to the finish of this weekend's Houston Grand Crit. Scott Henry (blue/red kit) aboard his white TF road bike bridges up to the group of 5 leaders and then takes 4th in the sprint!

STEMS!!!

Hey all. . .

- Happy Memorial Day. . . hope you have fun memorializing. . . .

- Summer has come to Austin. . . those who say "finally" either live in A/C or are insane. . . as for me, I say "Let's move to Saskatoon." Not only is it way cooler, but who can't get behind a city whose flag promotes "Commerce, Industry, [and] Education?"

- More time should be spent in the shop in the coming months, and we're already ahead of our personal timelines for certain projects. . . one of which is

- STEMS! Yep, as I mentioned awhile back we would be making stems, not just for fun, but for PROFIT!! That time has come, and all for the low low price of $150. That'll get you a custom length stem similar to the one pictured (1 1/8" steerer, 1 1/4" bar clamp, custom length and rise). All 4130 steel with the exception of the faceplate which is 6061 aluminum.

Powdercoats beside black and other deviations from the norm can be done, but there will be an up-charge (contact us for details). While I didn't weigh this one, I'm fairly certain it's on par with a Thomson, so you may be saving a few grams PLUS you can get it in that so hard to find 153.713229 length that you need to complement the 95mm headtube on your Golden Ratio bike. PLUS PLUS look at how good it looks just doing its job!!!

- June is National "Update your Business's Website Month" and in that vain we have recently hired someone to do just that. My eyes bleed eye blood whenever I check my email so we thought it best to find someone who knows what they're doing behind a keyboard. Look for us to let you know when it's actually done here on this blog as what we have now is so out of date I can't even laugh about it. (NOTE: it's worth a peek if you wanted to know what websites looked like during the Ford Administration, so for all you high schoolers wrapping up your term papers on "The History of the Internet," feel free to use our site as a primary source. . . just be sure to print out pictures on the dot matrix currently being used as your bathroom step stool).

Frames, Frames, Frames

First off, I have to apologize for the quiet blog though April, I had thought I had lost my camera and after looking all over for it, it eventually turned up in Cody's car.  We have been busy with bike an here are several images of what we have been working on. First up Antonio's Gravel Grinder, back from paint and now prepped to be built up:

Next up a hard tail 29er that is going to Tennessee, can't wait to see the paint job that is going on this one.  It is going to be the personal ride for the painter of the Rat Rod and Bill's Cherry Blossom bike:

And finally a bikepacking 29er for John S.  So far we have it built up to the point of seat stays which will be going on this week and then of course braces and braze-ons. We are using the new paragon rocker dropouts on this one and we are really please with them:

 Next up back to some Titanium work this weekend and then on to a couple road bikes.

Back from Paint

Look what has finally arrived back from paint! This TF gravel grinder is going to be really nice. Of course its for a customer but its not unlike how I'd do one for myself: disc only, room for very fat CX tire, stiff bb, mounts for a salsa minimalist, 3 bottle mounts, etc..

Thanks Dirt Rag

Go out and pick up the latest copy of Dirt Rag. TF and Bill's single speed are featured in the article on builders from NAHBS with some great photos.

Congrats to TF women's rider

I wanted to take a moment to comment on Claire's passed 2 wins. Twice now, she's won the Open Women's Pro Class in the TX State Series on her custom TF hardtail!

We finished this frame for her many months ago. However, she delayed in getting a build kit for it. So I took a build kit from a HH demo bike and built up her TF so that she'd have no more excuses. Then she goes out and wins her 1st race aboard it with SLX cranks, Magura Louis brakes, and other chunky components. Not too mention this old outdated steel material for a frame! ;)

Sarcasm aside, she's been riding very well this season and we appreciate her flying our colors at the races. Keep it up Claire.

Mary Ann's 29er Part 2

Fed Ex crunched Mary Ann's first frame in shipping and although we were able to straighten it to the point it was ride able, we built her a replacement frame. All that is left on it is cleaning up the dropouts, braze-ons, and braces. It should be ready to go to powder coat next week Here is a couple shots of it's current state: