Finally got a bike built up for Hayley to replace her El Mariachi. She got the deluxe True Temper tubeset, with every tube a TT tube except for the BB shell. Paragon Polydrops so she can upgrade to a rear thru axle whenever she wants. Semi-slack 69° head tube angle, and 435mm chainstays. Also a …
New tool Fridays: The Buttfeeler
So this'll be the first of what I hope to be a fun tradition in blog posts. New tool Fridays! Even though I'm pretty good about keeping track of numbers like where the manufacturer says their tubing butts should be, it's nice to just know for sure. I think it's faster to just measure the …
A new tandem: powdercoat
This was the first frame I've had done by the local powdercoaters (there's only one), and I have to say, I think they did an amazing job. There were a couple small things the powdercoater and I talked about that we can change or improve for next time, but I honestly couldn't be happier with …
A new tandem: main tubes & finish
I decided to build the rear triangle first on this tandem, and while I liked it for a few reasons, I think I'll go back to the tried and true method of doing chainstays, then the main triangle(s), then finishing up with seatstays. With my new tube bender finished, the seatstays will be like icing …
A new tandem
A few weeks ago I started work on a new tandem. This one is named Nessie and will be the production mountain tandem that Myth cycles makes. A lot of thought and experimentation has led me to a geometry, set of features, and tubeset that I'm really happy with for a mountain bike tandem. One …