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Titanium LoMoTo bars are finally back in stock! A

Titanium LoMoTo bars are finally back in stock! A bit of shining up and these will be available again in the webstore.
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Favorite town trail. . #mythcycles

Favorite town trail.
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...Gonna squeeze these in here for #weldwednesday

...Gonna squeeze these in here for #weldwednesday
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Hope you're all coasting into the weekend from here.
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Last in the lineup of "Machines of Myth Cycles" is

Last in the lineup of "Machines of Myth Cycles" is our little Diamond 22M horizontal mill.
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The Diamond Machine Tool Company of Los Angeles, CA built small to medium-sized Milling machines in the early 1900s. They supplied companies making and repairing camera equipment for the movie industry at that time. The 22M was about the middle of their lineup, and it's a really nice size for mitering tubes.
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I got this mill from another builder who made bikes here in Durango years ago. It was his only machine, and he did everything on it. I can fit three fixtures on the table if I pack them in there, and just index the table over to the next fixture I want to use.
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This is the last of the machines I have to show you! I wish I had more room for more machines, because this is one of my favorite things about being in this line of work. For now, I just try to make the best use of each one I have.
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Have a great weekend everyone, and thanks for following along with my little shop tour!
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Next up in the "machines of Myth Cycles" is our 19

Next up in the "machines of Myth Cycles" is our 1963 Cincinnati Hydrashift lathe.
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The Hydrashift is a unique lathe because it shifts with a series of hydraulic pistons. It's a gear headed lathe, which means it has a finite number of speeds, but the operator shifts to each one with the giant knob centered on the headstock. If the spindle is turning, the lathe knows to wait until it has come to a stop before shifting gears. Some folks don't like these lathes because they're afraid of what will happen if they need to fix it. I guess I just like living on the edge.
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I got this machine from another frame builder in Colorado. He had another lathe and never used this one. If what the guy who sold it to him says is true, I'm the third owner of this machine. Though you can get by in a frame building shop without a lathe, I use this one every single day. Between making or modifying head tubes,
seat collars, toolmaking, and now all manner of suspension parts, this lathe certainly earns it's keep in the shop.
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I have to thank @ron_kingcage for teaching me that if you're going to have a machine tool, it better be a real machine tool. For years, I showed him Craigslist ads, saying "what about this one?" His response was always luke warm if the machine weighed anything less than a ton. When this popped up for sale a few hours away, he yelled "What are you doing? Go buy that thing!" And it's a decision I've never regretted since.
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Next up in the "Machines of Myth Cycles" tour is o

Next up in the "Machines of Myth Cycles" tour is our trusty Bridgeport.
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The Bridgeport vertical milling machine is perhaps one of the most versatile machines one can have in their shop. It isn't the heaviest, or most rigid machine, but the sheer number of setups you can do on it means there's almost nothing it can't do. It just might do it a little slower than something bigger. But for the light work required in a framebuilding shop, it's perfect.
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I picked up this step pulley model from a school in Grand Junction. Since then, it has built tools, mitered tubes, drilled holes, and done just about every other thing imaginable in the shop. I can't imagine getting by without it.
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When I moved the shop, the first thing I planned out was which corner to put the Bridgeport in, and rest of the shop fell into place around it. Which might be a good analogy to it's place here.
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This week I'm going to take you guys on a tour of

This week I'm going to take you guys on a tour of the machines of Myth Cycles.
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Every one of our frames is made right here in Durango, CO. A big part of making each frame are the machine tools that cut, miter, slot and drill the tubing and parts to make a pile of tubes into a bike.
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First up is our Nichols 8SA production horizontal milling machine. I got this machine from @indigocustom last year and it needed some love to get up and running. All of our machines rotate duty doing different operations, but this one is currently set up to miter seatstay/seattube junctions.
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A funny story about this machine is that before going to pick it up, I had read a manual saying that most Nichols machines weighed about 1400 lbs. After picking it up off my trailer with a one-ton chain hoist, I noticed that it was having quite a difficult time lowering it to the ground. It eventually made it with no incident, but later on I learned that this is a heavy-duty version of the Nichols and actually weighs in at 2400lbs, making it the heaviest machine in the shop! 😳
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Stay tuned for more of our old American iron!
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High country days... . #mythcycles #colorado

High country days...
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Making unique bikes for unique people is everythin

Making unique bikes for unique people is everything. Thanks for joining the Myth family @j_hackman!
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The elusive swampsquatch. Released into the wild.

The elusive swampsquatch. Released into the wild.
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The big one. It was such a pleasure to finally uni

The big one. It was such a pleasure to finally unite @j_hackman with his bike. Some people are such perfect candidates for a custom bike. Which is why I was so happy when he pulled the trigger.
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We've been talking about building him a bike for years, and when John put down a deposit, I knew it was going to be a cool project. We started with the double curved top tubes, and this thing took on a life of its own from there.
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John isn't a small guy. It's rare you get to use a 200mm custom machined headtube and a Fox Factory 38 on a hardtail. The steerer tube was left totally uncut, and his stem is slammed...
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The double theme just kept popping up and working so well everywhere. Double headbadges, seatstay bridges, DT bottles, and of course the top tubes.
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I did a writeup on the blog with more info and more photos. Check it! Link in bio.
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Something truly epic left the shop this weekend...

Something truly epic left the shop this weekend...
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