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Titanium frame repair this week. I've never heard

Titanium frame repair this week. I've never heard of Vail Cycle Works, but this was a nice soft tail frame. Cracked at the SS/DO junction. It's nice when I can completely disconnect whatever's broken so that I can clean up the inside of the cracked surface before welding over it. Every time, there's some sort of nasty residue inside the tubes that would contaminate the weld if I were to just go over it. Takes more time, but results in a repair I feel a lot better about.
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Anyone ever heard of Vail Cycle Works? Do you know their story?
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#mythcycles #titanium #titaniumisreal #repair #tigwelding #vailcycleworks

I finally had a week off between builds, so I got

I finally had a week off between builds, so I got all kinds of stuff done in the shop.
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1. Built a tubing rack for a blank spot on the wall (can't have any of those).
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2. Made a bent seat tube mitering jig. Finally bent seat tubes are easy to index!
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3. Made a hook for the giant 6 guage extension cord that's just been floating around this whole time. Full credit to @ron_kingcage for the design.
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4. Mounted my tubing bender permanently on the steel table I built specifically for that purpose.
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5. Moved the last drawer cabinet I got from the Navajo Generating Station into the shop and made an all-@paragonmachine drawer!
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#mythcycles #organizing #shopshit #itsstartingtofeelefficientinhere

Sunday vibes... . . . . . #mythcycles #smallbatch

Sunday vibes...
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#mythcycles #smallbatch #steelisreal #handbuilt #mountainbiking #hardtailmtb #steelisrealmtb #hardcorehardtail #madeinusa #madeincolorado #4130society #bike #mtb #adventurebike #adventurecycling #bikepacking #fatbike #29er #powdercoat #deepcustom #singlespeed #mtblife #cycling #mountainbike #bikelife #enduromtb #enduro

Sometimes tool making means making big, complicate

Sometimes tool making means making big, complicated machines. Sometimes it's small and simple.
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I made a little knurled handle for the tap I use for clearing powder coat from bottle bosses. It's shorter than a tap handle, so it fits in smaller spaces, and I can spin it in and out quicker. I love it already.
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#mythcycles #steelisreal #handmade #colorado #madeinusa #framebuilding #toolmaking

Ahh, just a couple more because I like this thing

Ahh, just a couple more because I like this thing so much.
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#mythcycles #smallbatch #steelisreal #handbuilt #mountainbiking #hardtailmtb #steelisrealmtb #steelfullsuspension #hardcorehardtail #madeinusa #madeincolorado #4130society #bike #mtb #adventurebike #adventurecycling #bikepacking #fatbike #29er #powdercoat #deepcustom #singlespeed #mtblife #cycling #mountainbike #bikelife #enduromtb #enduro

I'm really genuinely curious, how many of you woul

I'm really genuinely curious, how many of you would be interested in a bike like this?
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Blog writeup about this prototype link in bio.
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#mythcycles #smallbatch #steelisreal #handbuilt #mountainbiking #hardtailmtb #steelisrealmtb #hardcorehardtail #madeinusa #madeincolorado #4130society #bike #mtb #adventurebike #adventurecycling #bikepacking #fatbike #29er #powdercoat #deepcustom #singlespeed #mtblife #cycling #mountainbike #bikelife #enduromtb #enduro

Project Z. A couple months ago I built my first fu

Project Z. A couple months ago I built my first full suspension prototype, and I've been riding it hard ever since. Years of researching suspension design and learning what rides well and what doesn't lead to the first one being actually quite amazing. There are some things I'll be doing differently in the next prototype, but overall the design worked really, really well.
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Quick stats:
29er, 145/160 travel, 65.5 hta, 444 chainstays, 76 sta.
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I did a writeup on the whole thing in the blog. Link in bio.
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And yes, I'm planning to offer these. There's more development work to be done, but eventually they will be available as a Myth Cycles offering. I hope you're as stoked as I am 🤘
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#mythcycles #smallbatch #steelisreal #handbuilt #madeinusa #madeincolorado #steelfullsuspension #mountainbike #steelisrealmtb #4130society #bike #mtb #plusbike #fatbike #29er #enduro #rawsteel #deepcustom #mtblife #mountainbike #cycling #bikelife #mountainbiking #enduromtb #cyclinglife #mtblove #bicycle #bikes
@steelisrealmtb

Sunday bike ride with my best friend.

Sunday bike ride with my best friend.

Anyone recognize the tomato? . Kind of a cool stor

Anyone recognize the tomato?
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Kind of a cool story behind it, I'll let folks guess before I tell it.
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#mythcycles #smallbatch #steelisreal #handbuilt #mountainbike #hardtailmtb #steelisrealmtb #madeinusa

The 👹 is in the details, but the 😇 is in the

The 👹 is in the details, but the 😇 is in there too.
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#mythcycles #smallbatch #steelisreal #handbuilt #mountainbike #hardtailmtb
#steelisrealmtb #hardcorehardtail #madeinusa #madeincolorado #4130society
#bike #mtb #adventurebike #adventurecycling #bikepacking #plusbike #fatbike #29er #mythtalos #powdercoat #deepcustom #singlespeed

More of this stunner. . Its taken me years of powd

More of this stunner.
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Its taken me years of powder coating my own bikes to get to this point. A simple bi-color like this actually brings up quite a few challenges, so when it comes out this good, I'm always stoked.
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And nothing makes me happier than when my customers want to put a really nice build kit on my frame, like this one. I put a lot of work into these bikes, and it's nice when they get parts that the frame deserves.
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#mythcycles #smallbatch #steelisreal #handbuilt #mountainbike #hardtailmtb
#steelisrealmtb #hardcorehardtail #madeinusa #madeincolorado #4130society #bike #mtb #adventurebike #adventurecycling #bikepacking #plusbike #fatbike #mythtalos #powdercoat #deepcustom #singlespeed #noboringbikes

Mike's Talos singlespeed. Iris Burgundy/Ink Black

Mike's Talos singlespeed. Iris Burgundy/Ink Black bi-color, sliding dropouts, super shreddable build with lots of Whisky parts. Built up with 29 x 2.6 tires, showing off how versatile this frame really is. One of my favorite bikes to date, but I say that a lot 😉 .
This is the first time I've done these two powders together, and man, I really like it. Subtle, but a really good combo. I hope I get to do more this way.
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Really nice build kit with @industry_nine singlespeed hubs, @whiskypartsco No.9 36W carbon rims, @foxmtb Float 34 and Transfer dropper, @whiteind stealth black headset (favorite around here), @raceface Turbine cranks and a @theshadowconspiracy half-link chain to keep things nice and #tukt.
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So happy with how it came out. More pics in the blog post, link in bio.
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#mythcycles #smallbatch #steelisreal #handbuilt #mountainbike #hardtailmtb
#steelisrealmtb #hardcorehardtail #madeinusa #madeincolorado #4130society #bike #mtb #adventurebike #adventurecycling #bikepacking #29er #mythtalos #powdercoat #deepcustom #singlespeed

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