Here are some of the bikes that have rolled out of here over the last couple of months.

Please email if you need any info on these bikes.  There are also galleries on my flickr site.

Here is a shot of Matt’s new SS 29er.  Black lava powder with a semi gloss clear fade.

Jeff Moote had his road frame revamped with a new top tube and some black lava powder.

Trevor had his True North Foco road bike repainted and reparted.  Colours are to match the Sudbury Cycling Club’s jerserys.

I have been busy working on a pair of coupler bikes.  Last step before cleanup is to soak off the residual flux from the dropouts.  This method of soaking also allows me to get the extra flux out of the inside of the stays.

The big excitement today was the installation of a new rear door in the new shop.  The old door wasn’t tall enough for some of the larger milling machines we have.  The following pictures are from the new shop.  Notice the new control box for the powder coating oven.  It is build with parts that conform to Canada’s ESA standards.

Nic and Cathy picked up their S+S coupled tandem.   The test ride around the complex didn’t require helmets.

 Jan’s Ti road bike is looking very nice.  The ti finish looks really nice up against the new Ultegra 6700 components.

 I delivered this fixy just in time for Chris’ 40th birthday.  It was a huge surprise.   Tracey ( his wife ) had secretly ordered this bike for him.  She took all the measurements off of his existing rides.  It turned out to be a very unique bike.  It is built with an EBB for chain adjustment and long reach road calipers.  It will take up to a 35 c tire which will make it quite versatile.

 I am still quite busy building frames.  Instead of riding most of my spare time has been moving and keeping up with the orders.  I have been working on Brett’s ti road and Jon’s ti 29 EBB SS frames.    They are both ready for final brushing and logos. I have a third ti frame on the go also for John but no pictures yet.  Donna’s Spirit tubed all rounder road bike is also shown in this set.

There is a quite a line up of frames here waiting for powder coating. I have been concentrating on building as many ti frames as I can.

Here are a few a shots of Jan’s new rather large  ti road bike.  Jan has put many miles on a steel frame I built him 6 or 7 years ago. It was time for an upgrade!

I also built a few mtb frames last week.  Pictured is a very small  hardtail frame built for 26 inch wheels.

The other frame is Matt’s new True Temper Platinum EBB single speed frame.  Matt had his tubes bi-ovalized.  Looks really cool!  The white funk on the frames is silver brazing flux.  The flux will be dissolved in a warm water bath.

This tandem is unique in that it will come with S and S couplers. The coupler on the boom tube is quite impressive in its size.

Tandems require a strong set of wheels and this bike is no different. DT 540 hubs laced 4-cross with 40 spokes to Velocity rims should do the trick.

Susan must have enjoyed the Ti Singlespeed road bike she got last year as her new Ti geared road bike is quickly approaching completion.

This frame features some nicely shaped stays.

It’s busy, busy in the shop right now in order to get all the bikes done in time for riding season. We’ll have tons of nice bikes and frames to feature on the site in the upcoming months.

The 2010 Toronto Bike Show has come and gone and as always there was a fantastic turnout. It’s really great to get out of the shop for a weekend and meet new people and reconnect with some old friends. We get asked a fair amount why we don’t go to the North American Handbuilt show every year. The truth is we would like to, but the cost to travel that far is quite high and when we have such a big show 45 minutes down the road it just doesn’t make sense.

The line up to get into the show every morning was literally wrapped around the building.

We built up this red city bike especially for the show; the matching front rack was a real hit.

In close proximity to this bike, numerous full grown adults were heard recounting stories of their paper route days.

We also brought Brad’s recently completed lugged road bike to the show. Brad’s bike features a Campagnolo Comp Triple build featuring hand built wheels,Chris King headset and Eriksen Ti post.

My co-worker Sean just finished building himself up a new touring bike, so we brought it to the show as well. Highlights include colour matched racks and fenders.

Marilyn’s touring bike was a big hit all weekend and is sure to see plenty of use this summer.

Michel’s long reach brake equipped road bike turned a lot of heads at the show. If you had to have just one bike, this might just be it. Campagnolo Comp Triple gruppo, hand built wheels, King headset, Eriksen post; all the finer things in life.

Hugh finished work on his personal road bike several days before the show. The frame is built out of True Temper S3 tubing and as such is quite light. We built it up with 2010 Sram Force (also quite light) and Octto carbon wheels (very light as well).

 Jon’s 29er was one of two mountain bikes we brought to the show. The bike is presently built up as a singlespeed, but it has all the braze-ons necessary to run multiple gears. This bike is ready to ride fast and the pastel blue paint looks amazing.

 Finally, Pierre stopped by on Tuesday to pick up his road bike. We already had multiple road bikes in our booth so unfortuntely this bike got left at home. Pierre’s bike features an 11speed Campagnolo Athena drivetrain, handbuilt wheels featuring Campy Record Hubs to Ambrosio Excellight Rims, Thomson seatpost and a Chris King headset.

If you’re interested in seeing more photos from the weekend be sure to visit our flickr site.

I’ve included a couple of close up shots of the coupling and the head tube. Leo’s bike is equipped with a full compliment of Campy components, hand built wheels and topped off with a Chris King headset and Eriksen Ti post.

We have received our first Campagnolo Athena gruppo into the shop and it sure is nice. Athena is Campy’s attempt to bring 11 speeds to a more manageable price point. 11 speed drive trains allow for an almost seamless feeling between gears which is sure to please the more performance minded cyclists amongst us.

Hugh decided to sneak in one final bike before the show and is putting the finishing touches on a Porteur style frame which will come complete with a really nice front rack. Shimano stepped up to the plate and has supplied us with a set of Alfine wheels to complete this awesome bike.

 Richard has been hard at work painting Jennie’s new do-it all, S and S coupling, disc equipped cross frame. I’m hesitant to call it a cyclo-cross bike, but I’m also hesitant to call it a touring bike. Really it does just about everything well and if you had to have just one bike, this may be it. Jennie’s frame is getting a pretty amazing paint job complete with faux-chromed lugs. In the photos the lugs look like they’ve been chromed but that’s actually powder coat (pretty cool eh?). This series of photos should also give you a good idea of the amount of prep time that goes into painting a frame, especially a powder coated frame. Powder coat by it’s very nature sticks to everything, and if you don’t take your time, it can lead to mistakes down the road.

 Jeff also took some time to send in some photos of his completed 29er. It’s done up in what he calls “Winter Mode” at the moment with studded tires and a rigid fork. He had Hugh braze in a boss for a pulley wheel so that he could run a Dura-Ace Front Derailleur with his 2×9 drive train. The early word is that is shifts much better than his previous XT Front derailleur.

I’ll leave you with a parting shot of a new long reach brake equipped road bike we’re building up for the Toronto Bike Show. Again, that’s a powder on powder logo on the down tube. It’s going to look pretty awesome when it’s all finished.

For us non-bike touring souls, the shop has been busy. Richard’s frame is coming along quite nicely. I can’t wait to see this bike when it’s finished. It’s really going to be something.

Suzanne picked up her new road bike last week. This bike features S and S couplers and Long reach brakes and as such is ready to travel to wherever Suzanne may want to go. We really like the paint on this bike as depending on where you stand and how the sun hits it, it can look several different colours.

Speaking of paint. Jeff just got his 29er repainted. I’ll include a sneak peek for now. Knowing Jeff, this bike will be re-assembled in no time and i should receive a collection of really nice photos in my in box quite shortly thereafter. I’ll post those as soon as i get them.

Hugh found some time to repair a vintage Rocky Mountain Thunderbolt. I use the term repair loosely as it wasn’t really broken, the current owner just wanted the dropouts switched from single speed back to geared. Switching a bike over to a Single speed is something we do a fair amount, but switching it back isn’t a request we see to often. Hugh had to craft some plugs for the stays in order to accomplish this and the end product turned out great.

First one must conceptualize what they want the lugs to look like and sketch it on the lugs so that they have an outline to work from. One must then cut away at the lugs to give them a rough shape and only then can one proceed with using a file to give them shape.

Crafting an intricate lugged frame really is a labor of love, but i think the end product more than justifies the means.

These lugs still have some work left to be done to them, but one can begin to see the form they are taking. I’ll be sure to post more photos as this frame approaches completion.