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Ti Seatposts

The new posts came out super. I delivered this batch to Freeze Thaw this afternoon.

4 Hubcaps, 1 Allegrippis

Mike, Chad, Jim and Ron went for a fun spin around the Allegrippis trails. Good times.

TI seat posts

I took a couple of hours today to build a fixture for welding up TI seat posts. Seemed to work well.
Here is the first one out of the jig. The post still needs a little polish on the head and it will head out.

TI Road S and S frame

Jeff"s frame is finally off the build list after being bumped a few times. This was one of the harder ones I've done in a while. It took a bit longer than most frames, but a two week vacation to the great state of Maine did not help the production time. Jeff wants an bead blasted/ anodized finish, with the HUBCAP logo a polished anodized finish. Should look cool, and will post pictures when it is ready for delivery.
On another note, I had a backhoe at the house yesterday, and needed to get rid of some fill. Needles to say, now I have a sweet little track complete with a jump, table top, bank turn, and a double. I sure wish I had a backhoe when I was 12 years old, it would have saved us a ton of time building our dirt tracks. I'll post pictures as soon as I can find someone brave enough to hit the double.

S and S couplers

I know it does not look like much, and the front triangle usually goes pretty quick, but when you are installing S and S couplers in butted TI tubing, things slow to a crawl. The couplers need to be in the right spot in the frame, which would be no problem with straight gauge tubing, but throw in butted tubes and they also need to be in the right spot in relation to the buttes. I am actually looking forward to doing the rear.

EWR-RF-166-6-5-97

Here is a pic of Clay's new/old mountain bike. It was the last EWR ever made by Innovations, and was never delivered to Jay. It is an extra small frame, with a 19" top tube length, so toe over lap is a slight problem. From the serial number, it looks as though fabrication was completed on June 5th 1997, so I am not sure if Jonny B did the welding or if it was Bill, or myself. It hung on the wall, unpainted, in the Centre Hall shop for a couple of years. One day between jobs I decided to spray some light blue met., lay down some decals, and finished it off with some matte clear. I was hoping this would motivate Bill to sell it, instead it hung on the wall in his basement for a few more years. At some point Rody grabbed it for his son, and built it up so that he could cruise the trials. Colten has since out grown this cool retro frame, so it was handed down to Clay, with the condition that when he was done with it, it would go to the guys at First Flight.

Jeff's road frame and stuff

Sorry for the lack of posts, but not too many photo worthy work going on in the shop. Clay and I managed to make a trip to Ohio to see Rody and take part in the Groovy race. Thanks Rody!

Pictured above is the start of Jeff's butted TI road frame with S and S couplers.

Felt a need to give the 69er some TLC, since I have actually been riding it a bit. I added a brake stiffener, a 3rd cable guide on the TT, bead blasted the frame, updated the fork, installed a king headset, and built a custom stem. Justin at Freezethaw is building a new set of wheels. I am more than capable, but he does a killer job and has a TI frame on order.

I'll post a picture of Clay's new MTB bike when the camera is recharged. It has some cool history that the retro guys will love.

Matt Ferrari takes 2nd in SS at Lumberjack 100

Matt Ferrari takes 2nd in SS at Lumberjack 100 (CLICKY HERE)

Matt Ferrari on his Ti 29er single speed

Matt on his way to 1st place SS and 3rd overall in the Stoopid 50

Matt Ferrari on his Ti 29er single speed

Matt on his way to 3rd overall and 1st place single speed aboard Titanium 29er HUBCAP in the Stoopid 50. Way to go Matt! HERE

Last 2 frames

Here is Harry's road frame, and if looks wet, that is because it is still wet.
This is Mike's 26er that required a very low stand over height. I decided to run with the hairy eyeball solution.
With both frames out the door, I can enjoy my family vacation, so I'll catch up on emails as soon as I get back.

Dirt Fest Demos

The Winner

Dirt Fest Approaches...

It is late but people are requesting images... here you go. Hope to see you at Dirt Fest!

-Hub