John Y's build

I know that I have bad about posting on blog lately, but I have been very busy. Here is the Hubcap swinger dropouts half machined. The next post will show the drops in 2 double vices in the CNC. These dropouts have really slowed production, but I hope it will be worth it in the end.

Below is the 20mm thru axle rigid fork. I used 2 True Temper 1.125" dia. 1.3mm/.7mm butted tubes which should work well with the long rigid fork.



Here are the 20mm thru axle dropouts machined and ready to weld. Front triangle welded up and waiting for the rear.
Front triangle welded up and still in the jig.

If I was going to go to NAHBS I would take this one with me. The 20mm thru axle rigid, with the new swingers really shows how custom my frames really are. I think John will be happy.

I would write more but need to go.
Cheers,
JU

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Piece Of History

Sorry for the lack of posts, I have been working on Hubcap Cycles swinger dropouts that I need for at least 4 builds. Should have some CNC parts done in a week or so, and will post some pics. I did stop by the old shop and picked up some old signage that I will place in the new shop as soon as I pick a spot for it. When there, I was happy to see that Herm's handy work was still there. He had scribed "Grove Innovations Command Center" in the dusty wall upstairs. I also miss living 3 feet from work, but don't mind not being a land lord. Will post soon. HUB

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.