Travis' Rando Pics

Here's one of the earliest Ellis', Travis got this one about a year ago and posted pics on his Flickr site here; http://www.flickr.com/syndicalist

If you scroll back, you can check out all the polishing he did to make the finished bike gleam!

Stem Fest 2009!

The Inspector has been taking advantage of these warm autumn days to get in some beauty sleep on the front porch!

Meanwhile, in the shop, a strange double ended stem is taking shape?

I know, I should take more photos of the process, but I get on a roll and I forget. They're starting to look more like real stems below. One is for my old friend Tom, he's been incredibly patient while I built him one stem that ended up having some pitting issues, and now while the replacement comes together. I figured since I'm already building one stem, why not do one for the show bike I'm planning for NAHBS 2010. (The rest of the bike is top secret!) ;-)

Above, finished with 80 grit. Below, all the small pinholes have been filled and they're finished to 380 grit. Ready for chrome! I also found a use for my SRAM Red crank bag, once the crank is on the bike, what the heck else do you use it for?!