NAHBS Bikes!

It's that time of year, the NAHBS's bikes are coming together, and here's a sneak peak at two of them.

Firstly, I've got my 29'er, matte black and silver to match the XTR kit I'll be building it up with.


And Wayne's road frame. A classic road frame that we'll be building up with a Miche Supertype grouppo, wheels and all. To see these parts, check them out here; http://www.miche.it/en/catalogo/catalogo-supertype. They aren't too commonly seen in the States, but they're trying to break into the market here.

I'll post pics of the buildups too, but if you want to see more of these two, you can check them out at my Picasa page; http://picasaweb.google.com/elliscycles

More soon!

Dave

Travis' NAHBS Rando

I've been busily working on bikes for the upcoming NAHBS in Austin, and while I haven't been posting much to the blog, I've got a solution for those of you who want more eye candy!

My Picasa page has a bunch of photos of Travis' rando frame along with a Di2 Dirt Road Bike that I've been working on. Check them out with the attached link, and then you don't have to read my jibber jabber just to look at the cool pictures.

http://picasaweb.google.com/elliscycles

More soon,

Dave

15 Seconds of Fame

The NAHBS website has a newsletter with a quick questionnaire about me/Ellis;

http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=16881882afa22bc9d1c997b92&id=6842206687&e=#5

I'll try not to let the fame go to my head!

Cheers,
Dave

55.5 Road Frame Needs a Home!

Thanks to everyone who inquired about this one, it's sold!



I started this frame about a year ago, got the main triangle brazed and then decided to go with a lugged frame for my Di2 bike for NAHBS instead of the combination of fillet and lugs that this bike has.

Well..., the main triangle hung in the shop for the last year, and I recently decided to finish the frame up and see if I could find it a home.

The specs are as follows.

73 head and seat angles
55.5cm top tube
48cm (c-c) seat tube
133mm head tube
41.5cm chainstays.

It's a pretty straight ahead road frame, and I've maximized the bridge and fork length, so 28c tires should be no problem. You'll see that the 25c Vittoria's have tons of space.

More pictures here; http://picasaweb.google.com/elliscycles/Ellis555FilletFrame?authkey=Gv1sRgCIfl5MW0j9PE5wE# Check out the caption for some extra details.

I'm asking $2500 with a single color paint scheme of your choice, (other schemes are fine, with cost TBD). Feel free to email or call me with questions.

Cheers,
Dave
262 442 6639
dave@elliscycles.com

Embrocation Article

Chris is a hard core Ellis Cycles fan, and he's been a friend since we first met at Cirque in 2009. Not too long after the Cirque, he contacted me to see if I would consider selling the yellow 29'er I had as part of my display there. Well, for those of you that have heard this story, that was my personal bike, but I managed to get past that, and I did indeed sell him that frame and fork.

Well, since then, he's also become the proud owner of this Ellis frame as well, and he's written an interesting article about the whole custom bike experience for Embrocation Magazine's website. While it might not be the route everyone would choose, it is an interesting take on the process.

A link; http://www.embrocationmagazine.com/online/customs , and a pic of Chris' Ellis below.


Cheers, and a Merry Christmas,
Dave

Glenn's Di2 Ellis

Glenn's frame, awaiting a full Di2 kit! He chose a really classic paint scheme, and it should be a nice counterpoint to the modern electronic parts. I love the look of the frame with no derailleur cable braze ons, it's super clean.

I went with internal brake cable routing as well, to compliment the integrated Di2 wiring. The dark red panel on the seat tube is set off by a thin silver pinstripe.

In this shot, you can see the exit hole for the front derailleur wiring, and the vent window in the bottom bracket where the battery wire will enter the frame.

Stainless steel bosses for battery mounting, and the bottom bracket window.


Finally, the Ellis dropouts with an added loop to keep the wiring out of the way for wheel changes.

Cheers,

Dave

Ellis at Chicago Patagonia

Well, for the second year running, the nice folks at Patagonia in Chicago have invited me to display one of my bikes during the Holiday season. I decided to show off the "vintage" Campy Record bike that I displayed at this past year's NAHBS in Richmond.

While I was in Chicago dropping the bike off, I had a chance to catch up with James Lalonde, my former cross racer extraordinaire! He works just a couple blocks away from the Patagonia store at SRAM's headquarters. He offered to swing by the Patagonia store after the bike was up to take some pictures. Thanks, James!

The bike will be in the window until just after the holidays, so if you'd like to stop by and check it out, or just buy some awesome Patagonia gear, you can find directions to the store through the link on this post. http://www.patagonia.com/us/patagonia.go?assetid=1936

Cheers,

Dave