Welding practice

So, it turns out that welding is just as hard as everything else. This is my best example to date of a weld on steel, but I've been playing around with the various settings on Brett's TIG torch and it seems like I'm improving bit by bit.

Autumnal and such

I'm enjoying riding around on 2 bikes of my own design these days. I did a press-fit Shimano standard bottom bracket on this bike, and somehow I think that things are a bit off. Despite fiddling with the handlebars, wheel dish and other things, there's a slight sense of unbalance that I can't quite shake. The bike handles nicely enough, and I can ride no hands as long as I like, but there's a strange lightness when turning right, and a lack thereof when turning left. I'm thinking that I must not have got the seat-tube centered quite right or perhaps there is a kink in the bamboo that I didn't account for. Somehow it feels a little better when I hang my left butt cheek off to the side a bit, so I'm going to install my FSA DATA seatpost and see if I can slide it left or right enough to make a difference in the fit.

Live and learn.

Finally Painted

I finally got around to painting up my cross bike a few weeks ago. Amazing how a coat of paint can make a bike feel more finished.