Getting There

I always seem to find the last bits of bike building to be the hardest.  Maybe it's just that I don't relish the detail work, or maybe the last steps of finishing are the biggest challenge. Not sure.  At any rate, tiny townie version 2 is nearing completion.

Even smaller than before

I've been held up for the last week, but have made some decent progress on the re-do of the tiny commuter bike project.  Looking good!

Ideas

I've been toying with the idea of some different ways to decorate my bikes and came up with the idea of some paper decoupage on the joints. Maybe even put it in under a layer of fiberglass.

Canondale Evo Fix

And fixed!

After a bit of sanding and a bit of filling, the patch looks pretty good.  I'm really happy that I found an orange that matched closely enough.  I just did a quick highlight with some metal flake paint, and it looks pretty good to me.

Specialized fix

Since I forgot to take repair pictures of the Teschner once finished, I'm doing the same with this orange and blue Specialized Tarmac repair.  I can't match the paint exactly, but I'll give it the ol' college try.

The crack: nasty ding in chainstay

Remove all the shredded carbon fiber bits down to the base layer

Add back first set of plys

Disc brakes

In an effort to stay ahead of the curve of technology, I added disc brakes to my cyclocross bike.  A lot of work, but seems a lot nicer than rim brakes.  Also, they tend to work in the rain which is a big plus!  I'll post pics shortly.