cross bikes...

so forgot to mention that in addition to building the widgets, I was bending cross chainstays for some new orders, (btw- have one left...takers?)
The new ones will feature an s-bend that will allow for up to a 1.95 tire to be put on, thus a 29er/cross ala indecision bike is born! I just have to think that someone with a cross bike will either at some point entertain the idea of putting on bigger tires for a 29er experience, or will sell the thing and someone else will!
The question is, should I build these with 130 or 135 rear ends? I think the best option is 135, mainly because before all the 'jonny come lately' types showed up on the scene things were 135...shit, I remember when Tom Ritchey would send out prebuilt wheels that featured ultegra hubs with 135 mm axles! god damn those were awesome wheels!
Anyhow, would like some input here...
pics are of the process, using my super awesome tubing bender to shape the stays....hmmmm, german made tubing!

dang it bobby...

making progress on multiple fronts at the same time....yesterday was a tough one with making some modifications to my fixtures and bending chainstays. You know you are sleep deprived when someone orders a cross bike and you send them a design for a road bike, more coffee required.
Been enjoying reading mindless drivel from bicyce retailer (aka-velonews), I paid for this? for some reason an american talking about the great advances in production his company has made in taiwan is just plain nuts to me. I guess we will all be folding sweaters at the gap at this rate. I seem to recall a time in the 80's when I wanted to attend the vocational program but was pushed to 'college prep' classes instead. Well, here I am more than 20 years later and the only benefit of the college prep classes was typing (so I can waste valuable time wringing out my soul on this thing..ha ha ). I had someone ask me if I was an engineer a few days ago, I replied...''are you kidding? my dad is an engineer and would have killed me if I wasted that education on this stuff''
Picutred is some engineering for ya, had to modify my main tube mitering fixture to get the correct elevation and more alignment range to accomodate the clamping block that I replaced. I love milling aluminum! looks like a robot face too.
Thanks Don Ferris for keeping the numbers simple on centers...and in SAE!

argon.....

A few weeks ago I discovered that my purge set up with insufficient and resulted in having to completely re-build a frame. Cost aside, the most important thing is that I can sleep at night knowing the frame was built well and can hold up. I get the occasional comment about how much a frame (or stem) costs and it usually can roll over my shoulders, but this is annoying. The fact is that things are expensive for a reason, surely not to finance my crappy 2007 pick up truck that is slowly dying, or my condo on the beach. Argon costs me 120 bucks a bottle, I got through half of one just building a frame, 60 bucks right there, add in titanium at an average price of 1.69 an inch (roughly 200 bucks for a standard frame), then the cost of the bits like seat tube insert, guides, bb shell....and you add an additional 110 bucks. Time, well, that is usually about 4-6 hours. Am I to assume that your cheap ass wants a cheap frame because you think I make too much? or you just don't care about your health? maybe if we weren't all slathered in cheap consumer goods sold by the pound we would get it huh? ha ha..
I offer titanium stems now, and yes...expensive. But if you are one of those folks who prefers to have something super nice that accents your ride than you will get it, if you are focused on weight and cost well you will never get it. The stem weighs the same as a ritchey wcs stem, but is TITANIUM and made FOR YOU, one at a time...not forged en'masse. A thompson may cost half as much Warwick (yes, identifying you now) but its not titanium, which costs a shit ton more than aluminum.
The new purge rig is pictured above, yay, works like a charm...

new headbadges....yeah, we need badges...so do you..

does anyone really read this thing, and why is it so hard for me not to swear on this blog? got to remain clean, must not swear....sh$%, ha ha...
new headbadges are available now, will be standard on all edwin frames, no more waiting for them to be made in philly, sorry Jen Green.
The badges are milled out of solid brass plate and have a radiused backside for mounting..

titanium stems, you need one...

just got done doing up a titanium stem, looks good, quite light (duh, its titanium)...these things will sell well I am sure.
Price each is 150.00,  yay...titanium.

fatties .....

sometimes you have to ride something with skinny tires...it is fun...now wearing lycra, well...that is a different story.
This is eric loverings new road frame, full 3.25 titanium tubing with come carbon tubing thrown in for good measure..stay tuned.