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Any folks here into cycling? I used to ride road bikes and had a few customs built in the past. Dropped 35 pounds and itching to ride the mountains again.

Now resurrecting and old build project with Dave Bohm from 15 years ago. He is probably one of the top 5 steel frame builders on the planet, Bohemian Bikes. Will be a “traditional” lugged frame…but in stainless steel. I have maybe 50 hours of polishing ahead of me this week. Dave is the artist. I’m just the shop grunt. He is where we are at now. Rear drops 3D printed in steel. Other tubes hand cut and ready for me to work on.
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Never got into custom bikes, but I used to ride a lot -- about 200-300 miles/week when I lived in NJ. Helped found the Princeton Free Wheelers and run their annual event several times. Did High Point to Cape May in NJ, the Mount Mitchell event in NC, the Hotter than Hell Hundred in TX, and Ride the Rockies a number of times.

Guess I gave up on steel bikes when the Trek 1500 aluminum frame came out. (Always wanted a Colnago, but they didn't make a frame big enough...)

Sure do miss it, but old age, plus riding here in FL is gambling with your life, what with all the incompetent drivers. The local riding club has a great name though: The Village Idiots. :cool
 
I know some Italian nosebleed stuff that goes great with that steel....just saying :)

And i'm all MTB...no roads ;)

Got to love Teal with an all mango Chris King set-up on Enve 70/30 rims (frame = SC Nomad cc)

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My corona project...built from scratch.... (Spez Stumpjumper FSR)
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I do have a couple custom road bikes built in mid 2000s. Both by Bre Ruegamer who created Ruesports many years ago. She is now a bike shop mechanic in Portland or Washington. Unbelievably gifted frame builder. It’s a dying art.

Back then Record 10 was the sh!t. This bike will be Super Record 12 mechanical. No interest in electronic shifting
 
slisk250 said:
I do have a couple custom road bikes built in mid 2000s. Both by Bre Ruegamer who created Ruesports many years ago. She is now a bike shop mechanic in Portland or Washington. Unbelievably gifted frame builder. It’s a dying art.

Back then Record 10 was the sh!t. This bike will be Super Record 12 mechanical. No interest in electronic shifting
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Check if you can find red Campagnolo LB-300 mineral oil stateside...
 
Thomacetti said:
I know some Italian nosebleed stuff that goes great with that steel....just saying :)

And i'm all MTB...no roads ;)

Got to love Teal with an all mango Chris King set-up on Enve 70/30 rims (frame = SC Nomad cc)

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My corona project...built from scratch.... (Spez Stumpjumper FSR)
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Gotta get mango King cups to get full credit!! Maybe some Hope mango calipers/levers for extra credit? (Nice rig. I had a Santa Cruz Heckler back in the day)
 
Finished with sanding for pre brazing. Only 2 hours mostly by hand. Only 80 grit for now. Will go for the real polishing after all torch work is complete. Now on to rears.

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upNdown said:
holy shit that's gonna be stunning
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It’s going to take some time. We have everything prepped except for this. I’m maybe 75% done polishing. This piece is a mutha.
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After tomorrow, won’t be much progress until I come back to Tucson.
 
slisk250 said:
It’s going to take some time. We have everything prepped except for this. I’m maybe 75% done polishing. This piece is a mutha.
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After tomorrow, won’t be much progress until I come back to Tucson.
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Wow!
I guess I'm not too familiar with stainless - does this get a powder coat after its built, or some kind of clearcoat, or is it just polished and done?
 
upNdown said:
Wow!
I guess I'm not too familiar with stainless - does this get a powder coat after its built, or some kind of clearcoat, or is it just polished and done?
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The tubes will mostly get painted but some bare metal on the rear. Only clear and that is a slippery slope. It needs to be polished and also rough enough to bond.

Probably a turquoise Pearl paint color, powder coat is too thick plus we might inlay some of the lug holes with something, maybe abalone shell or mother of pearl like he did once before
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Made some headway on a Bohemian head badge. He has a great standard design for stickers but not on this bike. We’ll make it out of silver
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Once this step is finished, we will roll the silver to match the head tube then braze it on. I’m hoping we can use abalone and mother of pearl to make the inlay. It’s a lot of work and that part must be done by Dave Bohm. You can see what he is capable of in the previous post regarding inlaid stone into metal. He’s not only one of the best steel frame builders on the planet, he also has jewelry skills.

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I’m hoping we can get this all together by May. He knows I want to ride it at the Triple Bypass in summer. Still need wheels. Can’t decide. @Thomacetti brought me full Campagnolo Super Record Disc group. He was shaken down by customs but successfully massaged his way through and the duties paid still resulted in a major cost savings. I still don’t know what this will cost. We don’t talk much about it :rolleyes:
 
love biking
had to wait three months for the biggest produced by Author
but it was worth it
 

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