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Joe’s fillet brazed road frame, the George Street hillclimb, and more

July 30th, 2008

So Joe’s bike is finished (completely since these shots were taken) and I’m waiting until I get back from vacation to do the paint. It seemed like it might be a little labor intensive so I didn’t think I should rush it. Here are the current shots. The next ones will blow your mind.


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The Major Taylor Association’s annual George Street hillclimb was this past weekend and everyone was so fast!! The winning time was under 23 seconds by Rich Hollenbeck. Which basically means he averaged 15 miles an hour up an 18 percent grade. Crazy. We had a good Circle A turnout with myself, Hilary, Brent, Ken, and the Burkes. Congratulations to Liane Burke for getting 3rd!

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I also did a couple of repaints including this Moser track frame that has been around the block. I’ve seen it exchange hands several times and it has definitely seen some wear and tear. I was happy to get it back to riding condition again.

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And Adam finally came by and built up his bike. He put all SRAM Red on there with a nice set of DT wheels. The final weight with the pedals was 16.5 pounds! Can’t wait to hear the full ride report.

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2 Responses to “Joe’s fillet brazed road frame, the George Street hillclimb, and more”

  1. Brendan says:

    July 31st, 2008 at 11:45 am

    Man, Adam’s bike is nice!! Way to blast up that hill on Sunday, btw.

  2. Mike Owen says:

    August 20th, 2008 at 3:44 am

    Form follows function - up to a point, after that it’s all a question of good taste and judgement.
    Nice bike.

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