Its November already!
Things are cold out here. Every time I'm in the shop now I'm noticing that I can see my breath. I guess insulation would go a long way. Thankfully the table warms up after a bit of welding. Speaking of which, I've been doing some fabrication work lately.
I recently finished a bike rack for a Honda Ruckus scooter. It bolts to the seat support mounts, and holds a bike quite securely. The scooter's handling isn't even that wonky with it on there.
(photos courtesy of Brandon Edwards)
I'm also diligently working on making a series of Porteur racks to fit everyone's favorite workhorse, the Flite 100. I've got a couple buyers locally lined up, so I figured I would make 5 at once. Here's the first.
They'll all be different aesthetically, but share the same mounting style, and heavy duty construction. 12mm outer rails, 90° 3/4" rear extrusion, and axle support struts. I'm trying to find a good local small batch powder coating outfit right now as well. There are a few more photos on my Flickr.
If you're local to the Vancouver BC area, and are looking for some custom bicycle related design and fabrication, just let me know. If its within my current shop capabilities, I will gladly consider taking it on.
In other design related news, I been trying to push DMT to get my hubs finished. Its hard being in this managerial bad guy roll. He's at the point now of turning the axles on the lathe. He's scrapped a few pieces of metal trying to get the tolerances dialed in perfectly.
I'll be a bit more excited about this when I've actually got a single complete unit in my hands. Its a huge bummer seeing this dream of mine stumbling along so slowly. I just watched Phil Wood beat me to market on this idea as well. All I can really do is keep pushing and looking forward. Its cold right now, but that only means that it will be warmer in the future.
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