DH's frame is done!

[mimitabby]

Tomorrow it's supposed to be completely built~!

[roguedog]

oooh... nice.. it's like the diablo bike with the coloring and those fancy lugs. nice.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Whoa!!!! SEXY!!!!!

[Mimosa]

It looks highly detailed. I like what they did with the colours.

OT: You know, it's weird that you can see a cultural difference in bikeframes. Like the frame you are showing would simply be 'not done' here in the netherlands. Nobody builds these kind of frames anymore and if you have such a frame it is labeled 'old' or 'old fashioned'. But they are still good bikes, I have a steel one myself (click for pixie here), it had been hanging in a corner for 10 years at my lbs (I paid 350 usd for the frame). He bought it once but never sold it. I use it for training purposes and it is not going away because nothing beats that frame in durability.

[roguedog]

Oh.. nice looking bike Mimosa

[DebW]

Sweet frame. Love the chrome. Is your dh going touring, Mimi?

[stacie]

i second the sexy!

[mimitabby]

It looks highly detailed. I like what they did with the colours.

OT: You know, it's weird that you can see a cultural difference in bikeframes. Like the frame you are showing would simply be 'not done' here in the netherlands. Nobody builds these kind of frames anymore and if you have such a frame it is labeled 'old' or 'old fashioned'. But they are still good bikes, I have a steel one myself (click for pixie here), it had been hanging in a corner for 10 years at my lbs (I paid 350 usd for the frame). He bought it once but never sold it. I use it for training purposes and it is not going away because nothing beats that frame in durability.

Mimosa, you are right, it is old fashioned. He designed it that way. it's a steel touring bike. As a matter of fact, he's going to do 200 km on saturday; and it turns out that one of the mechanics building the bike might go on the ride too.
There is a certain element, at least here in Seattle who really love the retro bike look.
and I like YOUR bike a lot, it is very sweet.

[jobob]

There is a certain element, at least here in Seattle who really love the retro bike look.

As well as in the San Francisco area.

That is an absolutely gorgeous frame, well worth the wait !

- jo "certain element" bob

[Bikingmomof3]

Very sweet looking. I canot wait to see the completed bike.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Mimosa, you are right, it is old fashioned. He designed it that way. it's a steel touring bike....
There is a certain element, at least here in Seattle who really love the retro bike look.

Not limited to Seattle at all though...there's a retro-lugged-steel lover's faction everywhere you go...including here in the Northeast as well (and of course in our house). Some people just gravitate towards things there are built carefully by hand the old fashioned way, that will last a lifetime or two, take you over varied country roads, and won't crack apart in a crash.