This Space for Rent

One more frame for the road

most of the front triangle

Starting on the front triangle for the replacement 3-speed project bike. The current one is built on a carbon steel frame and has a ridiculously low trail fork; so a crmo frame and a higher trail (but probably still lowish-trail, because (a) it’s 700c and (b) it’s going to be primarily a shopping bike at least until I’ve convinced myself that the brazes won’t spontaneously disintegrate under load.) Fillet brazed, 1" steerer, matched HT/ST angles (I’m planning on 73°) compact frame, and it’s going to be a triple triangle like the kit bike.

The DT is about an inch too long, so I need to cut it an inch shorter; if not for that I would have brazed the ST onto the rest of the triangle this afternoon. If I was braver, I’d do a seatmast, but instead I’ll just have an extended ST with a pretty lug from Framebuilder Supply which will let me use a short seatpost and fit electrical wiring into the bottom 2/3rds of the ST.