eddief
03-08-2005, 10:36 PM
Today I drove up from Berkeley to Sacramento to get Steve Rex to install couplers in my P58. Since he built my frame a bit over a year ago, he has gotten into carbon and multi-material creations.
I saw a plain old Deda glued-together tinker toy that was not too impressive to me--naked carbon and pvc-looking lugs. But after all, he is a fillet artist, so he has also begun to apply his artistry to tweaking and smoothing the Deda carbon tubes. So he can smooth out the edges of the lugs and a coat of clear does wonders.
The example that intrigued the most was his "ottrott in steel" approach. He builds a complete fillet frame in steel and then cuts it up to install carbon in the top tube, seat tube (I think) and in the seat stays. His stays are not the bent curvy ones that look like a fork turned inside out, but straight thin-as-steel ones that look cool. When he cuts up the steel frame he does a wonderful job of creating very long point lug-looking steel connections to the carbon tubes. About $2500.
This is the first time I've seen something carbonated that got me thinking about, oh my god, not another bike.
One guy doing frames in Sacramento, with almost no web presence. If you're in the hood, check out what he's up to. He might not like the attention, but check him out anyway.
I saw a plain old Deda glued-together tinker toy that was not too impressive to me--naked carbon and pvc-looking lugs. But after all, he is a fillet artist, so he has also begun to apply his artistry to tweaking and smoothing the Deda carbon tubes. So he can smooth out the edges of the lugs and a coat of clear does wonders.
The example that intrigued the most was his "ottrott in steel" approach. He builds a complete fillet frame in steel and then cuts it up to install carbon in the top tube, seat tube (I think) and in the seat stays. His stays are not the bent curvy ones that look like a fork turned inside out, but straight thin-as-steel ones that look cool. When he cuts up the steel frame he does a wonderful job of creating very long point lug-looking steel connections to the carbon tubes. About $2500.
This is the first time I've seen something carbonated that got me thinking about, oh my god, not another bike.
One guy doing frames in Sacramento, with almost no web presence. If you're in the hood, check out what he's up to. He might not like the attention, but check him out anyway.