It could be building a new frame, or maybe repairing and painting an old one. It might be tuning up a bike, or sitting down to discuss the details of a new bike purchase. Taking time to update the blog or building a new jig or tool. Whatever it might be; the time flies within the confines of these four walls. Take today for example,

Hugh took some time to repair a broken chain stay on an old frame.

A business moved out of the building we are in and left behind a huge pile of scrap stainless steel. We were in the market for a new dip tank for stripping paint off of our frames but we couldn’t find anything that would perfectly fit our needs. A little bit of ingenuity, a bunch of elbow grease and way too much welding later and the tank is almost finished.

Sean spent some time powder coating cranks, a stem and a seatpost for a city bike.

Here is a close up some panels that are being painted onto John’s lugged cross bike.

Another 650c Titanium road bike approaches completion.

Just in case you ever wondered what Hugh rides for a road bike, here you are. Columbus Max tubing and a straight blade fork built to match. I finally managed to get this bike together just in time for the True North executive retreat this weekend. This frame has been painted, then assembled, then dissembled, then dusty for about a month now and it deserves to be ridden a little.

The parts are a mix of old stock and whatever happens to being lying around. We have a few nice show bikes that remain in pristine condition, but if it’s 5pm Friday and one of the riders on our team has broken a part and has a race the next day, the part has to come from somewhere. In no particular order this bike features a very old and beaten up Ultegra rear derailleur, badly scratched Ultegra Sl cranks, Mavic 601 NOS hubs laced to Mavic Open rims and a ground down Chris King headset from a bike that a customer didn’t attach to their car all that well.

A nice little touch on the headset cap.