Gacki update

This bike is coming together pretty nice...

its gonna be a buttkicker!

845 Sat.

DW

Chainstays tacked on

Tacked on. 5 PM.

As soon as its cooled, we braze them into place. The its all about the seatstays. This one is going together fast!

Gacki Brazed

flux is melted of via the ol hot water trick...

pre-cleanup.

3:14 Saturday

DW

Judah back from paint!!

Fresh from the painter. Only a little tease for this...you'll have to wait until NAHBS to see any more...

DW

Gacki in Jig

prior to tacking.

Gacki in progress, Mansur too

Gacki seattube in progress.

Mansur, fork tip.

Sweet Max joy!

Guess who's stash of NOS Columbus MAX showed up yesterday....? As you can see, complete sets including lugs....oh the humanity!!!!!

DW

Judahs paint teaser....

its got color and flakes...wow!!!

lacking decals, but this baby should be here this week!

DW

New week, new frames..plus Les' B-day!

I am trying to do 3 track frames this week. I have my work cut out for me, fo sho.

Pics will be uploaded later today of the in progress works. Gacki, Mansur and myself...

Happy BIRTHDAY! to my wife Lesley. 42 today...still doesnt look her age...what a woman!

The pic is from our trip to Innerspace Cavern in Georgetown, TX during Julianna's Xmas vacation from school. Had a blast, as usual.

DW

Crunch time!

Last month at my Nephews wedding. Tessa and I kicking it.

Its crunch time for the show. I have 7 bikes left to build. I need front track dropouts....anyone, Beuller? Help if you can.

DW

NEXT!

Its outta here! Off to the painter's for some mettalic blue love...

Next up, a pair of twin 55cm track frames...I love it when people the same size order at the same time...

DW

Magic before your eyes!

ahhh, the magic happens to get caught on camera....

so retarded, i know. But i never take myself too seriously.

DW

My, what nice, tight miters you have...

So, this is Willwerth's seatstays...nice and tight, pre-braze.

DW

Next up!

I'm a smoooooth pimp daddy of the fillets, and these are my bitches...

In all seriousness, these are a couple of shots of Willwerths frame in progresso. I expect to be shipping it to paint Tuesday morning. Also, Rose's new Columbus Life track frame is in progress, but hasnt made it this far yet... DW

Fresh Back from the painter is Eddies new ride.

Its not going anywhere anytime soon or else it wont be pristine for NAHBS.

DW

Done...outta here for paint.

There it is. Done. I feel pretty good about this one. I think its some of my best work.
Judah seems pretty happy with it, just from the pics on sffixed.com he has seen. I think he will have a good time on this bike for a long time.

DW

Another one down...

Ok, it will be done today...This bike is for my pal Judah, in San Francisco. We went with the True Temper "Velo" tubeset. All thats lacking on it at this minute is finish work. I plan on having it done this afternoon. It will head off to the painter and be sprayed a "top secret" color. Just look for it at NAHBS....you wont wanna miss it!

DW

Daaaaaaaaamn.
You wouldnt believe how busy I am now.
I finished a frame for Eddie B in NYC last week and have 2 more on the chopping block.
I am just slammed with show work, too.
I will try and update this blog more often and I plan on getting this blog hooked up to my website today!
heres a pic of the bike and the second pic is of a custom stem I made. It was chrome plated...smooooove!

dw

wow, what a year!

Ok, I know I have been ignoring my blog. Not cool. What can I do when I am this busy?
Anyhow, NAHBS is coming together so nice. We have exhibitors from Germany, Italy, UK, Canada and if you count Shimano, Japan. Truly an international show...and yours truly is in charge...thats almost scarey, eh?
I got married on July 29th (see pic) to Lesley...my first love from when I was just a young lad.
Great woman! She is totally everything I wanted in a wife and then some, I consider myself damn lucky (that she has no taste in men) and look forward to spending the rest of my life with her.

I have loads of frames to be built before Feb 1. Thats the official day my painter will tell me to eff off if I expect anything delivered after that day to be painted.
i am off to spend some time with Les...ciao!

Good Gravy its busy!!

Been busy hanging out with the kiddos this summer. The show is shaping up nicely.
More soon.
Enjoy!

DW

Bumming...

I still am waiting for my Anvil jigs. But in the meantime have a new track frame that is shipping off to the painter tomorrow morn. This frame is for Eddie Brannan, the graphics guru from England, now in NYC. Eddie did and hopefully will do more graphics for the show. Thanks Eddie!!!! DW

a clean shop is a happy shop...and other rantings!

Been cleaning out the shop this week. I am expecting my new Anvil tools to arrive any time now. Don Ferris is a genius when it comes to designing and manufacturing Bicycle tools/Jigs, etc.
As well as being a pal, he makes the best jigs on the planet earth. I am so excited about getting these tools I am wetting myself...well, not quite, but close.
I have a bunch of frames to get done ASAP and I am already planning on next years show bikes. I have a few aces up my sleeves.
My divorce is almost final. The ex said she signed the papers the other day, but I havent heard word one from my Atty. We'll wait and see...all I can do, but this divorce has lasted longer than most peoples marriages.
Delivered a fork today. Well, I didnt deliver it, I shipped it, USPS will deliver the thing. Pic is here.
Ernesto is kicking ass on the website. I like him alot, and his work ethic. Good guy.
I have alot of info I need to get him so we can start taking deposits on next years show. My work is cut out for me, thats for damn sure.
Thats it for this addition...see you next time. DW

The Trike dreams are made of

Finally about ready to ship off the Trike. My first one was a definate adventure. But it came out awesome and I am proud of it. Pics here! http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/Walkercycles/Trike/

DW

I'm back, Baby!

Ok, the show is over and done with. I am rested, relaxed and trying to get caught up on my framebuilding and start the never ending process of planning next years show. The good news is, we are back in San Jose at the same venue, same time of year, etc. It wont be as much work planning # 2 in SJ, but it will still take alot of time for the other parts of the show, such as seeking sponsorship, press releases, etc. Anyhow, its been a while since I posted, I just wanted to get back into the swing of this, in case anyone actually reads it. DW

Emotions!

During the past few days, I have been a wreck. Stressed out from packing for the show and a recent thread on an unnamed forum that had my panties in a bunch. I responded like an idiot when I shouldnt have. Oh well, whats done is done. Anyhow, over the last few days my stress level has made me respond to some folks like I was an ass. Sorry for that. I am just not myself. I want those to know that I really feel bad about this. If I werent stressed out, I wouldnt have even acknowlegd the issues. I hope all is cool with everyone. DW

Track bike time

With 3 track bikes to make in a week or so, I am hauling booty. I made the fork for Eddie's track bike. It came out pretty nice. It looks like alot more cleanup than there really is. The brass flowed out nicely. I am hoping to have his done by Sat night so I can do the other two. Eddie's will be the first one with my Katakana logo...should look oh so Japanese. DW

Its about time.....

Wow, I cant believe I am almost done with this bike/Trike. What a PITA.