Finished a lil while ago. Forgot to put these pictures up. Still some mistakes but should work fine.
Tag Archives: Made in USA
Custom frame: fork in progress
Bruce Gordon
Just always liked this bike.
Custom frame: Rear brake noodle
I did the shaping. Darren did the welding of course.
Rack building at BMW
I did the cutting and bending. Darren did the welding. Photos by Joa.
ibex Duo Short
ibex Duo Short
I’m happy to find a very good quality, made in USA bike short. I don’t mind that it’s mostly wool either. I think I’ll prefer it. Wool is good. Just these are my first wool shorts. I only got one.
more: ibex.com
Custom frame: very close to finished
So happy to see this nearing completion. I know I’m going to love it. Next up is the fork. Also talking about custom rear rack.
Custom frame: Today at the shop
I stopped in. My frame is back in the jig after a total shop move to a new building. No new welds since last time it was in the jig. Fingers crossed this week.
Custom Frame: Laser cut dropouts
No longer gonna use the Paragon dropouts, instead these were designed for my bike by the welder and laser cut in New York from ΒΌ” steel. With these the stays will not need to be slotted, which is cutting into the tube. Also this looks a lot like the dropouts on many other BMW bikes.
Defeet Woolie Boolie 2 All Mountain wool socks
A near perfect cold weather sock. I have a bunch for daily wearing in winter but set aside one fresh pair to go on my next trip. I’ll always take at least one good pair of warm socks.
Made in USA
Chris King Headset
I got a brand new one in the parts bin waiting on the frame build to be finished. We had more than one discussion about what type of head tube to use on my custom frame. The simple quality of this component helped us decide to skip all the new new stuff and just go 1 1/8″. Of all the bikes I’ve owned this is only the second King headset for me.
Ridgid Tube Bender 396
This is the tool I used to make my front rack. Think I’m going to seek out one of these for myself so I can try to make a rear rack.
Custom frame: Welding has begun
My custom touring frame has started to take shape. The welder texted me to see if I’d swing by the shop tomorrow. Then he sent me this pic. So stoked!
Custom Frame: Top of the cue
After a long wait I hope to see the frame together soon.
Platy 2L Bottle
Prob not a necessary item because just about anything can be used to hold extra water but being compact, light, and large capacity but fillable under a shallow sink goes in the pros column. Trying to fill an empty 2L soda bottle or gallon jug under a small sink isn’t easy. 2L should be good to boil water for a pasta dinner, coffee in the morning, and some left to drink.
Capacity 70 fl. oz / 2 liters
Weight 1.3 oz / 36 g
Paid about $8 on a deal
Made in Seattle, USA
Inspiration: Preserve
This one is a bit different for inspirational images.
I have never taken a proper strainer on tour, don’t plan on it. But I do make pasta while on tour. A lot of pasta and definitely often. At home I still make pasta more often than most. The story behind why I’m inspired by this colander is because after my last tour I moved in with a friend and the apartment did not have a pasta strainer. No big deal right, I’ll just use the lid to the pot I boiled the noodles in. Just like I do on tour with my cook set. With my pasta habit it got to be that I was in the market for a strainer. Problem was I could not find a made in USA option. A few bouts of looking in stores and online won me nothing. I kept using the lid to drain the water off my pasta noodles. Months of this because I’m stubborn and didn’t want to spend money on something made in China when I believed I could find a domestic option.
My roommate understands me enough to get that I’d rather not buy an imported item if there was a made in USA option. He had seen me dump way too much pasta in the sink on accident and he was the one who made the score. He found it and he bought it but I was happy to see it on the counter when I came home one day.
So! I am inspired to work on a new idea for a photo project on my next tour and this is the item that gave me the idea.