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Titanium wedding ring for a good friend -------------------------------------------- #ring #weddingring #titaniumring #titanium #machining
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Another sweet, custom head tube badge made by @rhysmay mounted on this Greylock+ road/allroad rig -------------------------------------------- #headtubebadge #headtubebadgesofinstagram #westernma
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Trail time -------------------------------------------- #mtb #mountainbike #mountainbiking #xcmtb #29er #trail #ride #mtbride #bike
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Beginnings of some custom forks! -------------------------------------------- #customfork #handmade #inprogress #steelisreal #custombicycle #bicyclefork
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This AM's adventure commute route -------------------------------------------- #ride #adventurebike #adventurecommute #bikecommute #bikeride #allpurposebicycle #takethelongway
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Extra storage capacity is key 🍩🍩🍩
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Long way into work 👌 -------------------------------------------- #takethelongway #bikeride #bikecommute #adventurecommute #commuterbike #touringbike #allroad #roadplus #650b #wtbhorizon #westernmassachusetts
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Drizzly morning commute route 👌 -------------------------------------------- #bike #bikeride #bicyclecommute #transportation #westernma #westernmassachusetts
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Melting it all together -------------------------------------------- #custombicycle #handmade #weld #welding #tigwelding #meltingmetal
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Mitering the seatstays for a Hilltown all-road rig -------------------------------------------- #miter #seatstays #variwall @variwallbicycletubes #anvilbikes #framebuilding
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Check out this gorgeous handmade head tube badge by @rhysmay - these will be an upgrade option for PVF frame customers! -------------------------------------------- #headtubebadge #headtubebadgesofinstagram #westernma
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Caught this sweet custom Hilltown out on the road! -------------------------------------------- #hilltown #custombike #allroad #grqvelbike #commuterbike #endurancebike #roadbike #shimano #tubus #hed #songenerator #supernovalight #thomsonbike
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It's so great to be back on my bike- and in perfect weather too! My knee still has some healing to go, but today I got in about 1.5hrs easy pedaling and it felt pretty good 👍 -------------------------------------------- #cycling #biking #bikecomm
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Getting everything set to weld these flat mount disc brake mounts to the chainstay of this Hilltown all-road rig. -------------------------------------------- #flatmount #discroad #allroad #gravelbike #tools #fabrication #metalwork #usmade
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Chainstays in the works for a bunch of upcoming builds -------------------------------------------- #chainstays #framebuilding #custom #handbuiltbikes #fabrication #usmade
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Just about ready to join this busy seat tube junction together -------------------------------------------- ( #frame #bikeframe #framebuilding #design #fabrication #steel #miter #mitering #joinery #cometogether #seattube #toptube #lug #bikelugs #brazing #
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Up close look of the special chainring clearance cut outs on both of these sweet 29ers. About a year ago I was trying to develop a yoke for short chainstayed 29ers like these- but part way through I realized that with a little cutout and some very careful
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Curved for clearance: this 29er has super short chainstays for more agility on the trail- so short that a normal, seat tube would hit the tire. To give proper clearance I made special bending dies in house to get this bend just right. The bend area had to
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Seat tube lug detail ----------------------------------------- ( #mtb #mountainbike #mtblife #29er #shortstay #shortchainstay #boostspacing #custom #steel #steelisreal #truetemper #paragonmachineworks #usmade #madeinusa #fabrication #seattube #lug #bikelu
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Sparkly purple short chainstay 29er! ----------------------------------------- ( #mtb #mountainbike #mtblife #29er #shortstay #shortchainstay #boostspacing #custom #steel #steelisreal #truetemper #paragonmachineworks #usmade #madeinusa #fabrication #purpl
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Big curves to clear a 3" wide tire ------------- ( #mtb #mountainbike #midfat #650b #650bplus #custom #custombike #seatstays #fabrication #metal )
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Tire clearance check before welding... then check again ------- ( #mtb #mountainbike #midfat #650bplus #yoke #usmade #metalfab #fabrication #design #machining #welding #tig #tigweld #custombike )
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Up front - gussets and reinforcing rings to take a beating ---------> ( #mountainbike #mtb #mountainbiking #29er #xc #xcmtb #black #murderedout #steelisreal #truetemper #madeinusa #paragonmachineworks #shimano #rockshox #shimanoxt #maxxis #thomson #chrisk
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Drive side view ---------> ( #mountainbike #mtb #mountainbiking #29er #xc #xcmtb #black #murderedout #steelisreal #truetemper #madeinusa #paragonmachineworks #shimano #rockshox #shimanoxt #maxxis #thomson #chrisking #selleitalia #wolftooth #custom #custom
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Super rad, speedy XC 29er ready to roll! ---------> ( #mountainbike #mtb #mountainbiking #29er #xc #xcmtb #steelisreal #truetemper #madeinusa #paragonmachineworks #shimano #rockshox #shimanoxt #maxxis #thomson #chrisking #selleitalia #wolftooth #custom #c
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This sweet chainstay yoke made by @paragonmachine just arrived. I'm laying it out on my clearance drawing to plot the next moves: the two pieces will be welded together and then I'll cut / miter it to size. It will be used on a mid-fat mountain bike to cl
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Making some special seat tube reinforcing lugs for some of the upcoming builds ----> ( #fabrication #steel #steelisreal #4130 #lugs #custombikes )
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Meeting today over at VOmax about having some sweet PVF jerseys made locally ---> #teamkit #jersey #sewing #buylocal #vomax
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I got these tricky seat tube bending dies finished up and am quite happy with the results! Nice, smooth and precise bends exactly where I want em! 👍👍👍 ----> #madeinhouse #design #fabrication #metal #cnc #machining #sopwamtos #ge
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Alignment check on a 29er MTB in the works ----> #29er #mtb #framebuilder #precision #process
