All Road #1, originally uploaded by Xvelo Designs. Currently working on a single/fixed gear all road type of bike. The fork will be the straight blade and have rack attached and I will rig up something for the rear. It will fit me and be ridden thousands of miles. Should be OK The birth of [...]

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Mixte Lugs, originally uploaded by Xvelo Designs. Modifying lugs for M’s mixte bike. These are the Gippiemme lugs from Ebay, I’ve chosen to make a mixte with high range gearing for Michelle and these lugs are the inspiration. They are normal stamped lugs made for a traditional frame. To get the mixte lug, i’ve added [...]

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Bamboo in Between the fire, originally uploaded by Xvelo Designs. Ok; this evening has started the bamboo bike. I’m almost frightened but the construction of bamboo and carbon seem fairly straight forward and there is very little rocket science. (or physics) I’ll keep you posted in useless detail until it’s done and I lose a [...]

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pancenti bits-7, originally uploaded by Xvelo Designs. Some new shiny bits from Pancenti…The crown on the bottom and the dropouts are going together for a single speed or fixed gear road bike. Any dibs on the size??? Bueller? Also got some rack eyes, good times…

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Here is the first of the pro photos of bicycle number one done by Mark from Mark Mortensen Photography It sure is amazing what a real photog can do with some light and a lens. He made some amazing photos of the bike and I will be hanging a few of them on my wall. [...]

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Bamboo Miter #1, originally uploaded by Xvelo Designs. Had to take a break from the real job this evening and vent some frustration/creativity on some poor grass. I’m feeling quite confident that these rigs will be as strong as a brazed steel bike with hopefully cool characteristics. Weight will be similar to steel but the [...]

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New tubes, originally uploaded by Xvelo Designs. This is more exciting to me than getting a fresh load of steel pipes. Everyone and their pet monkey is a custom steel builder, it takes real freaks and geeks to make a vehicular conveyance out of some grass and carbon fibers. These overgrown lawn pieces come to [...]

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