Sunday, June 07, 2009

a couple of pics of Shabir's frame.

Shabir's "monstercross" is coming together.......basically a 29er/700c bike made to ramble comfortably wherever he wants to ramble.......on road, off road, trail. i think it's looking damn sweet, the lines really work for me. i had to get these pics off my camera, it's doing weird things.........i think a piece of grit or metal is lodged in the telescoping lens..........it HAS outlived three ghetto boxes! the shop is a harsh environment for electronics.
brazing the drop outs in place. it sure is great to have proper fixturing {and lots of tubing!} when making a living out of this.

a macro shot of the chain stay fit straight off the mill. it doesn't get much tighter then that. that's money, yo.


trying to get my ass in gear this morning...............had a great day at work yesterday until about 4PM, then my body started to fall apart. super nerve pain - i couldn't feel anything but fuzzy extreme pain below the knee on my right - my back and abs {at least the ones that still work} started cramping, and i started getting electrical shocks to my feet with spasms in my feet & stabbing pain in my hips. arrrrggghhhhhh!!!!..............so, we went out to meet friends at dinner. it went just OK until i went to the bathroom and didn't come back - i felt so bad after climbing some stairs i just sat in a big comfy chair in the lobby of the Monte V until Denise found me......ah, the life of an incomplete spinal cord injury. didn't sleep much, either. oh well, gonna pull my shit together & try to make some headway on current projects. maybe i've been running too hard.............you do what you can with what you got, i reckon. Steve.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

all that pain--what a bummer. classy lines on that bike and some damn tight joinery as one might say in woodworking. another satisfied customer I'm sure.
--Shabir

Winter Bicycles said...

You used "ghetto blaster" and "that's money, yo" in the same post. Bonus points to Mr. Garro.

Japhy rider said...

UF-DA! i'm bringing some urban "farmhouse ale" - seasonal (Saison) shop homebrew - down to the Dell ASAP. hang on!!!

killer mitering.