Thanks to Scott, Greg, Mike and Jenn in the frame shop and Patrick, David and Birger in the pain(t) shop we sent 11, count ‘em ELEVEN bikes out the door this week including:

3 to England
2 to Japan
1 to Germany
1 to Singapore
1 to Ohio
1 to Cali
1 to Jersey
and shit, someone that lives here in Portland even came and picked up a bike (thanks Josh).

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The dropouts that we make for the geared SV’s have a steel main body for strength, but we still want stainless steel where the wheel is interfacing with the frame; the faces of the dropouts. The inner face is brazed onto the dropout with silver, prior to joining the drops to the chainstays. The outer face is bolted on with 4 size 2-56 (small) stainless torx bolts after the frame is  painted. We have the outer face laser cut from 22 gauge 304 stainless steel flat stock. Laser cutting is precise and makes for a nice part, but because of the heat, it leaves a burr on the edges of the part where the laser penetrates (yes this whole post is just an excuse to say “laser penetrates”) and a not totally consistent finish. This is a video of Mike putting the final brushed finish on a face before it goes onto a new SV road frame. Maybe your SV road frame!!!!

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And by Mohicans, I mean bikes that need SS’s

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