Yeah, I'm still kickin' just not writtin'. Still building bikes too, but lately it's been really focused on the Africa bike project. There's 2 reasons for that, first off, Reynolds is killing me on delivering 953, and all my next frames in the que are stainless, and the africa bike is really cool. I wish I could post pics, but it's still under wraps. I'm on revision 3 of the protoyping now.
Here's some pics I can show though, a repaint I just finished, patina'd copper!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkEelUBYYDP18KkHqXurJoJs_vsGN1L2qTNElv1R62PLVAXWlDrINUFv7QMJ6dbTM1qkWzXYZHOD2iPUN62_NgH7j5M7VnZtsS2ZId-YVvB3rZbDYqk8L5mhcArERe3mAAbd0ag/s400/P601221320110601_03.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ySN-5eT6jtlaSnKqHjV7oUCNvPtsD7lzYr2sttlTo5ER_H7t0D6P9rsfLysr0YOC74aVKAdyPiJRSHJppIGSijm6z7wQdN0HlJhTk-BWShdwUCgFc_8cTYFU_16PAQ6H6GlRhw/s400/P601221220110601_02.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFmqk5Wp6FXZFUNI0GNvMmX8SIub8cvXtOemF2SBBaj_fou0L_JRvYtY-B45ZoArPXkC9CYeiFM1zVbT109z374LYRzUOzhVlG0ylRhV6N2S6zmrOWRDc65J3Yy5LmBaUvO9Tyw/s400/P601221020110601_01.jpg)
It's mighty unique.
In other news, I'm swamped. Not just with bike stuff, but with life. And to be honest almost everything related to bikes has become very difficult this spring. I tore a few ligaments in Feb in a snowboarding accident and my ankle just hasn't healed. So I've been off the bike for a while and it's getting to me.
The short version is I've decided to stop taking orders for a while. I have a huge backlog and I need to work through it. So if you inquire I'm probably going to point you to someone else. I'm still doing couplers and other jobs, but I just can't take on more frames until I get through some of my backlog.
out for now.
bbbb