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As promised, Keith, er, Rowan, from Reynolds has come back with some news. I’d say he’s the messenger bearing good news: Tubes! Bent! Really! Not crinkled and shitty, but really bent, all smoothly and what not. Top Tube: This sample is for the new XXS-sized frame. Chainstay: Now that we’ve got some tangible results, this [...]
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Last week was meant to be a big announcement, that the our tubes were to be shipped from Columbus. Custom-drawn, niobium-doped, HSLA-sexytime. However, “pepperonium” (as Peter insisted on calling it), took a turn for the wurst. Apparently thin-walled steel is significantly harder to bend than cured pork. But let’s take a step backwards, to get [...]
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Despite the feeling one would presumably get from reading this blog, my life as the Misfit Engineer is not all glamour and glitz, yachts and pouring Cris on bikini-clad hotties. Sadly not. In fact, it isn’t about trips to Taiwan, FEA sims, or even somewhat vintage-yet-handy devices like a shadowgraph. Au contraire, sometimes you just [...]
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Things have been quiet here, despite that movement has been in the forward direction on numerous projects. It is much like an extended toilet session after a night spent eating too many burgers – you know you’re doing good work, things are moving along, yet there isn’t anything to show for it. But, relief is [...]
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It could be argued that lately I’ve been fixated on the rear end as much as Kenny Powers on trip to Mexico. I didn’t think it was fair to focus on only the non-drive side, what with a fancy new brake mount, so I thought it was time to revisit my stash of concept drawings from [...]
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Great basketball forwards know the importance of working in the post. Maybe if the Raptors were better at this, they could win a few games. In seemingly unrelated news, The current rendition of dropout/slider, designed by the benevolent Mark Lepper, has been faithfully securing the rear wheel to mine, and many others’ bicycles. This most [...]
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To the untrained eye, it would seem as though things have been quiet at the lab for the past number of weeks. Based on post count, this would be an accurate observation. The lack of posting could be blamed on the fact that I went here. After that, I went here, here, and here. In [...]
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When it comes to making rainbows, I’ve written about the what. I’ve written about the how. Of course, those are both pretty much useless without the why. Or is it the who? I’m not really sure. Anyway, keep reading, and maybe you can help me by deciding for yourself. Its all well and good to [...]
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For some reason, nobody wants to ride bikes based around 65 pound, solid steel frames. To satisfy the market’s desires for frames that weigh less than the average microwave oven, measures have to be taken to remove unnecessary material from the structure. This often means thin-wall tubing, butted tube sections, and thinner-wall tubing. Of course, frames are [...]
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While basking in the excitement of our first Boner, another noteworthy package arrived at the Psycle lab. This package came from an exotic country, and was notably larger than the first – the Dissent KD prototype! If you’re new to this project, read about the concept here. Anyway, After inspecting every weld, bend, and taper [...]
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