[Closed] Show me your custom hardtails

Okay I'll play. Here's my Roberts' Dogsbolx SS.

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OP, bit too much distraction in that pic, close ups of fillet brazing please!

Mine - another BOLX.......

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Well made, but my Cotic Simple rides better.

Curtis pro street 24 in raw steel with clear lacquer.

Pimplite /profile mini Ti wheels/Ti driver/Ti Axel
Profile crank with Ti Axel
Thomson post/stem
MGI Ti pedals
XTR V brake
Chris king mango headset

Blah blah blah , you get the idea.

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[i]OP, bit too much distraction in that pic, close ups of fillet brazing please![/i]

Ok, sorry about the distraction of clarts etc!

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Made in Sussex

Liking the matching forks woodsman 8)

Thanks, that is the most commented on thing 🙂 - painted them at work with the frame - which was the actual one (satin black demo) that STW tested in the mag.

The DB didn't work out unfortunately, real shame but that's another story altogether!

Cheers

I heard about it 😉

Mines going soon, going for a 29er.

OP - clear helicopter tape would look better than faux carbon patches.

Nice welds mind!

Okay close-ups as requested...

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blimey, this is like gentleman's literature for cyclists

Another fillet brazed Roberts, this time one of those in-vogue rigid 29ers, but perhaps not exactly the kind of hardtail you were thinking of? 😉

(Roberts Audax Custom circa 2006, fillet brazed Columbus Nivacrom)

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Thats better. I love a nice fillet.

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here is mine,, i designed and sent the drawings off to xacd in china , you sign off their drawing and send the cash off, and within two months it arrived simple,,

Seeing as Flamejob hasn't spotted this, I'll do him the honours
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I believe this frame was designed by flamejob and custom built in Taiwan for him. Looks really nice I think, Retro with modern bits.

xcad how did you find there service? im going for a titanium cannondale flash.

titanium cannondale flash. tell me more ....dribble

Here's mine!
Twentyniner!

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Custom gate in titanium. Nolonger mine unfortunately.

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the guy from xacd Porter can be pushy and a bit rude, but that is often how they are over there,,
they draw up your ideas and ask you to sign off the drawing, dont let them pressure you , get it right, i am very fussy about little bits like cable stops etc,,
i nust have gone through about 5 drawing versions before i was totaly happy,, they guy (or gal) who does the drawing is on the ball and understands more than Porter often i would draw up a change and porter would not understand and require some clarification but before i had a chance to reply a new correct drawing would arrive
my bike was more expensive than most from there as my dropout design was expensive to produce and there is an upcharge for all those bent tubes but thats what i wanted

Bendy top tube riders - how are you finding standover and general clearance when riding?