Here are some photos of Brians completed cross bike. I didn't cut the steerer tube as I want to insure fit first. I made the head badge out of a Ninkasi tap handle that Brian scrounged up for me.

I thought I would try and shoot a couple of pictures before the assembly begins. What appears to be an over size vent hole in the "brake bridge", is a little frame saver oozing out. The Ninkasi head badge is coming out very nicely, I only need to decide on what type of finish.

It's late, but here is Brians frame through clear coat. Color sand and buff on Monday and it will be ready for assembly and podium at Sherwood. Also, I built these two wheel sets today. Won't Marcelos red hubs look good on his Ridley? Of course I couldn't get the second Rhino on Dylans wheel because the Dugast god is angry with me.

Here is Brians croc. The run on the lower lug will be sanded out and buffed. But not a bad paint line.

Oh Yeah, looks stunning with the clear coat applied. The decals are in the back ground, I will attempt them this morning before work. Friday I will color sand to get any imperfections out and apply the final clear coat. LaV stopped by on his new Pegoretti last night and thinks the paint is smokin'.

Brians frame is complete through the color coats. The white logo with the yellow outline is very bright. I have the decals designed, but am held for the correct paper. Shoulda been here by now along with Marcelo and Dylans wheels.

I apologize for the pic, as usual, but I was able to get the blue on Brians frame. As you can see, Brandi the paint girl nailed the color match to the HFV jersey. Tomorrow comes the HFV orange, then clear coat. I have come to find out that tap handles are available from Ninkasi. I would really like to make a head badge out of the face plate, rather than a decal. We need to get one.

Nothing to do with frame building, but Dylans ceramic BB was feeling a little gritty after todays race. Since I recently purchased the rebuild tools, I thought I would take a look at it. Holy crap, eh? But the whole procedure only took 30 minutes and it is as smooth as glass again.

After converting Brians measurements to something useable, I masked and got the white on. No time to mask and spray the blue today and tomorrow is pretty full too. So probably Monday.