Ditta Cycles:Custom Bike Frames

This is my bike at my old job. It has Columbus SLX tubeset, Henry James lugs, Pacenti and Shimano dropouts. I painted it with Krylon rattlecan paint. Here is the black side with red forks.	This is the red side with black forks. I painted the bike to go with the wheels I made and the Cinelli plastic saddle.	Custom road frame with disk brakes at its new home. Columbus SLX fillet brazed tubeset, Pacenti fork crown and intergrated rear disk mount dropouts. The customer wanted a Raiders paintjob. Hand painted with Krylon rattlecans.	Single black metalflake decals on the downtube. They fit nice in the black area.	Headtube and forkcrown combo. The shifter bosses were set by hand. The logo shield was Raiders influenced and hand stenciled, as well as the rest of the paintjob.
Here you can see the slight curve in the wishbone seatstays and the disk setup. I like the way the paintcame out on this. It looks just like the Raiders uniform stripes.	This is the Frankenbike. I fillet brazed it from old cracked and crashed frames. The main triangle and chainstays are from a tall Bianchi. The seatstay is a Trek 420 fork that was bent back in a crash. I used a new bottom bracket shell.	I had to re-space the fork and file room for the cassette so the rear wheel would fit. I had to use a longer brake bolt so the rear brake would function normal.	A nice side view of the fork/ seatstay. I painted the forkcrown the same color as the frame so you notice the fork details.	I painted this bike with Krylon chalkbard rattlecan paint over the decals.
This is a partial replica of a Univega Super Sport. I used a Columbus Zona tubeset, Henry James lugs/forkcrown and Campy dropouts. I painted a black basecoat and used colored metalflake clearcoat. Paint is done with rattlecans and is one of my favorite paintjobs.	The owner set it up as a single speed so he could ride it right away. The frame was built as a fully functioning road bike.	Close up of the fastback seatstay.	Close up of the drivetrain. The stays were filed smooth into the dropouts.	Finished frame with my parts for the test ride. I used a Columbus Zona tubeset, Henry James lugs/forkcrown and Pacenti rear dropouts. This frame is one of my favorites.
Top view of my wishbone concept. I had to redo the assembled piece 3 times before i got it right. You can see the slight curve of the square tube and the angle that the seatstays will go.	Side view of my concept. Notice the square stock i curved and the main cap for the monostay.	The finished custom wishbone seatstay. Mitering those angles evenly by hand was very hard.	40 hours of hard work paid off. Notice the teardrop shaped seatstay caps.	Seatstays freshly brazed onto the rear dropouts in my garage.
The heatube/toptube combo. The fog takes it toll on the bare steel frame.	Finished brazing, now onto the finish filing!	The frame and fork after paint. I used gloss black rattlecan and black metalflake decals.	Close up of the headtube and metalflake decal	Close up of the seatstay cluster. I really like the way the wishbone turned out.

This is my bike at my old

job. It has Columbus SLX tubeset, Henry James lugs, Pacenti and Shimano

dropouts. I painted it with Krylon rattlecan paint. Here

is the black side with

red forks.

This is the red side

with black forks. I

painted the bike to go with the wheels I

made and the Cinelli plastic saddle.

Custom road frame with disk brakes at its new home. Columbus SLX fillet brazed tubeset, Pacenti fork crown and intergrated rear disk mount dropouts. The customer wanted a Raiders paintjob. Hand painted with Krylon rattlecans.

Single black metalflake decals

on the downtube. They fit nice in

the black area.

Headtube and forkcrown combo. The shifter bosses were set by hand. The logo shield

was Raiders influenced and

hand stenciled,

as well as the rest

of the paintjob.

Here you can see the

slight curve in the

wishbone seatstays and

the disk setup. I like the

way the paintcame out

on this. It looks just

like the Raiders

uniform stripes.

This is the Frankenbike.

I fillet brazed it from

old cracked and

crashed frames. The

main triangle and chainstays are from a

tall Bianchi. The seatstay is a Trek 420 fork that was bent back in a crash. I used a new bottom bracket shell.

I had to re-space

the fork and file

room for the

cassette so the

rear wheel would

fit. I had to use a longer brake bolt

so the rear brake would function

normal.

A nice side view

of the fork/

seatstay. I painted the forkcrown the same color as the frame so you notice the fork details.

I painted this bike with Krylon chalkbard rattlecan paint over the

decals.

This is a partial replica of

a Univega Super Sport. I

used a Columbus Zona

tubeset, Henry James lugs/forkcrown and

Campy dropouts. I painted

a black basecoat and used colored metalflake

clearcoat. Paint is done

with rattlecans and is one

of my favorite paintjobs.

The owner set it up as

a single speed so he

could ride it right away. The frame was built as

a fully functioning

road bike.

Close up of the fastback seatstay.

Close up of the drivetrain. The stays were filed smooth into the dropouts.

Finished frame

with my parts for

the test ride. I

used a Columbus Zona tubeset,

Henry James lugs/forkcrown

and Pacenti rear dropouts. This

frame is one of

my favorites.

Top view of my wishbone concept. I had to redo the assembled piece 3 times before i got it right. You can see the slight curve of the square tube and the angle

that the seatstays will go.