CROSS NATS BEND OREGON HERE NOW

Greetings fellow universe dwellers. The U.S. Cyclocross National Championships are here and some racing has taken place. Word on the cell is "two broken bones per race", please don't quote me on that. I won't be racing but I will be partying on the edges and showing off some art and art support structures with Amy Castano's photos at John Paul Designs in downtown Bendor Friday night. Furthermore there is a bike show at 900 Wall which is too downtown. Some of my frames will be randomly ridden and shown off elsewhere. Try to stay warm, just try. Snuggling is one way to stay warm. Fire is also warm. Please don't snuggle with fire.
Love, Wade

LESS BLOGGING MORE BUILDING

Saw the Dweezil Zappa show and it was rad but I am just as proud as Frank would be!

Man, some folks I know just nail it on the blog to show everybody what they are doing every couple of days, Gardu for example.  I wait til I have too many pictures and too much to say and get overwhelmed.  Anyway I just built the most complicated and difficult build in the least amount of time with the most success of my  framebuilding career.  Project was as follows.  Titanium traveler with steel fork and custom racks.  TURBO.  Deposit came in early November and shipped on friday.  Lots of 2 am this week but it looks great and I cant wait for it to come visit me and I can ride it.  Cross nats are here this week and I am back to building Jim's MAX lugged frame. Of course the photos are on flickr DIRECT MOUSE ON THESE BIG RED LETTERS AND CLICK.
Love ya
wade.

I'LL SHOW YOU MINE IF YOU SHOW ME YOURS

Greetings loyal followers and stalkers! Thanks to Jessica, Chris, Katy, Eugene, Nana, Pop, Rio and Papa, I somehow made it to Portland for the Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show and rocked the heck out. As may be expected I arrived with the tallest bike and and irreverant attitude and had a great time talking about bikes to any random person unsupectingly walking by my booth. Also as expected I arrived with more knobby tires than maybe the whole rest of the show combined. While there I saw some Absolutely Amazing work done by some hardworking craftsmen. No women builders were there though there were female craftspersons on hand, Randi and Shiela of note. My neighbors were awesome, Mark and Dan and thanks for letting the Vulture Culture Experience spill into your zones on occasion. Like I said, we had more candy, knobbies and ridden rides than anyone else there, and though I saw some totally VICTIM stuff, for the most part the bar is high and the paintshops are killing it. I know what I want to make myself next and how to do it, but I won't have time for a while.  am stoked to be a full time framebuilder again but sometimes I miss the guys I used to work with. Buy a bunch of bikes from me so I can hire them.  Here is a pic from the show.
Smack down on the ENTER key harder than ever,

Wade

OCTOBER IS ABOUT TO TURN INTO NOVEMBER

Whoa, here comes Halloween. I have not been blogging up to my potential, due to some sickness and stuff going around in the fam I have not been getting as much work done as I would like. Here are some pics to make up for words. By the way I am going to Portland, Oregon for the Oregon Handmand Bicycle Show check it out here.OREGON HANDMADE BICYCLE SHOW. If you are attending the show please come by the Vulture Zone and chat it up, I will have some fun stuff to see and yes the bikes there are all rideable.  Guy got his bike and he is stoked.  Rio chops wood, he is a good helper for our family.

PART HIPSTER, PART CAVE MAN, PART COWBOY

I had a great week. Other than getting some of my jawbone ground down for a crown, I had few distractions and reasonable weather. I watched the dentist with a mirror and I must say he had pretty good grinding technique. Sometimes the grinder would whipper over to another tooth but ample anesthetic made the procedure no prob. I am sore and healing but better my face hurts than my hands.

  Here are some pics of Nat's frame. I have been dreaming about building a frame like this for a long time and finally here it is. The green frame is for Guy, and if I get time I will build it up today.

I curved the struts on this fork, it just ocurred to me as I was building it, fun.
Weekend, cool.

SOME BEND OREGON CROSS RACING

 This is a quick post to say congrats to Damian from Sunnyside Sports for winning the Web Cyclery Thrilla Cross series. There is his travel ready Vulture all painted up. Go Damian! Of course the ground doesn't look like that now. Snow!

 Also we got the last cord of wood we will need this winter, nice lodgepole nickels there ready to split. Jessica thought loading these in the truck and trailer was a lot of work. Twice warmed I say.

THIS ISNT JUST ABOUT MOUNTAIN BIKING IN BEND OREGON

Due to popular request and the fact I might be the ugliest person in my family I have uploaded a picture of Papa eating at  the Deschutes Brewery Pub on my birthday last weekend. That's a big plate of food and he CPC'd it. CPC if you did not know is "clean plate club". Thanks to Steve for the pic upload suggestion, also the indoor net seems to be working today, Ah rural living.

Also in my mind is maybe a common one with framebuilders, what color should I paint/powdercoat my personal bike? While riding in eastern oregon, see mountain bike camping trip my frame got pretty rusty, I think it looks cool but it doesn't go with the concept of a finished product and its longevity is decreased. So far I am leaning toward a classic Fat Chance Yo (the design inspiration for this bike) of blue to green fade, or Olive drab with desert tan racks, or flat black on the racks. Kinda recon for the pine tree desert of central oregon. What do you think? Or orange super sparkle?...