It’s Friday and that usually means it’s shipping day. Today a fillet frame I just finished is going out to JB for paint. I took a few photos of it and liked this one in particular.
It’s a photo of the stainless face option on the dropouts. I braze on a thin stainless face to the dropout so that the area the quick release skewer grabs is free of paint. I’m not a fan of the stainless dropout due to the poor fatigue properties of stainless steel. Going the stainless face route I can use a very tough forged steel dropout and still have the benefit of the stainless area under the skewer.
All that and I just liked this photo. Enjoy your weekend.
Dave
Great solution … appearance and durability in one neat package. The filler under the eyelets appears to have a different color – are the eyelets attached with silver?