Every once in a while something comes up and I have a bike available for sale. This is the case today. This is an all rounder road frameset made from a mix of Reynolds 725 and Reynolds made for Kirk stays. The lugs are hand cut long point Pacenti and the fork crown is Cinelli.

It has had wheels installed in the frame and fork so there are indents in the paint from having them clamped down but otherwise the frame has never been assembled. It had two very small nicks in the paint, one on the fork crown and one on the driveside of the bottom bracket and both have been touched up and are very difficult to see. They are shown in the photos but don’t show up enough to photograph well.

Here are the basic specs -

Seat tube –                     56.5 c-c

Seat angle –                   72.5*

Top tube –                      54.2

Top tube slope –           2.0*

Head angle –                71.8

Fork rake –                     5.1

Trail –                               5.8

Bottom bracket drop –    8.0

Chainstay length –         41.8

Head tube –                       18.6

There is 65mm of steerer above the King headset which means there is room for 3.0 cm of spacers along with your average stem.

This frameset originally listed for $2900 + $175 for the custom color red and $130 for the king headset – the total being $3205. I’ll let this go for $2750 + shipping.

First come first serve and of course there is only this one available. Call or write for any more info.

Thanks for looking.

Dave

This frameset was just finished and shipped off to JB for paint and when it’s done it will head off to it’s new home in Ireland. Pretty cool if you ask me.

The frame is made with a blend of Reynolds 725 and special 631 chainstays that Reynolds makes just for me. The tubes are silver brazed into modified Sachs lugs and fork crown. It’s set up for long reach calipers, fenders and 25 mm tires and  should make for a very nice riding bike that will handle anything thrown at it.

I look forward to getting photos of this bike being used in the Irish countryside.

Have a great weekend.

Dave

This is a frameset I started late last week that is headed to Ireland. It’s a classic all rounder frame with room for fatter tires and fenders but still at it’s core it’s a performance bike. It’s being built with a bespoke blend of reynolds 725 tubes and some special stays that I have made for me by Reynolds.

I’ve taken a few days off in the middle of this build to entertain my parents who are visiting from upstate New York. They’ve been here for a few days and we’ve had a great time catching up and doing a bit of sight seeing………… as well as eating Karin’s fine cooking. They head home tomorrow so I’ll be getting back to work on the all rounder and will share more photos then. I also expect I’ll have more frames back from JB with fresh paint to show off.

Here are a few photos of the bike in progress at the moment.

Dave

This JK Special is heading off to what seems to me to be the home of great cycle racing – Belgium. I love the spring classic road races with the wind , cold rain, narrow cobbled roads and super steep short power climbs. I can never get enough of watching the hard men of the sport hammer the roads of Belgium in the spring.

I know this JKS will feel at home in those conditions and hope Reinhard enjoys it for years to come. It’s on it’s way to JB right now and then it will make the long trip to it’s new home. I look forward to photos of it in it’s element.

Dave

It’s Thursday morning as I write and Karin and I got home from our trip yesterday afternoon and what  wonderful vacation it was. We originally intended to head north into Canada but at the last moment realized they changed the rules about crossing the border into Canada and I didn’t have a passport. So at the last moment we decided to head south for a tour of some of the National Parks.

We first went to Bryce National Park and it had the best hike I’ve ever taken anywhere. It was pretty short at 3 miles but the views are other worldly and hard to take photos of and even harder to describe. If you haven’t been there you should consider going – you will not be disappointed.

We next went to Zion National Park and it’s completely different being large and a bit crowded but still epic. The geology is wonderful and traveling with a geologist is really fun so you get the whole story of how these magnificent features were formed. I highly recommend marrying a geologist.

After Zion we headed south into Arizona to the Grand Canyon. It’s my first time there and it’s shocking how large the canyon really is. It was properly named that’s for sure. We went to the north rim and it was very empty and quiet and easy to relax and enjoy the views. We even got lucky with someone canceling a reservation and ended up being able to stay in a deluxe cabin right near the rim. Karin is not only a top shelf geologist but great and making stuff like this happen and it was a treat. We spent the first evening just staring into the huge hole in the ground and feeling a bit overwhelmed and the next morning we went on a hike down into the canyon for some different views. It felt different and special to be down in the canyon and not on the rim. It was easier for me to relate to being inside it as opposed to being on the rim. I found it to be so big that I had a hard time relating to it. That afternoon we drove out to some different view points and every corner had a different and inspiring view. It was a bit hard to leave in the end.

But we did leave and headed north and went through Zion again to stay in a hotel we liked  on the way through a few days before. The next morning we headed north to Salt Lake City to go to Ikea and to the Lotus dealer to stare at cars. A quick trip through Ikea (yeah right) and it was off the the Lotus dealer. They sell Lotus , Ferrari and Maserati. I’m not a huge supercar fan but it’s hard to not be inspired by the Italian exotica. The Lotus’ they had really make me lust though. Light, small and full of single minded purpose – just like a well built bike.

The next day we headed home and it was good to be back. We consider ourselves fortunate that we like coming home so much. Today I’m catching up on all the little things that don’t get attended to while away and tomorrow it’s back to heating up and grinding metal and I look forward to it.

Here are a few photos of the trip. Thanks for reading and looking.

Dave

It’s about time I should think. I started Kirk Frameworks a bit over 6 years ago and recently Karin and I realized that I’ve not actually taken more than a day or two off in the entire time and certainly not had what one might consider a vacation. It’s always hard and a bit awkward to think about taking a vacation as the person next in line to get their bike has to wait while I take some time off. That said I have a perfect storm happening with the Lovely Karin being able to take some time off now, the fact that I’m a good bit ahead of schedule on production so everyone will still get their bikes on or ahead of schedule and the weather is perfect.

So Karin and I are packing up the Mini and heading south to see some national parks including the Grand Canyon and to possibly visit the Lotus dealer in Salt Lake City to lust over some cars. Hey, it can’t hurt to look.

We expect to be gone a week so if you don’t get a quick response to a phone call or email it’s because we are standing on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon with our jaws dropped in awe. We have a full time house sitter here to take in any packages and mail that might come in during the week so don’t worry about sending stuff.

As soon as I’m back in the shop/office I will return calls and emails as quickly as I can and once that is over you are all invited over to see a multi-hour slide show of all the picutes from our vacation. Nothing better than seeing other’s vacation photos.

Have a good week.

Dave