Show prep season continues with this bike for Howard. It’s a JKS and about 80% done at this point. Today I add the rear triangle to the completed front. This is really the fun part for me. It will be getting Terraplane stays too so I get to do some bending and the black art of bending is also fun.
With any luck the frame will be done on Monday and sent off to JB and then it’s on to the final show bike of the season.
Have a good weekend and stay warm.
Oh, I almost forgot. The sunset photo was taken from my office window and shows what a -20* sunset looks like when the light reflects off the snow on the mountains and up against the ice crystals in the air. It only lasts for a minute or two and then it’s gone.
Dave
Lovely bike (of course). This one appears to have a braze-on for the front derailleur. I like the traditional look of it. Question: is that an aesthetic choice or is there a specific advantage to this over the more common clamp-on approach. Hope your weather stays clear. Yrs, E
Hey Eric,
Yes this frame, like all JK Specials, has a braze-on front derailleur mount. It is optional on most of my frames but every JKS gets one. The reason being that the special seat tube used on the JKS is very thin and it wouldn’t take too much to over tighten a derailleur clamp and damage the tube. The braze-on mount eliminates this possibility.
Happy Holidays to you.
Dave