Ok. This isn’t really that big but I have to say that I feel a good bit lighter. In fact I feel about 260 pounds lighter because that’s how much stuff I shipped off to Richmond today for the upcoming NAHBS. The bulk of my time over the past month has been spent building frames and assembling them into bikes as well as designing and building display fixtures and lighting, designing new T shirts and having them printed, designing a new banner and having it printed as well as dealing with all the stuff for travel like shipping details, lodging and flights. The number of details that Karin and I need to attend to for a show is always surprising and without her help I’d be screwed. Now all that stuff is done and I have a few days of ‘normal’ work before we head east to the show.

I’m proud of the work I’m bringing and think it will give a good idea of the type of bikes and workmanship I offer. I’ve decided to not try to bring a wide selection of my work but instead just bring bikes that were in the queue and going out to customers after the show. There will be a JK Special built up with Campy Record 11, a fillet brazed frame in the raw sans paint, and a JK Cross built with Shimano Dura-Ace. We’ll have new shirt designs and the ever popular brass cable adjusters for sale in the booth. Trust me, you need a lot of the adjusters.

Many The Framebuilders’ Collective members will be showing in the same part of the hall and I’m especially pleased to be next to Mr. Dario Pegoretti. I enjoy his company as everyone does and he just gives a good feeling. Mr. Sachs will be across the isle and Darrel Llewellyn will be right behind me. For the first time ever Carl Strong and I won’t be showing next door to each other so now I’ll have to walk down the isle to give him a hard time. Good company.

Well I’m rambling at this point so that’s my sign that it’s time to shut this down for the day.

Thanks for reading,

Dave

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