Comments on: Photo Festival.

By: kirks

kirks — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:05:01 +0000

Hey,

Good question. You should be able to braze a small eye in the backside of the dropout for a fender without issue………. you’ll just want to look at the size of the fender tab to be sure it doesn’t get in the way of the QR skewer. If running a rack I think it would be best to mount an hourglass type braze-on very low on the stay – right above the dropout.

Dave

By: jim

jim — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:49:17 +0000

Following the questions on those dropouts, any chance a fender/rack eyelet could be brazed to them, or are they a little too pared down?

By: Wil Blanchard

Wil Blanchard — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:56:47 +0000

Dave,

I am interested in working with you drop outs too. Is that a round shape on the ends to butt to the stays as opposed to a plug type end? It looks like you build the brass up around the outside and blend it into the stay.

Thanks, Wil

By: kirks

kirks — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:56:36 +0000

Those are dropouts of my design. Up until now I’ve had only a very limited supply but I just got a box of them in for other builders to purchase. I’ll post details on how that can be done very soon in this space.

Thanks for asking.

Dave

By: mo

mo — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:00:23 +0000

Dave. . . what dropouts are those? Can they be had from anywhere or are the a Kirk Special only?

By: kirks

kirks — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:50:29 +0000

I’m pleased to say that is my personal cross bike. I heart that thing. It’s been seeing a lot of use this year. There is something special to me about this bike. It’s the first ‘Kirk’ I’ve owned that isn’t a prototype or test bed for new ideas. It’s the same thing I would make for a customer and it’s nice to have a clean bike that hasn’t had tubes replaced and geometry altered for testing purposes. I hope to build myself a new JKS this fall that is the same way………. but time is short so who knows. It’s not like I’m suffering otherwise.

Thanks for the comment.

Dave

By: kirks

kirks — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:45:01 +0000

The brown bike is a special one isn’t it. The horizontal lines of the building bring out the whole art-deco feel of the bike. I love it. You should see that Dead paint job up close – stunning.

Dave

By: kirks

kirks — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:43:20 +0000

Those big tire are crazy aren’t they. The photo was taken in a parking lot in Butte MT where we held an autocross event and they are stored there by the tire shop next door. There’s no need to secure them as they are a bit too big to pick up and roll off. I’m told they sell for $12,000 each. Butte is a huge mining town and the tires are used on dump trucks used in the open pit mine there.

Dave

By: jim

jim — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:29:59 +0000

Photo #20 is my fave of the bunch. That bike just says fast, backroads fun.

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:15:35 +0000

The Brown bike with fenders and the curved seat post is the best looking bike i’ve ever seen. Your car rocks! Grateful Dead paint jobs rock!