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Not bad for a rattle can paint job! It’s even mo

Not bad for a rattle can paint job! It’s even more spangly in real life.

This will be the first bike that I’ve built entirely in my own little home workshop.

#GravGravGrav
#BlingBlingBling

Brazing up the spare parts bike today - with help

Brazing up the spare parts bike today - with help from Sarah’s homemade rock cakes! 🍰 🚲

Here’s a little bit of Ash’s bike during produ

Here’s a little bit of Ash’s bike during production. The gap between the fork and the headtube can be a bit gappy with certain headsets. The headset cups are also sometimes larger diameter than the headtube which doesn’t look great - see the second image.

The guys in the workshop helped me turn this one down to match the diameter of the headtube and reduce the gap between the parts.

I’ve also removed the chamfer on the bottom of the crown race for my next bike, that gap will be TINY.

#ShinyBits
#FilletBrazedBike

The spare parts bike is taking shape! Seat stays n

The spare parts bike is taking shape! Seat stays next and hopefully I’ll get some time to braze it up this weekend.

I’m really lucky to have the home workshop kitted out enough to keep making things - good old @TheBicycleAcademy and @AcademyTools.

#ShinyPipes
#YeahThatTopTubeIsASeatTube
#SoIsTheDowntube

🔥 Check out the @UnpavedPodcast 🔥 made by, a

🔥 Check out the @UnpavedPodcast 🔥 made by, and featuring some awesome people.

Can you handle my dulcet drones?! Only one way to find out. Liven up your lock-down.

#FilletBrazing
#GravGravGrav

A busy day in the home workshop yesterday! I’ve

A busy day in the home workshop yesterday! I’ve started to build a gravel/mtb bike using up some of the random old/scrapped/dented/out of spec tubes left over from the courses at work.

I also installed a oxy-propane and paste flux brazing setup, we use inline fluxers and oxy-acetylene at work so it’s a bit different but it’s still pretty good - first time using that setup.

I also installed some nice new anti-fatigue matting.

#BrokenBitsBike
#GoodTimesInTheGarage

Nice parts for the next nice bike. It’s actually

Nice parts for the next nice bike. It’s actually all built and boxed up ready to ship to the painter.

This one is for me... built it to take expensive Sram eTap groupset 💰 but now the world is upside down. Might not get built for a while, but I can wait.

I might make another cheap bike in the meantime.

Thanks for the bits Mr Millman (aka @dward_design)

#FancyBikeLife
#TheMagicMetalMillingMachine

Ash’s bike just before paint 🎨

Ash’s bike just before paint 🎨

BAM!!! 💥❤️🚨🚲🌶💙💥 Heres Ash’

BAM!!! 💥❤️🚨🚲🌶💙💥 Heres Ash’s super sweet road bike complete with that SuperMan/SpiderMan/Ziggy Stardust bling bling zing zing colour fade.

Thanks to Ash for his trust and enthusiasm. May this bike transit you safely to the finest cafe stops available to humanity.

Featuring paint by @BlueWhippetPaintworks, @SramRoad Etap groupset, @RitcheyLogic build kit with @HopeTech bits and bobs.

#YeahBoy
#ShitHotSummerBike

A sneaky peek at Ash’s new bike. He hasn’t see

A sneaky peek at Ash’s new bike. He hasn’t seen it yet but when he has I’ll put some photographs up.
Great work as always @BlueWhippetPaintworks

#LookAtItShine
#AVeryFancyBike

I’ve borrowed the VERY fancy @abbeybiketools fro

I’ve borrowed the VERY fancy @abbeybiketools from work - what a treat!
Certainly a vast improvement to my usual chain break (which is attached to my rusty multi tool).

In these pictures I’m capillary brazing a custom

In these pictures I’m capillary brazing a custom made stainless bearing cup in place.

it’ll be invisible after paint and should make the transition between fork and head tube really tidy.
#FilletBrazed
#NearlyNewBikeDay

The fillets on Ash’s bike at various stages. It

The fillets on Ash’s bike at various stages.
It should be back from the painters any day now and it’s going to look pretty flipping cool. 🚲 🔥

My winter/gravel bike - Mr Peacock 🦚 at the top

My winter/gravel bike - Mr Peacock 🦚 at the top of Porlock Hill.

The other photos are from Bespoked 2019 - the bike was used to model the Rapha bikepacking bags.

The photos don’t do the lovely sparkly teal/navy fade paint job justice.

These lovely dropouts with little brass axle inser

These lovely dropouts with little brass axle inserts were given to me by Tom Sturdy.

I made my own variation by using some brass washers. They are silver brazed to standard Paragon quick release dropouts.

The Luft Fancyman- The first bike I built - made a

The Luft Fancyman- The first bike I built - made at @TheBicycleAcademy on a 7 Day Frame Building Course.

A steel frame with carbon fork, lightweight components and 1X drivetrain. Weighing approx 7.5kg.

Luft is a word used in several European languages

Luft is a word used in several European languages and some of the rough translations include - Air, Atmosphere, Breeze, Breath, Space.

In road cycling culture it also describes the height at which a cycling cap is worn on the head.

#FloatyFloatyCap
#EleganceIsNextToCleanliness

My name is Jack and I occasionally make bikes unde

My name is Jack and I occasionally make bikes under the name Luft Cycles.

Here I am 🚲 riding in the beautiful countryside near my hometown of Frome, UK.

#LuftCycles
#HandmadeBike
#LightweightRoadBike

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