By James Morikawa
I had a request to post pictures of frames I've complete. I thought to myself, "Why not? Sounds like a good idea." So, I dug up some pictures.
This is my first successful full carbon-fiber frame. 650C wheels, 72 degree head angle, 72 degree seat angle, 56cm top tube length, 38 cm chain-stays length. Rides smooth, responds like "grease lighting". I got a lot of technical help from "Fiber-Glass, Hawaii". They're a local supplier for the surfboard, and ship industry here. The people there are so cool. Special thanks to "Gigi" who helped me out the most. This lady is a fiber-glass, carbon-fiber, composite world of knowledge . . . a living technical manual.
Made the above frame for one of Hawaii's best cyclist, who I got the picture from. It's full carbon, with hand-layed carbon fiber joints. The frame weighed in at 2.6 pounds fully painted; I've been told that's "heavy" for carbon-fiber! The complete bike weighs in at 13.9 lbs.
Tig-welded steel frame. It has Columbus Life tubes for the front ti-angle. The rear triangle are made of Columbus carbon-fiber "Muscle". The top, and down tubes are sealed, and filled with Argon gas prior to sealing. The seat, and head tubes are internally treated with "Frame Saver" protective. The frame looks "wrong" in this picture; the picture must have warped when I re-sized it in my computer? Whatevers, the head-anlge looks too steep . . . in reality it has a 72 degree headangle, and a 73 degree seatangle.
Tig-welded compact frame. The front triangle are made of Columbus Ultra Foco tubes. The rear triangle are made of Columbus Foco stays. The rear drop-outs are fender type "Breezers". Top, and down tubes are argon gas filled and sealed, and so are the stays. No worries about internal rusting.
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Tony's Frame/Bike. Thanks for the picture Tony. Looks way cool, and very styling. Tig-welded Columbus Zona.
A blue, white, and gold colored frame. Just like in the picture. Tig-welded Columbus Zona. Made it for a cyclist named Russell.
Matt's Frame. I got the seat much too high.
Found this on a photo floppy-disc. My first successful Tig-weld steel frame, sometime in 1997. I think this frame is still around. Darn, seems like just yesterday.
That's it for now.
Wishing you a excellent day.
23 March 2006
Up dated: 8 Feburary 2008