as soon as I posted these photos I thought, “I should fill in the ends of the stays.” so I’m glad you said something. I’ll just use silver and some flat plates because I feel like the flux cleanup is easier. Thankfully I’m still waiting on a few parts until I can paint the bike to match so I won’t have to strip any paint.
And yes the dropouts are SendCutSend of my design. I’m a little bit of a sucker for a precise aesthetic and that’s the only way I could get what I want.
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So good! Im really looking forward to seeing it built up. Absolutely love the seat tube/post!
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I always see things in photos that I don’t see in IRL.
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keep it raw! just clear coat it!!! looks great!
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this happens to me too, the bike could be sitting in the same room as me and i’ll be staring at photos of it on the computer and notice things i didn’t notice irl
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Since I Picked up a BMX two weeks ago I can‘t stop thinking about building a new Frame. Right now I am in the design process and I got a couple of question about U Brakes. I would Weld some M10 bushings into the Frame, for removable brake studs are there any downsides? The only Information I could find about the stud Position is that they are 90mm apart. Does anyone know the distance between the Rear axle and the Studs?
Thanks for your answer:)
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Assuming it’s a slotted rear dropout, measure from center of the dropout. The brakes should have a range (10-15mm) of adjustment, from there it is just math based on rim diameter. SRAM publishes their canti specs if you search their site.
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I’ve had a look at some of my old drawings and it looks like there’s some variance in how I’ve annotated the stud placement.
But 237mm from the ideal axle position (i.e not the bottom of the dropout slot) to the stud location looks to be the most used dimension.
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Thanks for the Help!
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Funny how that happens 
Have fun with the new frame, looking forward to seeing it.
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Accidental fun picture. Screwing around at the obstacle course at the park with the new pump track. I didn’t know dude was taking a picture and he didn’t know I was going for that ledge. Old guys on kids bikes
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i really need to go check that pumptrack out, i hear it’s rad
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The new one at Phil Chacon park is pretty good, they opened the little one by Los Altos yesterday but I haven’t had a chance to get over there. For my money, the one in bernalillo is the flowiest and smoothest.
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Also, Sunday mornings at Los Altos tend to attract older bmx dudes for a low key sesh, if you’re ever in town and wanna.
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hell yeah, i haven’t been on a bmx in probably over 15 years but it used to be the only thing i was into. i’ve been watching craigslist and marketplace for something too good to pass on for a while now, 20" has been calling to me again.
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I hope nobody minds, but my two hobbies lined up for this one. I shot some photos of the BMX frame I built on my Olympus OM-1 on Fuji Superia400 in the studio at work. Because I shoot film, I don’t believe much in photoshop. (I suck at photoshop)
And a few detail shots of my favorite parts.
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sick shots! i also shoot film haha.
shooting bikes is rough, you killed it
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Thankfully I had my coworker who is our photographer help me set up the flashes and test out the correct settings on his digital camera. Once that was done, it was easy. I only had one photo not turn out. It was a fun challenge.
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i don’t think most people will realize how sick those came out, film’s hard. getting things right on digital first is totally the move
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