Many folks don't realize that the Twin Cities has an extremely active and talented network of framebuilders, and this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to hob nob, drool, and spill beer on several of them.
I hope that all of you will take the time to come on down and support this landmark event.
Sorry no updates from RW24 yet, but I'm way too tired to go through the photos right now. Soon. Soon. To hold you over though and perhaps get you excited (nerds be jizzin') regarding the upcoming framebuilders show, here are some photos of our gracious host in Milwaukee's Chris Kvale. Even though his shop is right next to Peacock Groove, I don't ever have the chance to interact with Chris (the dude's too smart for that) or see his work, so I was pumped to to take photos of this one and share them with you.
I spoke with Mark (the aforementioned gracious host) about his experience buying a Kvale, and he told me that he went on five rides with him so that the framebuilder could see exactly how he rides, and showed him a vintage photo of a dude floating over some cobbles and stated "I want it to ride like that." According to Mark he hit the nail on the head. Kvale is straight O.G.
Gorgeous paint (which Chris does himself), 1" threadless steerer, lovely lugs, internal brake cable routing, matching pump, pantographed fork crown, Nitto fillet stem, boy howdy. Very very classy.
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