The Commuter

When I first started in on this venture, I wasn’t sure how I felt about lugged frames. I knew I didn’t like the aesthetic of TIG’ed steel and that fillet brazing got me all hot and bothered. Sure, lugs had their place, and that was on old classic frames. I’ve since come around, and am very enamored of lugs. This frame wasn’t necessary for my fleet — I already had a commuter bike, built around a Surly Cross-Check frame. Minneapolis, being the home of Surly, means that these frames are a dime-a-dozen, and with my dwindling storage space at home, I opted to build a frame to replace a member of my fleet.

And thus, the commuter. Touring bike geometry, lugs, and classic lines. In-progress, and should be finished by mid-July of 2010.

Material: Columbus SP throught, except Columbus Nivachrome top tube; Walter lugs, Suntour front and rear dropouts
Features: internal routing of brake cable through top tube