Dave Anderson 953 - Completed!

APIII

Hello all,
Thought I would start a thread now that the frame is nearing completion. I've been waiting my turn for some time now, so I'm pretty excited now it's coming to fruition. It's designed around what Dave calls a "4 seasons" frame, in that it's intended to be used year round, So it has clearance for mudguards and rack mounts on the rear. It's a traditional lugged frame, with a 953 fork. Frame design below:



I've been getting regular updates over the last few weeks and I'm amazed at the amount of work that's gone into the frame. Here's a few 'build' photos:







And, some of the polishing. The frame will have polished lugs, brushed stays and fork blades, with painted panels, top tube and head tube.

ugo.santalucia

This is how all frames should look like... colour scheme? How are you going to dress it? Athena? You're not fitting a set of Ksyrium on this, are you?

APIII

The paint scheme will be similar to this one, but with the brushed fork. I'm substituting the black for quite a bright green, and the highlights will be orange. White/cream panels as here.



Still undecided on the group. I've got Athena and record on other bikes, so I might have to try both

APIII

Oh, and wheels are Archetype/cx ray/R45's

ugo.santalucia

APIII wrote:

Oh, and wheels are Archetype/cx ray/R45's

Huh... very posh... approved!

Ber Nard

Looking forward to seeing this finished.

Rob

napoleond

Holy crap that stem is STUNNING!! Can't wait to see this!

bails1310

Look of it so far, I'd deny the paint and leave it shiney.

Really very very nice

ugo.santalucia

bails1310 wrote:

Look of it so far, I'd deny the paint and leave it shiney.

Really very very nice

The bare metal look was fashionable 15 years ago, when titanium frames were a novelty, now it just looks plain and dull... let's move on from those dark days, shall we?

EKIMIKE

True but so many paint jobs on production bikes are so sh!t and dull that it makes bare metal look great. Choosing paint is one of the positives of going custom IMO (even though it's only aesthetics).

I'm have a massive dislike of the coloured 'go faster' dashes/stripes you get on the majority of big brand bikes. I'd get my own bike re-painted if i could justify/afford the cost.

I love the paint these people do, especially this bike:
http://icarusframes.com/Chris-s-Road-Racer

This build looks very nice btw.

APIII

I do like a bit of colour. The brushed stays are practical as that is where the paint always wears first (as well as declaring to the world that yes, this is a stainless steel bike!)

napoleond

Just cancelled my rourke.

I'd rather wait and get one of these buggers.

rajMAN

I would put that stem on my mantlepiece!! beautiful work. :shock:

RideOnTime

oh goodness...
goodness

Paul 8v

That stem is lovely!

samsbike

Stunning look stem and the fully built up bike looks good as well. Cant wait to see the finished build.

Wheelspinner

APIII wrote:

Hello all,


And, some of the polishing. The frame will have polished lugs, brushed stays and fork blades, with painted panels, top tube and head tube.

Lovely, but what I don't get is why this lug is polished before the seat stays are fitted? I can't see how they can be attached to the lug anyway??? Is it a camera trick?

APIII

I think he does the bulk of the polishing first as it is a lot more difficult once the seatstays are attached. He will repolish once the frame is complete.

It will look like this once finished

Harley35

Looking forward to see this one finished

Harry182

Bicycle as jewelry you can ride. Beautiful.

maxlite

very nice that stem, the whole bike looks like a work of art

APIII

Saddle and bar tape have arrived. It's a Specialized Romin, recovered in leather with a green underlay to match the paint on the frame. Very happy with these

sniff-the-breeze

Nice attention to the details!Likewise, i look forward to seeing the finished article
Sniff

napoleond

:shock: where did you get those done?! Amazing

APIII

The saddle and tape were from a very nice chap called Mick Peel. There is some great work on his blog

http://busymanbicycles.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/romin-casino-honey.html

tommo7567

That is the most amazing looking saddle!!!!!

bazbadger

This is going to be epic. Can't wait to see some more pics

APIII

Hopefully there'll be some more pics coming tomorrow. In the meantime, I'll post a few more detail shots to help illustrate his attention to detail:

seat tube/top tube mitres



Cleaning up of the lugs prior to brazing. At this point, Dave has already worked on them to 'slim' them down to a more svelt shape.



Drilling the plugs on the rear dropouts to shed a few grams

Meirionatron

I can't wait to see the finished bike, does make me rather jealous though

tonye_n

APIII wrote:

Saddle and bar tape have arrived. It's a Specialized Romin, recovered in leather with a green underlay to match the paint on the frame. Very happy with these

Quite amazing.... I'm gobsmacked at the attention to detail going into this!

drlodge

Personally I'm not a fan of brazing and lugs on a 953, but those highly polished lugs do look amazing. Quite interesting for me to see this more "traditional" 953 build compared to my Rourke.

When do you expect to have delivery?