Earlier this year my buddy Ryan at RCP Fabrication started making hand built frames in Waterbury, CT. As a long time welder, mechanic and street/trials rider theres no doubt he knows his way around a bike. After the first couple of frames came in at sub 5 lbs I was very interested, so I came up with this...
An all mountain hardtail inspired by the Transition TransAm. Using the medium geometry of the TransAm as a guideline we tweeked a few things... Lower standover with a 16.5" seat tube rather than 18", vertical dropouts, and a 1.5 lb diet (4.6 lbs vs 6.1 lbs).
Here are some pictures of the process and the finished product. There are more pictures and information on his website, http://www.rcpfabrication.com/. The website/graphics are a work in progress and he is working to improve them both, but building frames comes first.
Let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thanks for looking.
An all mountain hardtail inspired by the Transition TransAm. Using the medium geometry of the TransAm as a guideline we tweeked a few things... Lower standover with a 16.5" seat tube rather than 18", vertical dropouts, and a 1.5 lb diet (4.6 lbs vs 6.1 lbs).
Here are some pictures of the process and the finished product. There are more pictures and information on his website, http://www.rcpfabrication.com/. The website/graphics are a work in progress and he is working to improve them both, but building frames comes first.
Let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thanks for looking.
