[draco]

oh man, just got these two painted tonight. Going to check out Rays this weekend. Whatcha think? I dig the matte black one the most. (its mine).

They are powdercoated.

matte with gloss decals

gloss with carbon decals

just got this tonight!

 

[UiUiUiUi]

sexy!

 

[MMcG]

Those look great! How many frames do you make per year Draco? Has anyone tried to hire your services or contract with you to make more frames?

 

[-dustin]

matte black is the best black for any frame. carbon on the matte might've looked cool, but the gloss on matte is dandy.

 

[Darkreaper]

Ooh, purdy... Matt black is indeed the best, it's the colour of my Marin at the moment. It was totally black until last week, now the upper tubes of the fork are a dull silvery gold

nice fork, tho

 

[CreeP]

mattie matt baby.

carbon decals? are you a cheese factory? talk about played.

 

[mobius]

Those frames look nice any info about them online?

 

[mack]

I always think that matte paint looks hella better.

 

[ufdff15]

I gues i'm the minority here i'm a sucker for gloss black frames(the color of my Loki & DOC) Those frames look sweet. Post up some info on them.

 

[ioscope]

Gloss is more beatuiful by far.

 

[Curiouscaptian01]

draco want to make a fellow respector a frame eh?

 

[Transcend]

why do people insist on using the word hella? Don't you realize how utterly retarded you sound?

 

[-dustin]

have you noticed some of the new words floating around the forums now?

 

[chicodude]

It's a well known fact you can ONLY say "Hella" If you live in Nor-Cal.


Hellified is another good example. I guess mack didn't get the memo

 

[HippieKai]

Those frames look nice any info about them online?

yeah i'd be interested in learning more about them too.

 

[-dustin]

norcal hella represent

 

[Transcend]

now that's a really useful pickup.

 

[-dustin]

should've seen the little white guy driving it. smaller than my girlfriend (who's a CC runner)

 

[caputo1989]

I like the matte

 

[caputo1989]

Trucks are ment to be lifted. If you bag it and drag it you're a fagget.

 

[Transcend]

Anyone who slams a truck, should be slammed in the face.

 

[The Kadvang]

H E L L A

 

[Mani_UT]

should've seen the little white guy driving it. smaller than my girlfriend (who's a CC runner)

May be that's why he had to slam it. Otherwise he could not get in?

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

Anyone who slams a truck, should be slammed in the face.

 

[bradical]

I love lowrider trucks. So do all Austrailians. Just check out Drift(???) maybe?

 

[The Kadvang]

Brad is soooo dirty south, I love it.

 

[Metal]

Anyone who slams a truck, should be slammed in the face.

Loading my motorcycle into my parents stock Chevy Sliverado is allready a huge pain in the ass, raising it an extra foot or two like all the stupid jocks over here with their small dicks would make it nearly impossible. You don't need and super tall truck with huge tires to offroad.
It's funny, I offroad our Toyota Camary more than the average truck over here. They are all for show over here.

 

[S.G.D]

why do people insist on using the word hella? Don't you realize how utterly retarded you sound?

hella.


anyway, that matt frame with the gloss graphics looks really slick. nice job.

 

[Monkeybidnezz]

Looks sharp...Never get tired of black. Surprised there arent any disc tabs...

 

[Spitfired]

I'm hella gloss fan myself.

Upstate NY, yo!

 

[anarchyUK]

i like
mat blk w/ grey decals rock

 

[draco]

oh man, just got the grey one tonight.

frame info? don't want spam, but our website wont be up for another week. heres the basics:

22.75" TT, 16.5" stays on the grey, 15.5, 16.5" or horizontal on the black ones (note the lack of dropouts, fully replaceable).. american BB (now available with iscg05 tabs) for a 5-8" fork. clearance for any tire/rim combo at 16.5" a plenty of clearance at other lengths. available with a 1.5 headtube as well, but not V brake mounts or euro BB. other frames will suit the tasks more commonly associated with those needs (ie, a park bike, or a race version). just over 7lbs.. its hefty.. but ask anyone who has ridden one, the geometry corrects for that. even built like a tank the bike handles well. (i know a lot of people don't buy it... but hey. I don't care, its worked perfectly for everything we've done on it.)

builds have been anywhere from 32-45lbs. Cory's build was a monster, at 46lbs, yet it jumped the nicest at the skatepark. We've raced them at Plattekill to top 10 finishes in sport class. chucked em off of roofs and done plenty of other silly things for fun. there will be a lighter version shortly.
100% handcrafted in house all in rochester NY. decals and paint taken care of within 3 miles of my house.

lots of fun. we'll be hitting up rays mtn bike park this weekend if anyone would like to ride one.

thanks for the comments, and "hella" reminds me of homestar runner more than anything.

 

[anarchyUK]

thats an eyegasm

 

[ito]

Damnit....must get funding together before sea otter.

The Ito

 

[=[Stinky]=]

why do people insist on using the word hella? Don't you realize how utterly retarded you sound?

Haha, we had a large bicylce company rep come visit us from calif (we're in georgia) and he kept saying 'totally bitchin' or '"super bitchin" or "its so bitchin" or just "bitchin!"
After every god damn sentence... When a simple its pretty cool, or works really well, or is a nice product. Would have been much better. I have never heard anyone here say bitchin... He must have dropped it like 30-50 times over this 2 hour meeting

Dude sounded like a moron...

Anywho, SICK frames Draco! I cant make it out... But do the black ones have the graphics on them... Kinda looks like the gloss one does.

BITCHIN!
ANdrew

 

[Kornphlake]

Haha, we had a large bicylce company rep come visit us from calif (we're in georgia) and he kept saying 'totally bitchin' or '"super bitchin" or "its so bitchin" or just "bitchin!"
After every god damn sentence... When a simple its pretty cool, or works really well, or is a nice product. Would have been much better. I have never heard anyone here say bitchin... He must have dropped it like 30-50 times over this 2 hour meeting

Dude sounded like a moron...

Anywho, SICK frames Draco! I cant make it out... But do the black ones have the graphics on them... Kinda looks like the gloss one does.

BITCHIN!
ANdrew

sounds like he was trying to be a salesman, they're supposed to sound retarded. Go talk to an insurance agent or a used car salseman and you'll get the same thing, but on the east coast they'll keep saying "wicked."

 

[=[Stinky]=]

but on the east coast they'll keep saying "wicked."

Haha, yeah well he was a rep, so of course he was trying to sell somthig... But damn, pick a better word haha. Oh man I know! All of my cousins live in New England, and they are all 'wicked this' and 'wicked that' whenever I talk to them..

Guess I cant say much... Me using Y'all

ANdrew

 

[draco]

the gloss black has carbon fiber-looking decals on it, the matte black has gloss black decals on it... both are barely seen in pictures... just sleek or stealthy I guess. The grey one stands out a bit more.

 

[motomike]

is that a BMX BB? looks like it.

 

[draco]

it sho' am is. I ran profiles after bending some boring aluminum cranks.. and then occasional pedal grinds made it hard to run aluminum too. but the biggest issue was blowing up bearings in profile cranks in a euro BB... hence the bmx sized one. also, you can run an adapter to run regular cranks.