Vallie Components - bicycle part and accessory design

Brand new Pugsley on the operating table...

The operation lasted a few hours, but thankfully there were no major complications. Should heal up without too much scar tissue.

 

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Apparently our American friends don't have boxing day. For me, its pretty much the best part of xmas. Unless you're one of the dweebs lined up outside some big retail store at 5am, its incredibly chill. Today I started off with a turkey/bacon/egg bunwich, got out for another bridge ride, and thought I would sort through some of the photos on my shop camera. Here's what I've been up to this past month (click on any photo for hi-rez)..

Finally got that Milwaukee bruiser fork done. I think my hand filed front tab matches the laser cut rear quite nicely:

A weirdo geometry testing tool I'm working on (more on this later):

A quick job for our friends at Gastown Sprints:

And of course, I'm in over my head on another pretty rack again. This one is gonna be so hot come summer:

While I wanted to have that one done for xmas, the guy its going to isn't exactly doing boozy beach rides right now, so its not super urgent.

The latest thing I've been trying to wrap my head around, is making a Surly Pugsley into an Alfine 11, Gates carbon drive sand monster. This may not be the final dropout configuration. So far simulated stress testing has looked promising, but the design is subject to change:

 

 

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Whenever I get to my shop, its about 6°C, and it takes my two heaters a little while to get up to a much more reasonable (for metal work) 16°C. This means that its tougher to work. I still managed to turn some stuff out though.

Here's a 1/10th scale model of a Ford F-150 I TIG welded out of spokes:

I'm also working on another rack I'd like to have done before xmas:

 

In other news I'm managing to get out on my bike quite a bit for the colder weather. I've also got this thing going, where I send out a twitter message every time I cross a bridge. This is in anticipation of Vancouver's Bridge Battle 4 race, coming up in a month.

So hit me  up @lylevallie if you care about bridge conditions in Vancouver=D

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I shot this a while ago and had some issues posting it to the blog. Better late than never..

 

The video doesn't really show much, but I was happy to get the bike back together.

The bike is seeing non-stop foul weather training miles and is holding up quite well. I'm curious as to how worn the belt will look by the end of the winter.

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