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Mark Nobilette and a new 650b Rene Herse
Photographs taken December 8, 2009 photos by Mike Kone |
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Seatcluster - the classic Herse shape |
Handmade bb shell - started from 5 raw tubes! |
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Bent chainstays to accomodate a true 60mm fender!
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Twin plate crown - handmade and wide |
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Upper headtube lug - check out the finished fillet on this handmade lug - and look at the crisp brazing! |
Lower headtube lug - handmade, the photo makes distorts the perspective a bit - the tubing is NOT oval |
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Seatlug with mount for pulley - this is all handmade, and the binder is brazed onto the blank |
The pulley - the brake cable will exit out the seatlug! Machined by Mark |
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Seaststay attachment |
Dropout finishing - Mark made this from scratch! |
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End of Photos showing the 650b Herse being built in Longmont, CO
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Stephen Bilenky
working the lugs for the new Rene Herse PBP Model
Photographs taken in Philadelphia by the Bilenky folks
Click here for the Bilenky photo stream (on their Flickr site) |
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Lugs for the Rene Herse PBP model carved by Bilenky |
The junctions of the stamped lugs filled in with brass fillets. The same treatment special Herse frames received in-the-day! |