Dual Purpose

A fillet brazed frame designed to do double duty as both a fully rigid bike-packer and a hardtail trail mtb.

Built up here, in the images below, as its wilderness getaway self with a partially suspension corrected segmented fork. The slightly shorter axle to crown length of this rigid fork ( as compared to the 120mm travel suspension fork the frame was designed around ) steepens the head tube angle, lessens the trail and drops the bottom bracket a bit to make it more suitable to meandering from camp to camp with a couple days of gear. Swap the rigid fork ( with its basket and rack ) for the suspension fork, change out the gravel tires for some knobbies and it’s ready for the trail.

Three pack gear mounts on the fork legs for cargo cages; three bottle mount locations on the main triangle with two of those being 3 pack inserts for gear or extra large water bottles; 1x12 gearing; front rack and wald basket for camp stuff; clearance for 27.5 x 2.3 tires; a 150mm dropper post and a handcut seahorse headbadge.

A custom built fillet brazed steel bicycle with 27.5 wheels, 1x 12 gearing, a dropper post and a custom basket rack on the fork.
A handbuilt custom bike packing bicycle with 1x gearing, 27.5x2.3 wheels and tires, cargo mounts on the custom steel fork and a rack mounted basket up front.
A handcut brass seahorse headbadge on a custom built, fillet brazed bike-packing bicycle.
A wald rack mounted to a custom built platform rack mounted to a handmade steel fork.
A custom built segmented fork crown on a handbuilt bicycle.
A custom stem on a handbuilt bicycle with a Buendia decal along the top tube.
Buendia decal along top tube, near the seatpost clamp and dropper post.
Internal routing ports near the bottom bracket of a handbuilt fillet brazed steel bicycle.
Custom rack and fork on a handbuilt, fillet brazed, steel bike-packing bicycle.
A seahorse image handcut from brass plate for a custom built bicycle headbadge
Custom stem for a handbuilt bicycle being finished before getting painted.
Fillets and seatpost collar on a handbuilt steel bicycle.
Custom steel segmented fork with cargo mounts on the fork blades, being finished before receiving paint.
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