Track Bike

    So, sitting around one day last year, I thought to myself "what kind of bike have I not ridden yet?"  The answer: a track bike.  Not that it is a very practical bike, but fun nonetheless.  I had a lot of extra framebuilding parts sitting around, so I thought I would cobble one together.  It has so far been a very very slow work in progress.  Interestingly enough, the head tube lugs did not come with a seat lug, so I carved one custom to match.   You can see it on the custom lug page. 

yes folks, that is indeed a Masi dropout. 

Here is one view of the seat stay cap.  It is a solid plug that is brazed into the top of the seat stay.  It comes pointier then I show it here.  I filed off the point and rounded it out;  I think it looks better as more of a "spoon" then a point. 

Same as above. 

I leave the down tube out during the first brazing so that I can tweak the head or seat angles as necessary. 

Side on view of the jig.  Everything seems to be flat and parallel.  I also have a measuring guage that I run over the tubing.