Chickens Frame Emporium 29er

[coomber]

Lovely bikes and the pink is amazing colour with the forks.

Not a criticism, but why did you go for such a small headtube out of interest?

 

[wynne]

Thank you.
I don't know what it is about my body shape but I often struggle to get the bar as low as I want. I find many modern bikes have too tall a front end for my liking. So I prefer a short head tube and then add a spacer or tinker with the stem if I need to. It also gives me more top tube clearance and saves weight.

 

[Tommy27]

Thank you. The powder is tough as old boots.
Jon's made a couple of frames for me and they're both great. He's meticulous, skilled, thoughtful and helpful. Treat him with respect and you'll get a super frame.

He built a cross frame for me recently. Lots of nice touches such as hidden mudguard mounts and cable disc brake guides (so I can run a naked cable from the front stop to near the caliper - so with an IS mount to keep the cable away from the slop).

Rich

I think the fade on yours looks pretty good and I bet it looks even better in person. Saw someone thundering along the SDW on Saturday on what I think was a Singlespeed Chickens and it looked very shiny.

The orginal paint on my '89 Fisher Procaliber was well done, but very thin and it chips easily. It's Japanese made from what I know (it's a Fisher, not a Gary Fisher and is from when his family were sole owners). I wouldn't mind getting some braze on's onto the fork either.

Do you mind me asking what the timescale was to get it resprayed? I'd probably drop it off in winter when I'm mostly on the road bike anyways.

 

[rigidftw]

Took it out for a spin today. It's so fast, and stable at speed.

Non-suspension-corrected rigid forked 29ers are a thing of beauty! Love it.

 

[wynne]

I think the fade on yours looks pretty good and I bet it looks even better in person. Saw someone thundering along the SDW on Saturday on what I think was a Singlespeed Chickens and it looked very shiny.

The orginal paint on my '89 Fisher Procaliber was well done, but very thin and it chips easily. It's Japanese made from what I know (it's a Fisher, not a Gary Fisher and is from when his family were sole owners). I wouldn't mind getting some braze on's onto the fork either.

Do you mind me asking what the timescale was to get it resprayed? I'd probably drop it off in winter when I'm mostly on the road bike anyways.

Thank you. The yellow really pops in real life. I know it was quite a tricky fade to get right because it was powder coated rather than sprayed. I think realistically a few weeks, but Jon works on his own and has caring duties so be willing to be flexible and patient.
He's added braze-ons to old frames of mine so I am sure he'd be happy to sort you out.

 

[CTK]

Both bikes awesome. Love the paint

 

[singlemalt]

Mr Chickens is a skilled man, this is my wife's bike which was an Orange 16r in extra small. It now has an inch and eighth steerer tube, slacker head angle, disc brake mounts and new cable guides. It was to be a winter bike but she now just rides this.

 

[CTK]

Thats awesome

 

[wynne]

More pink on the Chickens.
Been loving riding this bike over the past few months. Built myself some "aero gravel" wheels from some old German rim-brake rims on which the braking surface had delaminated. It goes like the clappers!

 

[singlemalt]

Very cool