Ahh... warmth

Winter was not bad this past season, but spring is definitely welcome. Working in my shop is a lot more pleasant with the warmer temperature.

Here is a bike which has just arrived at its new home and Jim spoke with me yesterday of how happy he is with the new bike. He took it out for a 60 mile ride this past weekend and was enjoying every mile of it.

This is the kind of happy moment for me, to hear that a customer is happy with the work I do and the detail I put in is paying off in the end.

I also have put together a few clips of brazing sessions which is part of the build process of every bike. I hope you enjoy this.

Seat Lug Brazing POV, fast motion - YiPsan Bicycles from YiPsan on Vimeo.

How was Austin?

Wow, what a show! The mad rush to get ready for the show was only followed by a whirl wind of a week full of activities. Fortunately, Leigh and I got to relax a bit in Austin before we hop in the car to come home.

Where do I begin? The show was exciting as always, to get to meet a lot of customers, fello

w builders, and enthusiast cyclists all in a long weekend's time. Such meetings are treasured as it is a big contrast to the rest of the year where I work in my shop, quite separated from the rest of the world other than the electronic communications. Getting to speak direct and have hand shakes are very tangible. Of course, being able to share the features of the bikes that I brought is the icing. A bike is after all a

physical object, no amount of flickr, vimeo or forum talk will translate it quite as real as to see and touch it in person. Thank you for coming to the show, thank you for stopping by to chat in my booth, and thank you volunteers for helping to make the show happen.

BTW, we stayed at a very nice home in Austin, an

d this helps make the week there so much more comfortable. Thank you, Berit.

For those who cannot make this trip. Here are a few shots, and check my flickr / vimeo for the bikes that was in the booth. I will update some clips I took during the weekend soon, stay tuned.

Week of NAHBS

The show is drawing so close, I am feeling the jitters.

Here is a pre show interview I had with Bike Rumor and a clip of one of my recent brazing session.

HT Lug brazing POV - YiPsan from YiPsan on Vimeo.

I hope to see you there, my booth number is 414.

Cheers,

Austin, finally!

Well, it is finally time for the show. It had been a busy week of final preparation. Booth is set to go in the morning.

Please check out the bikes that will be in my booth.

A randonneur with integrated bag and front rack, key feature - no decaleur needed!

Handlebar bag and rack that does not need a Decaleur! from YiPsan on Vimeo.

A city bike, Tom's Frederick Rambler, that is the companion to last year's double award winning Sunflower bike, it has some similar features, but the kicker is a transformable front rack. It goes from Porteur to Lowrider in a couple of minutes. Here is a clip showing how.

Lastly, a bilam construction mountain bike with a fat front (3.7" front tire), matt and glossy black finish was a very hard paint job to pull off, but here it is.

I hope you enjoy them.

new YiPsan T shirts

Arrival of new YiPsan T-shirts, now on a better shirt. American Apparel, made in the USA, shirts are chosen as the base. Color available is Brown and Asphalt Grey. Graphic print color is lime green.

The brown color shirt we had in the last run was very well received, and so this new batch with a better shirt is a very nice update. If you are interested to reserve yours before we bring them to NAHBS, please send me an email, or visit my web page here to shop online.

Cheers,

Steerer brazing

A new clip of me brazing a fork crown to a steerer, from my POV.

Brazing a fork crown POV - YiPsan from YiPsan on Vimeo.

Other notes, still preparing for NAHBS, one frame is still at paint, but should be just in time for show. We are getting other items ready for show time, among them, new shirts! Come back in a couple of days to check them out as they should arrive real soon.

Cheers,

Are you ready?

Show is coming up quick, fortunately, bikes that are planned for the show are all on schedule. There might be a few late nights to finish up assembly, but I am positive they will all be ready.

A sequel to the last post with a new clip, this time brazing a dropout to a chainstay with Silver Fillet Pro.

Chainstay brazing with Fillet Pro - fast motion from YiPsan on Vimeo.

Although the show bikes are on its way, I am still busy trying to do as much as I could before show duties and time away from the bench impacts bikes on my schedule. Here is the bike this week.