Support a fantastic cause, maybe win a zank

A few months ago, I mentioned that we have a raffle in the works to raise money for the Young Survival Coalition. Well, the online registration is now online. Please check out the link below.

http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=4427

Here is mission statement pulled directly from the YSC website.

YSC Mission Statement
The Young Survival Coalition (YSC) is the only international, non-profit network of breast cancer survivors and supporters dedicated to the concerns and issues that are unique to young women and breast cancer. Through action, advocacy and awareness, the YSC seeks to educate the medical, research, breast cancer and legislative communities and to persuade them to address breast cancer in women 40 and under. The YSC also serves as a point of contact for young women living with breast cancer.

One of the coolest things about this project is all of the parts were donated by members of Road Bike Review. Many, many people pitched in to help. We have enough parts to do either a road or a cross bike. Cool, huh?

The registration closes on March 31 and the drawing will be on April 5. Best of luck and please donate!

The clothing order form was sent out. Order deadline is 2/28. If I missed you in the initial email, please send me an email and I will forward the order form and design templates.

I have lots of updates to post. Bike pictures coming soon.

deja vu

Here are some photos of Rafael's new road bike. It might look a little familiar...

I updated my New Belgium flag logo. I had been searching for the official Flag of Flanders with the black Lion with red claws. Thanks to my pals ZD and JS, I found it. I mxed the colors up using the official colors of the Belgian flag, retained a few of the elements of the New England flag, and here is the result.

Stickers, anyone?

The goodies are starting to roll in. Specialized 24 oz. Big Mouth bottles in clear, blue or yellow are available for $4 each. Knit skull caps in black are available for $15 each. Logo is stitched in silver thread. Black and pink baseball caps are available for $15 each. Logo is stitched in silver thread on both colors. My wierdo buddies bought up all of my pink ones before I could take a picture. I will be getting more the week after Thanksgiving. I guess pink is the new black or something.

If you would like to place an order, I accept PayPal to bikes@zanconato.com. Please include $10 for shipping and handling. Please contact me directly for other payment options. Who wouldn't want a cap with the coolest letter in the alphabet?

Final pictures of Rafael's bike before it goes to paint.

Here are some pictures of Rafael's frame so far. The fork pictures are in an earlier post.




Current production order is Karen, John, Scott (Steelhead), Deb, Bill, Don, Mike, Francis.

I am thrilled to be taking part in a fund-raising effort for The Young Survival Coalition.
http://www.youngsurvival.org

We will be raffling off a custom bike to raise money for the the only international nonprofit dedicated solely to helping women 40 and under and their families affected by breast cancer. Young Survival was recently named one of the most efficient breast cancer charities in the U.S. by Charity Navigator.

RBR members are going to be a part of this by donating parts. Please check this thread for details.

http://forums.roadbikereview.com/showthread.php?t=76898

More details to follow, but I hope the zank-o-philes will turn out to donate to this cause. Just think, you could get a brandy-spankin new zank for $25!!

I can't wait to get some dark blue candy and ice blue pearl on this baby.

I am sending two bikes off to paint this week. Bruce's bike is a very cool single speed cross bike. I took a set of Pacenti lugs and really slimmed them down. The BB shell is a Phil Wood Eccentric shell that has been fillet brazed. It allows the use of vertical dropouts (stainless in this case) because the eccentric sets the chain tension. No need for horizontal frame ends. So the frame has a unique combination of lug and fillet construction. The frame has a full compliment of braze-ons in case Bruce wants to run gears in the future. I think EBBs are incredibly versatile and should be considered for your next singlespeed/fixed project.

Rafael's bike is a go-fast road bike that he will use for training and power-meter purposes. Pure function delivered in a classy package. Richie-Issimo lugs, Pacenti shell, stainless dropouts...nice.

Here are pictures of the two forks. The top is Bruce's cross fork. The bottom is Rafael's road fork. More tomorrow. I need to massage the fillets on Bruce's bike a bit more. I hate lumpy fillets more than I hate lumpy mashed potatos. Yeah, it's 4 AM. And yeah, I really hate lumpy mashed potatos. Good night...or morning I guess. I'm going to bed.

Here are the pictures of Rob's bike. It is getting decked out with Chorus and some sweet wheels from ergoTT. Record hubs, Sapim CX-Ray spokes, Velocity Aerohead rims. More photos coming...

Well, Rob's frame just came out of the oven. It still needs a final inspection and buff, but I was too excited to wait on the pictures. I will take some better pictures tomorrow on the white back drop, but here are a few teasers. The lugs are hand cut from Pacenti's Artisan set. BB is also Pacenti. Henry James frame and fork ends are all polished up. More tomorrow...I'm off to bed!

After a bit of a hiatus, I am back.

I will be building up Rob's bike this week. Here are a few pre-paint pictures. Paint pictures and complete bike pictures coming in the next couple of days.