I've been away on vacation for the last week, recovering from the very exhausting "vacation" that was the framebuilding class. While not reading or swimming, I decided I needed a simpler and "classier" headtube logo, and have come up with the one at the right. It also shows the colour scheme I've settled on: grey-blue with dark blue lettering and box lining. It will look very nice with all the parts I have for the bike, especially the Dura Ace cranks, which would have looked bad with the red colour.Also: my frame pump, a Zefal "Lapize," arrived yesterday from France (it cost about $10, even with shipping!). Unfortunately, the 465mm quoted length was a fully-compressed length, so it didn't fit. But after a few frantic minutes of hacksawing and slide-hammering, I cut a few centimetres off of the barrel and squeezed it in. It looks very, very good now.
In other parts news, I found some Stronglight A9 headsets for a very good price from Spa Cycles and bought four of them. These will go on my first four frames! (The next one will likely be a city-type frame for a friend, then a fancy city frame for my girlfriend, then a randonneur with 650x42 tires for me...)
Meanwhile, I wait somewhat impatiently for my wood blocks and my files to arrive so that I can actually get to work on finishing up the frame.
UPDATE: New thoughts on the logo. Which looks better? The debate is between balance and confusion to the eye.
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