The nice thing about overordering "bits" whenever you make an order for fittings is you always have an option or two in the toolbox. So out went the new stainless collar and back came the externally attached binder. I've been using a lug that utilizes a Campagnolo type seat binder bolt, that two piece bolt where one half screws into the other half through a through hole in the seatpost collar. While that works they are prone to failure from time to time and that's not cool when you're in the middle of nowhere trying to find an increasingly rare piece. The other option was the common solution to this problem; a slip on collar. Cheap, common, but it seems a cheap way to finish a frame. The externally attached binder means a traditional M6 stainless bolt is used and the colar is a permanently attached feature of the frame. This makes sense in my mind and it worked well here.
Where I ended up makes me happy. I suspect it will change a bit between this frame and the next. For some reason while I was taking pictures along the way I didn't take a picture of how the seat cluster ended up finished. The frame is off at the painter's and when I get it back I'll get a photograph of it. For now there's these "in process" images. I don't know that any frame is ever truly finished. I'm very happy with how the last few frames have turned out. Happy enough that I've started building myself another one.
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i guess you are based in vancouver? do you have any contact information for your frames?
You can get in touch with me by emailing me at info@sinclairhandmadebicycles.com
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