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11-20-21, 02:14 PM

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gugie

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Bike details

Most of you are probably less interested in seeing how a bike butcher from Portland builds a rack than seeing details of a 70 year old classic and rare Rene Herse, so here you go!

Custom hand filed lugs

Hand lettered logo

Drive train. Rene Herse cranks and front derailleur.

Maxi-car hubs

Rene Herse proprietary stem

Rene Herse brakes

It was an honor and a challenge to have someone trust a rare and classic bike to me for a pair of custom racks. I spent a lot more time than usual studying the design before starting. This one had to look right! Rather than creating a mirror finish on my buffing wheel, the owner and I decided to make the racks look like they were made 70 year ago, so I polished them up, then knocked down the finish with some scotchbrite and fine steel wool.

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