Hampsten Cycles

[hampco]

More pictures here, Mike, along with some semi-demi-hemi interesting dialogue:

The Velo ORANGE Blog: A Tournesol 65B

For reasons that escape me we never really took as many pictures of this bike as we should have.

[hampco]

Here's a peek at a new frame we did for pal/forumite, Artie D - we're calling this one "Il Capo". Artie wanted steel, big tubes, internal headset, and red. So we used Columbus HSS and Life tubes, Columbus Futura fork, and the week we finished it Chris King announced they'll do a drop-in headset to fit this frame. The paint is House of Kolor Kandy apple Red (KBC-11); frame and paint by R & E Cycles here in Seattle, design by yours truly and Artie. We're currently rebuilding the levers, then I'll test ride it, then we'll take some real photographs. Artie should have it by Thanksgiving, possibly sooner.

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[Artie]

I love it when a plan comes together.

[happycampyer]

Thanksgiving?! It's only August!

[hampco]

Thanksgiving?! It's only August!

#managingexpectations

[hampco]

This:

https://www.velocipedesalon.com/foru...tml#post922857

[hampco]

Sexytime:

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[hampco]

From Artie:

“I reached out to Steve H. a few months back after deciding to sell my Hampsten MAX. He was really helpful in trying to facilitate the sale and we got to chatting "Let me know if you want to do another frame, but what do you think you want?”. At that time I was really digging the modern steel race bikes I was seeing on the web like Speedvagen, Stelbel, Cinelli Nemo, etc; so I said "Let's do an all out modern steel race bike, no tall head tubes, no all day comfort, something nasty. Let’s have some fun with this”. I sent few pics of examples over and waited.

Steve was down to work completely outside of the box and start from a blank canvas. He came up with a lot of great options and we discussed every tube in the build and how it would affect the ride/performance. After a few drawings it fell into place and we were pretty stoked with the result.

I really wanted this frame to be stiff and with no performance concessions made for comfort. More of a sprinter bike than a classics bike. So, the Columbus HSS tapered head tube with internal headset mated to a Futura fork. He suggested the HSS down tube as well because it's big and nasty. After this we decided to stick to round tubing so Life TT, ST, and Life AJ chain stays. We also decided on some massive 17mm seat stays, I'm not sure what tubes he chose but damn...
I sent the drawing from my aluminum race bike as a reference so this is a pretty aggressive geometry.”

Steve’s version:

After much dithering I decided to call it “Il Capo” (The Boss - it’s what Andy’s guides call him in Italy and I figured this would be the most un-Andy frame we offer) and is now a new Hampsten model.

Artie wanted red and House of Kolor Kandy Apple Red is killer. He also asked for the Columbus logo on the seat tube and I was out of excuses that day.

We assembled with his mix of old and new parts, rebuilding the shifters in the process and cleaning everything up. Wheels were borrowed, tires mounted, photographer Beau Hart installed in the trunk, and we set off for the locks in Ballard, as one does.

It was really fun to take a different idea that I happened to like: big steel tubes, internal headset, massive fork, and turn it into exactly what the customer wanted. It’s a departure from our usual fare but it still looks like a Hampsten.

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[hampco]

A Boeing/DOD tribute bike we did recently, more details to come:

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[Moke]

Great job Mr. Hampco, even got the flag going in the right direction.

[hampco]

Just a hint of a rumor of a teaser, but 2019 is my/our 20th anniversary doing this custom bike thing and we're working on something fun-ish... more soon.

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[Moke]

Oh boy. This should get interesting.

[hampco]

A look at some recent projects:

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Mike's IF-built Strada Bianca, in for DeepKleening™ and new fenders.

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Kirk's Famous Orange Bike, in for tune-up and rear fender install, frame/paint by R & E.

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Mark's Moot's-built Ti Strada Binaca, in for cleaning, decals, and phat 32mm Panaracer tires

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This old thing? Yeah, it was in the 1988 Giro, more recently at Rapha Club Seattle.

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This was different: Scott wanted to convert his Max K-welded Strada Bianca to a threaded fork (by Martin), quill stem, classic bars - the Full Chicago. We think it turned out great.

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Finally, Peter W's new 650B Sterrato Ultegra in Barracuda Purple, frame/paint by R & E.

[WFSTEKL]

Nothing warms the heart more than a fast-fendered road machine. The penultimate campy-quilled-quixote is particularly sublime.

[happycampyer]

That ratty old Huffy needs some new bar tape, maybe eTap. I suppose with so little tire clearance and rim brakes, probably not worth the upgrade.

Need to post up some recent photos of my Eriksen-built Strada Bianca ti...

[kohlboto]

A beautiful array of Hampsten awesomeness, thanks Steve.
Also, I’m wondering what fork you are running on the purple 650b?

[hampco]

A beautiful array of Hampsten awesomeness, thanks Steve.
Also, I’m wondering what fork you are running on the purple 650b?

That's a Whiskey No.9 Road Plus. It works well with the 65B x 42mm tires here, will take up to 700c x 38 mm or 650b x 47 mm, looks better than using a cyclocross fork, imho.

[mzilliox]

That's a Whiskey No.9 Road Plus. It works well with the 65B x 42mm tires here, will take up to 700c x 38 mm or 650b x 47 mm, looks better than using a cyclocross fork, imho.

this fork also rides really well, have one on my gravel bike and its been a joy to descend gravel on.

[JLP]

That tanker bike is my friend's. Saw it in real life the other day. Fantastic.

[9tubes]

A look at some recent projects:

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This old thing? Yeah, it was in the 1988 Giro, more recently at Rapha Club Seattle.

While you have it, would you measure it and post the angles and dimensions? I'd especially be interested in the distance from the seatpost to the hoods (measured horizontally from center of the seatpost to where the hand would rest, where the hood starts to curve upwards). Also, the seat to hood drop would be interesting. Of course, there is the question of whether this is how Andy had the bike set up back then. I wish I had taken the numbers from the Motorola Merckx when I had it.

- Brian