As some of you might know, by some mysterious alignment of the stars, Alien's US warehouse just happens to be here in Traverse City, Michigan. Joseph is in Oslo, Norway .... just go figure that one out.
We (Powdercoat Studio) are therefore handling all of the powdercoating for Alien. I too, have been waiting a bit, not Joseph's fault I assure you. The shipment was delayed by the rain and flooding in Illinois, then by US Customs in Chicago. There have also been some delays with the warehouse, and I just got (Friday) the first group of 24 frames to have powdercoated for customers. Yikes, like each step in a process, I wish they were baby steps instead of 24 big steps all at one time.
Astute Gallery viewers might also notice that this evening we launched Hell Yes, which is all being done in-house. I'm totally swamped, my friends.
http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/hell-yes/
Some have drilled forks, some with bbs installed, etc. We're getting them into our system as fast as we can, and I realize that is no excuse. HOWEVER, I think you are going to be blown away when you see what they look like.
http://www.powdercoatstudio.com/alie...20delivery.htm
I wasn't expecting to have to clean up the seat tubes, but Friday I ordered a 27.2 seat tube reamer and adjustable hone. See a couple of the photos as to why. Looks like everything else is just fine. Lugged, flat crown, more, and more. They all have a phosphate anti-rust coating, that's what you see in the photos. They'll get the seattubes reamed when they come back from PC, and that won't hold up the delivery anymore than me getting 24 frames all done !!