bicycle-talk: dkg cnc

american-made components. often synonymous with the best of the best. chris king. phil wood. thomson. white industries. profile racing. if you know bikes, these are names you've heard. maybe parts you own. more likely if you've ever put together a custom build, because you probably took good consideration for just about every single component you installed. from the hubs to the headset. from the pedals to the saddle. from the seatpost to the handlebars. but what about seatpost clamps?

before i got to the arena of custom builds i would just use what came with the bike, like my first new bmx bike or my first second-hand mountain bike. then, whatever the bike shop had would usually do; a good reason i rode a primo viking on my T1 for a few years. luckily my first custom build-up (my brooklyn machine works park bike) saw a salsa flip-off at the base of my thomson post. both arguably the best out there. then when i started locking it up more, i needed a bolt-on clamp. another stroke of luck landed me a used nyc freeride (yay for local! when i was in new york) clamp. my next three frames would come with their own clamps; decent and functional and not too exciting. but should they be?

on the verge of completing another build i find out about this guy dave up in san rafael who's been making seatpost clamps (among other things) for a long time. he actually made the original salsa flip-off with ross shafer. while this next bike will rep a whole lot of oregon, some florida, some japan, italy and australia, i can at least have one part from the bay.

these are really local, simple and well-made, affordable and just plain nice.

http://dkg-cnc.com/bicycle.html