Handcrafted Excellence, One Bike at a Time

Rohloff Equiped Flat Bar Touring.

May 22nd, 2008 David

Today’s bike is a custom touring bicycle built around the Rohloff 14 speed internally geared hub and Shimano XT hydraulic disc brakes. The frame is equipped with with an eccentric bottom bracket to tension the derailleur-less chain. The rear disc mount is touring specific, rotating the caliper out of the way of the rack mount. The frame has a full compliment of braze-ons for rack and fender mounting, as well as triple bottle mounts. The wheels are hand build with Ambrosio Keba touring rims.

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Take Apart Touring Bike with S&S Couplings

May 21st, 2008 David

This bike is another custom touring bicycle with the sturdy S&S machine works couplings. The bike comes apart so you can fly with it as regular luggage. The fork is also handmade, with a custom rake and lugged construction. The bicycle is built up with a Campagnolo Centaur/Comp Triple drivetrain and Chorus Ergopower shifters. The wheels are hand built 36 spoke wheels with DT Swiss spokes, DT Swiss TK 9.1 trekking rims and Campagnolo Centaur hubs.

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Painted Ti and Campy Chorus

May 16th, 2008 David

This is the third in a string of beautiful custom road bikes this week. This bike is a custom titanium frame with shaped, butted tubes and a carbon fiber rear triangle. The front triangle is painted a rich candy orange. The True North logo on the downtube is masked in the paint, revealing the underlying titanium. The bike is build up with Campagnolo Chorus parts and Campy Eurus wheels.

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Columbus Spirit and Ultegra SL

May 15th, 2008 David

This custom road bicycle has a Columbus Spirit steel frame and an Ultegra SL build. The crank in the pictures is a loaner as the Ultegra cranks are back ordered. The gray SL crank will match the paint job a lot better! The paint is a metallic maroon fading to a metallic charcoal that has been matched to the Ultegra SL ice gray.

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