Shawver Cycles SSCX

A filet-brazed steel SS CX frameset. Carl builds awesome custom frames and forks in San Francisco Bay Area. Check out Shawver Cycles for much more niceness: http://shawvercycles.com/ 

Vivalo CX Special

That tasty Vivalo CX Special frame built up. Bad photo but lovely looking bike nonetheless.

Via Re:Products - Vivalo 

RE:Products Project -> VIVALO Reborn

It seems that Kusaka-san's Vivalo brand has been relaunched in Japan. No traces of Keirin track bikes on the site at the moment though, just traditional steel road bikes instead.

As my Japanese skills are bit rusty for the moment Google Translate tells us, somewhat cryptically:

"VIVALO lineup was only ever full order frames.This time, experience the handmade chromoly frame more peopleIf you think please, let me hang the frame in addition to the lineupSubmitted.

Even if the frame hanging, size 8 size and color from 3 colorsYou can choose. In addition, Comfort Space, Mr. EAST RIVER CYCLESHutte 8to8's three stores, the original color of each shopAnd let me also available. So, you can choose from six colors.

 All geometries have been referring to the load frame produced so farI was allowed to DRESSCODE designed from scratch.Please come and look here for the first time the real chromoly frame? ! !"


For more info: http://www.vivalo.jp/

Back to the Square One

Going around in circles. My first fixed gear bike was a road bike conversion and my latest project is, yeah you guessed it, a road bike conversion. Bit more sophisticated this time, though, as a person with some serious skills helped me a bit here.

So I got me an old and pretty beat-up Rossin road frame. I wanted it cleaned off of all the gear-related parts, I wanted Campy-style track ends like in my Rossin Pista but I also want full long fenders front & back to keep my ass dry. Let's see how this will turn out.