Classic and Vintage Sales - Traditional, ornate lugged, 59.5cm road frame by Mike Terraferma

Posting for framebuilder Mike Terraferma:







As featured (and reviewed by Jan Heine) in Bicycle Quarterly, Volume 5.4: This is a one-off edition, custom Terraferma lugged road frameset in traditional style. Classic, NOS Hayden lugs were custom cut by Lou Ephgrave for this particular frame. 72 degree ST, 73 degree HT with 425mm chainstays, 77 BB drop, 27.2mm seattube. Made for recessed brake mounting.

Seatube: 58 center-to-center (59.5 center to top)
Top tube: 57.5 center-to-center

Paint by the (since retired) master of bicycle paint work, Gary Cole.

See Mike's other outstanding work at http://www.terrafermacycles.com/

$3,000

-Kurt

Gary Cole, as in



Just kidding.
Exquisite bike.

OH MY! what a beautiful bicycle. truly a classic by any measure. it is just too bad I spent all that money on my auto yesterday.

Gary Cole, as in

Nope - Gary Cole as in:




OH MY! what a beautiful bicycle. truly a classic by any measure. it is just too bad I spent all that money on my auto yesterday.

It is pretty, isn't it? One of my favorite Terraferma frames to date.

-Kurt

Mike just sent me a few more photos:







-Kurt

I'm getting the dreaded red X's.

I'm getting the dreaded red X's.

In my case that would be a good thing. . . I'd just end up wanting yet another bike if not.

Give it a bit - I recently changed the domain host from Network Solutions to GoDaddy. The change took effect today, though a few other individuals have pointed out that some local ISP's servers have yet to get the update (and therefore get the GoDaddy domain parking site when trying to view any of the main websites associated with my domains).

In the meantime, the additional pictures are here:
http://velospace.org/node/22947

-Kurt

While it certainly is beautiful, and I when it comes to this stuff I'll usually say "you cant put a price" on something like a custom built bicycle, but wow @ the 3 thousand, is that the going rate for a steel frameset these days? Gotta wonder who the clientele is for that stuff, I picture super rich old retired doctors. I gotta start learning how to build frames and create some mystic about myself.

Pics should be back up now.


While it certainly is beautiful, and I when it comes to this stuff I'll usually say "you cant put a price" on something like a custom built bicycle, but wow @ the 3 thousand, is that the going rate for a steel frameset these days?

Have Waterford price you one of their "custom, but off the rack" SS's sometime. Close to it (and you still get what is little more then a new frame built with Newvex lugs).

-Kurt

Got the pics now - nice frame. Helpful, too, as I'm contemplating a very similar paint scheme for the custom frame I currently have on order (kind of a tribute to the classic "Gold Leaf" Lotus colors).