Custom Built Bikes
 

I put the words "custom bikes" into the search bar and nothing came up.

I've been contemplating a custom frame from my friend (http://majacobicycles.com/) who was taught by Yamaguchi and wanted to see what custom frames people here may have.

If you have a custom frame (steel, Ti, carbon) post them up!

:)

I have a Seven Axiom SL (SRAM Force) on order right now. Does that count? Will post pics in a few weeks when I actually get it. Can't freaking wait!!

I drool over almost any custom built bikes....Seven, Cyfac, Guru, Museeuw..... So yes, please post pics when the thing arrives!

Fitted by A. Hampsten, final design by S. Hampsten, welded by Max Kullaway (Merlin/Seven), built up by me!

http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMG_3206.jpg

http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_1698.jpg

That is sweet! And where was the first picture taken?

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8854/img4237r.jpg
This is an exogrid made by Bill Holland.
http://www.hollandcycles.com/
If you hit the "technology" tab, at the top of the page and then scroll down about half way down the page, there is an interesting video on the making of an exogrid bicycle.

Sweet Nachoman!

I've got a custom Seven. It's nice, mainly because you also spec the ride you want with Seven. They use different tubesets for various characteristics. For example, I wanted a stiffer rear that doesn't flex on steep climbs and sprints but still light overall. That added 0.3 lbs from their normal 2.3 lb in a 56.

Even though it all is custom, the dimensions are virtually identical to a stock Waterford and a Cervelo I have. So my conclusion is you pay a lot for custom and most people don't need it if you are just concerned about getting the right size frame.

Completely true.

My 73 custom Holdsworth made for me in the London shop when I was 16.

http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/z...h-Sunny-50.jpg

Some things just can not be improved upon. This is one of them.

Thank-you! Many happy memories together.

Custom magnesium.

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/IMG_1347.jpg

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/IMG_0921.jpg

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/IMG_0947.jpg

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/IMG_0970.jpg

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/IMG_1275.jpg

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/s...5/IMG_1959.jpg

Custom fixed gear:

http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/fixed-frame/plot.jpg

http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/fixed-frame/brazed.jpg

http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/fixed-frame/drops.jpg

http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/fixed-frame/caps05.jpg

http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/fixed-frame/completed.jpg

My 2nd gen race bike I built "back in the day" a year or 2 after high school. The original paint is showing a little age after 30 years.
Served me well in the races though.

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/a...ew/MyBike1.jpg

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/a...ew/MyBike6.jpg

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/a...ew/MyBike3.jpg

I've never seen a magnesium bike before. Cool!

Keep em coming!!!!

Ira Ryan (www.iraryancycles.com) in Portland, OR makes beautiful bikes, and is a major cycling enthusiast of his own. When I decided to have a cross bike built, I talked with several builders, and Ira's love for cycling was so infectious, there was no question.

My petite little 5 foot 2 wife had a 78 Super Cab restored, and picked out original colors from 78 that hadn't been used together when she had it painted. I gave Ira the paint codes to match my cross bike to her truck :) Here are a couple shots...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2225217/ira1_pic.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2225217/ira2_pic.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2225217/ira3.jpg

Paul
pacificpedaling.com

Bump. Post more customs people!

Try searching "custom frame" instead.

+1 Nice bikes....

Just noticed the couplings. Do you travel with this bike a lot?

I ride a Tsunami Bikes bike, aluminum. They're more a working man's bike, i.e. $800 shipped for the frame (no fork). I like them enough to let them put a pic of me on their site.
http://www.tsunamibikes.com/www.tsun...s/DSC_0797.jpg

The black one I own:
http://www.tsunamibikes.com/www.tsun...apeimage_2.png

Orange one:
http://www.tsunamibikes.com/www.tsun...0jim%20005.jpg

Geometries are virtually identical, short frame (40 cm seat tube on orange frame), 56.5 cm top tube, 75.5 deg seat tube, 9.5 cm head tube, 73 deg head tube. Difference - black bike has a 39 cm chainstay, the orange a 40.5 cm. I'm going to have the orange chainstay shortened, the shorter stays work a lot better for me when out of the saddle or when cornering really hard.

That bike screams for toe clips and downtube shifters to be taken out on beautiful autumn Sundays for long "base mile" rides. Beautiful bike.

Curious that this thread got bumped today. My new custom was started today:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...12448240_n.jpg

Still a few months till I can throw my leg over it and go for a ride though. But at least the boring part of the wait is over. (I'll let someone take a guess at the builder, no cheating and going looking at my other posts either)

Custom frame (Tsunami):

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m.../CustomGeo.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...onyjune006.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...ay/tony010.jpg

Custom wheels (Ambrosio Nemesis rims / Dura Ace hubs):

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...4739231668.jpg

End product:

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...6191051182.jpg

What is the appeal of the tsunami other then the custom option?
I will say the black Tsunami is dead sexy. Would make a really awesome crit bike.

waterford

serotta
tiemeyer which i still have to build up

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...870635-1-1.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...0serotta-2.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...eyerfinish.jpg

http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/p...1Mondonico.jpg

2001 Mondonico with 2009 Campy Veloce gruppo.

My Pegoretti Marcelo is in for a respray by Joes Bicycle Painting in Watsonville, CA. I'll post pics when it's done.

Zanconato, Geekhouse, Gaulzetti, Richard Sachs, Winter Bikes, Spectrum Cycles, Coconino, Spooky, Serotta, Independent Fabrications, Firefly, Crumpton, Dornbox, Vendetta, Vulture, Edoz, LLewellyn bikes...

I could go on, but these guys all float to the top for me. Each builder has their own flavor, all build great stuff. For example, I would be happy to just buy some of LLewellyn's custom sculpted lugs to gaze at.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Tx_fI3G4p.../llewellyn.jpg

I got my Tsunami after a fellow BFer pointed them out to me. I was looking for an inexpensive custom frame where I could get some radical geometry stuff done. Cheap (first one I bought was when the site listed price as $650) and effective.

That black frame was me thinking out loud on paper and in email to the builder.
http://sprinterdellacasa.blogspot.co...hts-ideas.html

Sketches:
http://sprinterdellacasa.blogspot.co...ltrasound.html

I'm totally committed to BB30 (I have two BB30 SRM cranksets) but it's not the best option for Tsunami - I think a standard threaded BB works best because there are facing/cutting tools available for English threaded BBs. There are none for BB30.

The black frame is a fun frame but the orange one is probably a better one (lighter by 200g). If you read the links above I designed the black one to run with no bottles, i.e. just a CamelBak. That didn't happen (it did for the first few races though, including the shot of me on the bike) so now it wears bottles. In that case the aero tubes don't mean diddly.

I hope to ride the two bikes equally next year, switching on whim to experiment with slightly different setups.