sacha white

Hi,

I didn't get any studio shots of this one. It would have taken an extra week or two (my photographer was out of town) and I didn't want to make chimay wait any longer...although it has been a good zen excercise for him.

anyway, I am glad that the bike is getting a good response. This project definitely pushed me more than any other.

-Sacha

absntr

Sacha - thank you for the reply. I was hoping there'd be some "pro" shots as well. However, Chimay, some daylight shots would be great. if I lived anywhere near you, I'd offer to do some studio shots.

sacha white

I really like the red/orange seals on the phil hubs. imho it is one of their identifying features, they are just very...Phil. Anyway, they do black seals too, but they are low drag and won't seal out all of that desert dust when you ride off into the sunset.

word,

Sacha

Chimay

Sacha, I was just busting Brent's chops. Although I've got this thing for a lack of color, I could care less about the color of my hub seals. WTF, they match the PW BB seals. And if they work better than black, then it's all good by me.

Bottom line on this bike, it was my dream bike and Sacha delivered it in spades and then some. Truly going way beyond my expectations.

And hang in there guys, I'll get some daylight pics. I've also got a friend that's a pretty decent photo guy. We'll get some artwork up soon. In the meantime, I gotta go ride the snot out of it!

Thanks to everyone for all the good words too!

eddiebrannan

extravagant. beautiful. have fun

jhnmrk

if you dropped that much on the bike, you might as well ride it on down to the mall and spring for some professional glamour shots, right?

ImOnCrank

I can't quite decide if it'd be criminal to ride that stunner on the street or not ride it on the street. Sacha, you do beautiful work, damn. If I wasn't so close to Mercian (which also tends to be a wee bit less spendy) I'd definitely be all over your stuff.

treechunk

I do believe that I have seen the most beautiful bike I'll ever see. It's ornate enough to provide visual interest, but so elegantly simple at the same time. The seatstay bridge capped it for me. I was withholding full judgement until I saw that. I mean, the handlebar..... well, it had me, and then the bridge..... I couldn't really talk.

My compliments to both the artist and the visionary/recipient.

Pipebomb

The most amazing thing is that you get to ride that thing ,I am so jealous! Just for kicks, who would win sacha or johnny? Oh it doesnt matter I mean they both have mad style. Seriosly those dudes amaze me everytime I see anything theyve done.

MLPROJECT

your bike looks like a disco ball

teadoggg

nonono, his bike looks like a mcdonalds kid's meal.

Portlandonian

Anyone can get a Vanilla frameset, just train really hard, move to Portland, and win the single speed series of the Cross Crusade good luck

gmcaptain

however, jobst brandt says it has more lateral stiffness, which makes some sense. If you've got butted spokes, the shoulder's probably not where the spoke will fail.

I have both, but I'll let you guys know if/where there's a problem with either.

daveIT

Seriously, quit resurecting this thread. All I do is whack off all day to it and my wife is getting real jealous. She is threatening divorce, so can you mods delete it or something?

teadoggg

do you mean the spokes would fail at the butt? The only spoke failure I've seen (short of being hit directly by an object) was at the elbow.

mrRed

so I was hoping for some good quality pics to lust over ... anychance of that happening?

Sirrobinofcoxly

Hawt as hell!

youth

wow, i didn't know they made bikes like this.

i wouldn't want to ride her.

shants

yeah, i'd want to sell it to pay off my student loans.

samal

that has got to be the most beaustiful bike i have ever seen
i'd be afraid to ride it
gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous