I have recently become obsessed with these chunky, industrial looking bikes made by Eric Baar of Colorado Springs.
http://gallery.groundupdesigns.com/a...ck6dp6size.jpg "The tools i now make just happen to have two wheels." These bikes are a mix between utilitarian and post appocalyptic. This one, recently mentioned elsewhere on the forum, is copper-plated steel. http://gallery.groundupdesigns.com/a...0118.sized.jpg Modeled after a se assassin bmx bike: http://gallery.groundupdesigns.com/a...p173.sized.jpg In action, pedaled by pro racer Joanne Kiesanowski: http://gallery.groundupdesigns.com/a...Manchester.jpg All of his bikes have amazing paint jobs. http://gallery.groundupdesigns.com/a...7191_sized.jpg I want one really bad. I think that if I ever get a custom track frame, it will be from this guy. |
It looks like a mountain bike to me?
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[QUOTE=Ira in Chi][URL=http://www.groundupdesigns.com]I have recently become obsessed with these chunky, industrial looking bikes made by Eric Baar of Colorado Springs.[
In action, pedaled by pro racer Joanne Kiesanowski: http://gallery.groundupdesigns.com/a...Manchester.jpg QUOTE] i am obsessing about those nice thighs |
Yeah, I'm probably going to get a custom from this guy.
Amazing frames. |
That site has some awesome pictures.
It makes me want to try my hand on a trials bike. |
If I ever get a custom built track bike, everything will be all offset and jagged. Like in your third pic where the top tube runs longer than the down tube, and I also like this picture (from groundup) where the downtube is offset from the bottom bracket:
http://gallery.groundupdesigns.com/a...s/Img_3696.jpg |
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for some reason industrial like bikes dont really do it for me. I respect the difficulty that goes into building them and the art and simplicity they represent. I even feel many of them are beautiful just not my style.
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Wow....this is nice stuff !
Hes got some unique ideas about rear tiangles ! |
Eric makes some badass bikes. If I get a chance to have one built someday I would be so lucky
http://velospace.org/files/atthevelodrome.jpg This is one of his own track bikes - copper plated madness |
Here is yet another of his great rides. This was on FGG a while back.
http://gallery.groundupdesigns.com/a...2/HPIM0084.jpg More detail I love the fact that none of his bikes are identical. |
Originally Posted by Ira in Chi
Here is yet another of his great rides. This was on FGG a while back.
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He's pretty genius
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Originally Posted by Ira in Chi
Here is yet another of his great rides. This was on FGG a while back.
http://gallery.groundupdesigns.com/a...2/HPIM0084.jpg More detail I love the fact that none of his bikes are identical. |
Originally Posted by Ira in Chi
Here is yet another of his great rides. This was on FGG a while back.
http://gallery.groundupdesigns.com/a...2/HPIM0084.jpg More detail I love the fact that none of his bikes are identical. |
Sliding dropouts are not uncommon on ss mtbs, but look how nice these ones look:
http://gallery.groundupdesigns.com/a...e/IMG_0028.jpg |
My favorite is the daisy paint job SS mtb. You can thank Spectrum for the above paint jobs!
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both scott's light blue track bike and eric's copper plated one are sooo amazingly stiff, due to the square tubing used in the chainstays. they are incredible sprinting machines.
i also love how each bike he builds is so unique. i love his uncompromised creativity. another thing i think is so cool about eric is that he loves and encourages people to help or just hang out during the build process of their frames. i appreciate the intimacy of that... |
anyone have an idea how much he charges? we talking one grand? or two? or more?
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Yup. I like the industrial-esque designs- about as far as you can get from the super-classic track bike look as possible.
I'd love to see one of those copper-plated bikes after a few years of use- i think the verdigris will look really excellent, but i wonder about the durability of the finish. |
Originally Posted by abe1x
anyone have an idea how much he charges? we talking one grand? or two? or more?
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can anyone comment on the durability of the copper plating?
oh god, and better yet, will it turn green as it ages? |
thus far, i think the copper is holding up really well and i don't think it was too expensive. this guy in denver did it for him and has done several of his own frames too. it should eventually turn green. i think watching the copper develop patina and age and change is what excited eric about the idea the most.
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surely he isn't the first one to have done it though...there has to be an example of this thats already 20+ years old.
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i also highly doubt he's the first one to do it. aaron is the name of the guy who plated the frames... i know he did it at 'work', but i don't think he works specifically at a plating shop. i think he welds at a machine shop or a job shop. i think it's also more of a chemical reaction, than a plating process. i'll tell him and eric about this thread and see if we can get some direct answers, rather me trying to remember and speculate. :)
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