UNLESS someone reports the shipment as part of a terrorist plot

then we can see some pics on tv!

i really hope the blue is that cyanish color. i love it

I'm glad somebody else noticed those top two are unpainted. Some of you need to go get your eyes checked

I like the green, glad I picked it.

You really think those are unpainted? WHY!?!?!

I love that mutant stem.

Hazy, what wheels did you get?

Did anyone here get in on that Miche group buy? Lucky you! I wish I had my money then.

I like the green. Good thing, since that's what I'm getting.

Now I have to decide between silver & black for components. Thoughts?

Ive been trying to decide the same things..

Cranks: Miche, Sugino, bulletproof.. Black or silver.. too many questions.
Wheels: probably deep v's, too many new colors.
Bars: risers, horns, drops..
seat: brooks or my old specialized alias

I dunno what I'm going to do.. but we still have a while to think about it I guess.

haha funny crank choices.

Nice(expensive), Nice(expensive), Ugly(cheap).

Then again what do i know? I ride IRO's, but i think they look much better than cheaper alternatives, and I couldn't justify the 150+ for the others.

FYI Tony sent us a picture earlier of what the Blue would look like. The lighting must be horrible when they took those last pics.

Panic At The Disco!

what cranks and BBs are ppl using? I have a Sugino XD crank(mtn joint) lined up but I JUST found out that XT UN72's are discontinued!!! Any suggestions? I think I need a 110 spindle, but that could be totally off...

The site does say 'photos from before they were shipped', which probably means the framebuilder or painter took the photos. Which may mean they were under shop lighting and/or taken with a crappy camera— possibly explaining the odd colour situation.

In other news, if that blue frame is a 50, I might need a 53. Trades?

i don't know...the green looks right on...which makes me think the blue looks different than we thought...but i'll still like it, though.


and for the record, those top two pictures are definitely unpainted frames.

that blue is not anything like the blue tony sent out at first so... that makes me think that it is just the lighting

The green and unpainted ones look like they were taken on a wooden surface (matte) whereas the blue was taken on the floor (glossy), that could explain the odd tint. Probably also a cheap camera. I'm also stoked to know that if I get sick of the green, there's a pretty damn nice color underneath the paint.

Oh, and I'm using the Miche group on it, so silver components for me. I don't know, black components on a BRG frame just look like trying to hard to me, I'll take steazy.

I agree, for green, I'd go silver...probley silver with white accents. For the blue, I'd do black.

I'm powdercoating my frameset, so Ill have some decisions of my own......muahhahahaaha

That's how I'm leaning. I delivered newspapers on a green 3-speed Schwinn Typhoon back in, well, a long freakin' time ago, and my first "10-speed" was a green Raleigh Gran Prix. A green IRO with silver components would be something of an homage to those two old friends.

+1 to the idea about those photos being taken with bad light, crappy camera, etc. I wouldn't panic just yet if I had ordered blue.

red deep v's, black formulas, dt swiss. Gotta get them built.

i should have shorted blue

damn

at least i bought green at the right time

Plus colors look different over there

yea! our colors don't run

^ nice ^

I'm not super hellbent on made in USA zealotry... but I'm sure glad as hell my new bike was made in brooklyn. I called in, swung by the shop to see the frame being made , chose a color, and it's at the powdercoater right now.

Yes, my frame is four times the cost of the group buy IRO, but I didn't have to wait several months just to get my frame stateside.

This has been a sticky point for me as well. I ordered under the impression that the frames would be done and here by April or May. Guess it just proves willingness to trade money for time.

However, I've got a job lined up in China starting in late August/early September, which makes me wonder if I should just let the bike sit for a year, or cough up the extra $$ to ship it with me and ride fixed in China for a year's time....otherwise why did I wait so long to let it sit around the garage?

Where did you get a custom build for $600?

That's what I wanna know!