Pure bling. See some more at Luxe Wheelworks.
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Luxe Wheelworks: A Week in Photos
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Pegoretti Responsorium
Above Category seems to be quite the proper shop. Looking at zoot like this Pegoretti Responsorium makes me really miss working with high-end bikes as such. I’ve always been on the fence with a lot of Pegoretti’s paint, but this bike looks killer – check that custom-painted Deda SC stem! Between the Campagnolo 11-speed, Lightweight Standards, and frame, the bike weighs in well under 15lbs and that’s including pedals and cages too.
Get your Friday’s frimp in below.
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Superb Bicycle: FRIMP!
1951 Rotrax
p: rdf1249
Rotrax Cycles has been building gorgeous bicycles like this out of Southampton since 1920. These bikes have carried some of the best riders to the podium in many disciplines of cycling. Read up on the history of Rotrax Cycles at their blog here.
More photos from rdf1249 below. Click ‘em for higher res, this bike is stunning.
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Custom Brompton
p: Velocity USA
Bromptons are awesome. Have a look at this build including those custom-drilled Velocity Aerohears!
If you’re looking to get on one of these, head over to Old Spokes and take a spin!
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Custom Parlee Z5 from Above Category
The folks at Above Category always seem to have the fresh goods and this custom Parlee Z5 is no exception. Those Gen II Lightweight Ventoux’s were the first thing to catch my eye; then it started wandering and before I knew it I’d already listened to a whole Too Short album. See what I’m talking about here.
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Independent Fabrications: Factory Lightweight
NYC Velo‘s Bike of The Week for May 9, a Titanium Factory Lightweight from Independent Fabrication with a bad-ass paint job and top-notch componentry; I’m really digging the Sram Black Red grouppo and that top tube. See more below.
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Frimp: Cooper’s Colnago Master
Anyone have any more photos of this stunning Colnago? I’ll leave you all with this until I can dig up some more shots.
via Flwrider
EDIT: Prolly commented with a post he already had in the works, check it out here. I had to add another photo….damn what a fine looking ride.
It belongs to Cooper Ray, a photographer and cyclist from NYC.
Black Mountain Cycles: Cross/Monster Cross
I’ve been seeing a lot more cross/monster cross bikes with massive tire clearance popping up lately, and I gotta say I’m a big fan. Ever since working on a few Salsa Fargo‘s in the shop, I knew I’d need to keep room for a bike similar to it. Living in Vermont for 4 years now I know a rig like one of these would see daily love all-year-round. Have a look at this Black Mountain Cycles setup featuring 1.9″ tires and be sure to hit up their blog here.
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Beauties: Lotus Sport / Mavic Comete
Check out this beast I found earlier at Cycling WMD. A Lotus Sport frame with those Mavic Comete’s: Pure bling.
Ernesto’s Work of Art
I wish there were more photos, but check out the others of this stunning Colnago here.
Beauties: Vitess Road Bike
Cycle EXIF: Miyata Century
Get ready to drool. I had no idea Miyata was founded in 1892, and by a gunsmith too. Keep reading to see some more photos, this thing blew my mind so be sure to check out the rest of the photos at Cycle EXIF. Frimp!
Here’s what our friends at Cycle EXIF had to say about this bike:
“Miyata was founded by a Japanese gunsmith in 1892 who, thankfully, realized that bicycles were a more sustainable industry. It is now a Dutch joint venture, Koga-Miyata, with all bikes created in the Netherlands. The Miyata Century, “essentially a pimped-up version of the Koga-Miyata Skyrunner”, was a limited edition built to commemorate 100 years of bicycle manufacture.
This Century is in the possession of a Swede, Ragnar Jensen, who managed to acquire one of two brought into Sweden from what was then the country’s largest Miyata dealer. He bought it new in 1990. After a couple of years he replaced the original Tange Hi-Ten fork with Rock Shox Mag 20 suspension and upgraded the brakes to Shimano XTR calipers but has since restored it to its original spec. The frame is carbon fiber with gold plated alloy head tube, bottom bracket shell, seat cluster and dropouts. That’s a special edition Turbo saddle that also has gold plated accents.
Massive thanks to Ragnar Jensen. Head over to his flickr stream for more detail shots and while you’re there, have a look at his Chesini X-Uno, which is another work of art…”
Ateliers d’Embellie Porteur Bike
Chris posted up a nice porteur bike earlier so I thought I’d keep the theme going with this Ateliers d’Embellie Porteur Bike, sure is stunning right? Keep reading to see a few more photos and be sure to head over to Flickr and view the rest.
Beauties: Circle A Cycles
I was browsing around earlier and spotted a few photos from Cicrle A Cycles, framebuilders from Providence, RI on Backpedal Blog, talk about gorgeous details and pristine lines! Check out a few photos below from their gallery
Be sure to look at that BMX frame in the last photo!