A new shipment of Fabric Horse goods has just arrived. These fine items are all lovingly hand made in Philly. In this shipment we received a black Fanny, Black Half Belt and lots of ulock holsters and belt loop keys rings.
I have wanted a road bike for sometime now but wasn’t very excited by most of the models out there. I didn’t want a super racy carbon or aluminum bike, and I definitely didn’t want tribal graphics, giant brand name logos or compact geometry, and that really made finding a road bike quite difficult. I decided the best way to go was to build up a older style steel frame, as I couldn’t afford a brand new custom frame or Cinelli supercorsa. I luckily stumbled across a hand built Landshark in my size and with a paint job that most of my friends would think I came up with myself. Th frame was a little beat up, some rust spots etc, but I thoroughly cleaned and touched up all the bad spots and was on the search for the perfect parts kit.
I luckily stumbled into a good deal on a whole Casati road bike with a Campagnolo Record groupo as well as some nice 3T bars and Dura Ace post. I spent an entire night meticulously cleaning all of the Record components until they looked almost as good as new. I already had the wheels I knew where destined for this bike just hanging at my place, a set of late 90′s Spengle carbon wheels, the only problem was mounting the campy cassette onto the non campy hub. Luckily American Classic came to the rescue in the form of their 10 speed shimano compatible cassette that works with a campy drivetrain. I went with purple gran compe tires and a tioga spider white saddle to round out the build and tie things together, not to mention the paint job matching cable housings. I even stumbled into a pair of matching green time atac pedals from the mid 90′s which are almost identical to my first pair I bought in 95.
I know some people will say it is ridiculous, but personally i think this is the only way to do this beautifully built and painted frame justice. Well enough talk, I’ll let the pictures say the rest.
Our friend Gavin was in the shop most of the day yesterday putting some of the finishing touches on his new Geekhouse build. This one is really quite unique and Marty really out did himself with the extras on this bike. The quill stem/handbar combo was hand made at geek headquarters and along with the fork was finished in clear leaving the welds and burns visible and keeping a nice flow through the front of the bike. The seatmast is integrated into the frame using a custom machined thomson top assembly. The frame color matched rear rim looks great in blue and further pulls the bike together. And lets not forget the brazed on geekhouse badge, each one of these is a work of art and you probably wouldn’t believe how much labor goes into finishing one of these little beauties. It is obvious a lot of thought went into each aspect of this bike.
Pierre and Erin stopped in a few weeks back and picked up a pair of Linus bikes. The happy couple aren’t new to bikes, in this case more like the exact opposite. But it seemed like their bike stable was full of only race bikes and lacked that simple bike that makes trips around town or out to the park a relaxing summer trip. After some front basket installs they were on their way and have already used the bikes for some fun trips around town. Thanks for sharing the photos guys!
We just finished building up a custom Cinelli Gazzetta for Charles. I think he is gonna be pretty excited. I worked closely with Charles to make sure every part was up to snuff and I think the results speak for themselves.
