Andre Bertin Classic Road Frame

Unexpected but very enjoyable journey. Ilya received an old Andre Bertin road frame in awful condition. You can the picture below. He took the parts to polish, we order some new parts and set of Deep V velocity wheels. Waiting several months, during which he repainted the frame twice, finally got the color he likes. Then I have suggested to film the process of complete assembly. We took one afternoon and shoot 6 hours and the result is below. Very funny, cool and creative. The bike is gorgeous.

P.S. Very important is that I have tried for the first time to do the crow’s foot pattern on the front wheel. It happens to be polished 36 hole Campagnolo high flange hub, so crow’s foot was the best choice for it. And fortunately I did a good job.

And the movie:

Stop motion Fixie from Ilya Landa on Vimeo.

As promised, more pictures of the new bike.

The most important part is Crow's foot lacing, mazafaka!

Italian frame Cicli Prezan

Finally I have finished it. One of the longest projects, but completely worth it. With every new bike you find a passion, and a new friend. Eyal, the guy who brought the frame, found me when he stopped one of my friends on the street and ask him who did the bike. Few days later he was in my garage with his huge Italian frame with no name just “ZP” initials on the fork. Up until now I have no idea who is the master, but I know it’s Italian and it’s handmade. And it’s the biggest one I was dealing with, 63 cm seat tube length. We have decided to make it classic style, Black Italian steel with English Brown leather. The result is below.

P.S. I was updated with the actual manufacture name: "Cicli Prezan".

Raliegh Grand Prix 3rd project

After a long searching i have finally found a second hand Raliegh Grand Prix for 300 nis on Yad2 board. The bike was unused and old, and the guy that sold it to me just wanted the picture after conversion. I did all by the book including cutting of the handlebar and making it as bullhorn. This is the bike i was officially riding for almost a year till the day i set up "Bucephalus". For the first time i have tried to paint the frame and the fork in different colors. Unfortunately i picked up similar colors so nobody noticed the difference. This frame is also a bit bigger for me so nowadays I’m planning to sell it.