MBK Mistral, Blue and white frame

Quick, Smooth and Easy. Just look what you can do with your old frame for few bucks, before you run and buy a new Chinese crap. This is what I call one day turn around. It took me few hours to disassemble it, clean it and get ready. Then few hour to build the wheels. And three hours, with help of Eitan and Ilya, to create a new runner. Take a look on the colors and how clean the frame is. Eitan decided to leave the colors as are and I cannot blame him. Actually it’s my second MBK, the first one got stolen, very sad story. Hopefully this one will have a better future.

Before:

And the final touch, this dude (Eitan) did his first fixie skid, right in the garage after 10 minutes of his first ride! Total cool and way to go.
However he had the best masters around)))

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!

Peugeot Champion MK2 frame

Getting more people, more exposure. Working on several projects in parallel trying to get the best out of it.
Meanwhile I have finished very nice bicycle based on Peugeot Champion MK2 frame, which I cannot find on the net. Maybe it’s some esoteric name for regular PX-10E model, have no idea. In any case the frame has very nice lugs and light structure. We have repaint it, added a hand built wheels with radial lacing for front, some leather touch in accessories and Andrei has his new ride.

Schauff road bike

There are some people, that can appreciate things. And when I say appreciate I mean they can enjoy the essence of the subject, and take it in time voyage. The best you can do is to make something for them so that you will be part of this circle of simple enjoyment, worth mentioning)
Mark is one of them. By magic powers I could find something suitable. He is actually one of the best examples of what I call custom bike. Coming from strict German background with attention to the every single detail, he received classic example of German bike industry, Schauff. Restoration and repanting, Campagnlo parts, road transmission, Mavic GD 40 rims, yours truly and another friend celebrate cycling.

For the record:

Me doing wheels)

New Leather Saddles for Sale

Just received a new package of real Leather saddles:

In addition there are leather handlebar tape:

And toe straps:

אם ברצונכם לרכוש אחד המצורים מהרשימה אנא תתקשרו או שילחו אימייל. ניתן להזמין גם דברים שאינם ברשימה או סוגים וצבעים אחרים. לידיעכם, המטרה היא לא רווח אלא תמיכה ברוכבי סינגספיד ופיקס גיר בישראל.

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Leader 725 black

First Leader frame in Israel. Yes it is. Sasha came to me in November 2010, gave me money and said I want singlespeed, light fast bike and here is the money for it. Within 3 months he saw me presenting some concept fixed bikes to another guy and said:”Fuck Single Speed, I’m going fixie.” We were working very hard to choose a frame for him as he specifically wanted no logos, no brands, nothing on it. Leader frame 725 was the best choice afterwards. Best for look, best for price, best for geometry. I’ve built the wheels specially for him, no brands, deep black rims, added all the black pieces together and found a very cool carbon fork. On top it, add a track handlebar, brooks saddle, cool black crank and the result is below. So the bike has no weight, no logos and all over a black motherfucker.

Did I mention that Sasha Flit is a professional photographer)?

Kuwahara road frame

Max found it in the back of the store. Classic road frame for Japanese manufacture Kuwahara. I’m still wondering who brought it here. We took it immediately and within a few weeks, a friend came across asking for something old and not fancy. He has also requested to keep the original parts and was the biggest challenge. I have spent one week in order to remove the rust from the crank and pedals. A simple kitchen acid made it work. Look at the beauty and the simplicity.
This is how we found it:

And the magic:

Mixte

A direct appropriation of the French word meaning "mixed" or "unisex", "mixte" is pronounced [mikst], although the usual North American bicycle industry pronunciation of this loan word is /ˈmɪkstiː/.
The first, hopefully not the last, mixte I did. Had a very demanding friend that sent me a picture of what she wants:
The original:

Sorry i cann't give a photo credit.


First I needed to find a right frame. The are several mixte frame out there form Peugeot, Centurion, Mustang, Raleigh, but for some reason I couldn’t find any for sale. I was jumping on the people in the streets asking if they would sell the bikes to me. But with no success. Finally I offered her to bring the new frame from US and if repaint it to whatever color she wants. And so we did. Actually the colors that she has chosen I couldn’t believe it will work all together till the very last moment, but eventually it just added additional argument to “Men are color blinded”. The wheels are handmade by me.
The repainted frame:

Intermediate state in my salon (few hours before my girlfriend kick my butt):

Final:

Wheelbuilding

Two months ago I have started to build my own wheels, from the scratch. x3, x2, radial, you name it. Here is one example of my latest work.

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".