Bottecchia fixed gear

I'm not posting much these days as I see no point in doing it anymore. Too many bikes I do, leaves little time to share it.
However in these particular case, it will be my pleasure to post,as i'm pretty proud of what I had done here.
First time full refurbished Bottecchia bicycle including decals. and fixed gear now.

Before

After

Fixie lady from SF

Sometimes funny things happen. All the guys are impressed by Macaframa and their videos were The inspiration for most of us.
So, the far away SF, is now closer than ever. I can proudly say that of the fixes rolling on the streets of San Francisco is made by Garazhik.
Here is the story: two years ago, some lady contact me over FB and asked whether I'm making fixies. We had a nice chat over phone and after a short delay she arrived to my workshop. Elizabeth was taking a part of so volunteer program happening near Modi'in with organic farm and natural green peace recycling approach. But bicycle was missing so she found me. We created a happy colorful Peugeot and it was delivered to far away farm. Then after a year or so, the program was over, Elizabeth came back to US and:

"I'm back in the states living in San Francisco for the past six months. Took my bike apart and brought it with me to the states. Here she is. I love this bike couldn't leave her behind. I'll be riding her to work in the morning"

You never know what will happen with your creations))

Cinelli Vigorelli

I think it's time for new post. And when its time I need to do it quickly otherwise the muse will disappear.
Last year was a full of new bikes, only few of them got a chance to be posted here, but this one is a bit exceptional.
Real Cinelli Vigorelli is not something you meet on the street of Israel every day, and I think we (me and the owner) did a nice join outlining the uniqueness.
It's quick, slick and good looking bike as expected from Cinelli. Adding new pair of wheels, Miche crankset, track handlebar and the result is below.

And no brakes this time, Alex)

First FGFS in Israel

Few years ago I was well into TrickTrack forum learning the tricks and riding the tracking. Dreaming about 700cm or FGFS bike that will change the whole performance. Tried to convince local BMX to import some frames, looked for person to have enough passion. But nothing happens. And now after long journey I’m very pleased to announce first (as far as I know) FGFS bike in Israel.
The owner is poor student with bike passion and lots of patience. We went thru dozens of models, framesets and finally decided to get the full bike from 1/8 named “Butcher”.
Check it out and hopefully we will see some really crazy tricks on it.

Giant lugged frame

Didn't have a time to write and update the blog recently which doesn't mean that I’m not doing anything. It’s just that I have too much real work than virtual and the other reason is that no good pictures were made.
So, below is one of the good reasons why we all love bicycles and think it’s a very sexy transportation to use. Nothing can make you more happier than seeing a gorgeous girl riding a beautiful bike. Especially y if it’s a renovated Giant lugged frame and classic leather accessories.

One thing in particular interesting here is that I have used a burner to release stocked seat post.

Before:

After:

Mid 80's Andre Bertin with Shimano 600 gruppo

Recently I have no time to post my new bikes as I make them faster than I can photo them. Therefore I ask my friends to document the progress and send me their pictures.
Same happened for this bike. The man is riding it several months already and just now I‘ve got the time to post the pictures of the result. This is a true beauty of the cycling world mid 80’s Andre Bertin frame originally fully equipped with Shimano 600 gruppo. We have repainted the frame to very nice deep blue coating and completed it with classic brown leather saddle, handlebar tape and straps.
Check the result.

Colnago LUX frame

Well, how shall I put it gently:”Fucking Colnago!”
So i got the complete bike, and then upgrade it. Making full black wheels, nice touch of brooks leather, fixed gear and black parts.
Now you can see the frame and the colors. Now this bike fly and no one can stop it. Now it looks classic and has style. Now it fixed gear.

Gitane Pursuit Frame

Finally got a chance to work with real professional frameset used in cycling competitions. Gitane meaning "gypsy" [feminine]) a well known French manufacture provided a a beautiful frameset for my next project. The guy who owns it is Alex Dale an English man in Tel-Aviv, bought it on ebay together with front wheel (650c size). The current build looks like this, but he has some changes in mind so probably it will be updated soon. The funny part is that being a professional sportsman he has never tried a fixie before, but as one might say once you go fixed you never be mixed (just invented it).

Red fixie II (Peugeot frame)

Never give a fixie to extreme guys. You will create a monster and the monster will eat you. Red fixie was created for Kirill that is already in climbing and slacklining. So fixing was just a natural extension of every day activity. He is nuts and its getting worth. Soon he will do Metula to Eilat on fixie and call me to say that his rims are full of skid patches.

BTW, the photographs are made by him as well.

Some skids:

Finally the crazy guy and his horse:

Enjoy the ride.

ХВЗ Старт Шоссe

Long wait release for real nostalgic Soviet frame. This is ХВЗ Старт Шоссe, was considered a high end road bike in USSR. I found it after almost year of searching in some old store in extremely bad shape. Then I was waiting for right person that can appreciate the nostalgic value and will have the full perspective of the restoration process.

And found such a guy right under my nose. My closest friend decided to go fixie and being an archeologist requested something odd and valuable. Few arguments on the colors and vuala here comes the beautiful result.

The original:

In the middle:

Final result: