NotStock Photography Visit: Part 1
This summer John Jackson of NotStock Photography came out from Texas to visit the IF factory. For those of you who don't know John, he travels the country shooting photos of beautiful hot rods and motorcycles. Here are a few photos from his visit.
Custom Track Frame
Here's a special steel track frame shown in Gloss Black with Army Green and White top tube details (similar to the SSR Max from NAHBS 2012). This frame features a 44mm head tube, which paired up nicely with a tapered Serenity track fork.
Vanilla X
Here's a new Planet X in Vanilla Shake with Vanilla Shake logos on Black and Corsa Red panels. This frame features an all-over matte clear coat.
Corvid for Cody
Here's a new Corvid for Cody. His frame features internally-routed wiring for Shimano Di2 9000 with an internal seatpost-mounted battery. His paint scheme is simple: small touches of White and Gold Metallic on the down tube and inside the fork blades.
A Fun Week
Here are a few frames from last week:Steel Deluxe: White, Meteorite Silver Metallic, Baby Blue Pearl, Omaha Orange: sliding dropouts: 44mm head tube.Steel Crown Jewel: Intense Blue Pearl to Silver fade: track dropouts.XS: Tahitian Pearl painted lugs: Clear on Black...
A New SSR at Kinoko Cycles
Here's a new stainless steel road frame for Kinoko Cycles in London. The frame features a 3/4 paint job with Gloss Black, White, and Sprout Green. The fork is painted with wrapped crowns to match.Bobby at Kinoko snapped a photo of the complete bike.
Recycle Your Old Jersey!!
Now available in the IF web store: recycled jersey bags by BaileyWorks! Bring that old jersey out of retirement and turn it into a Small 253 Courier messenger bag. Style meets function as extra material becomes a shoulder pad, and your back pockets remain intact. Here...
Fire and Ice
This Ti Crown Jewel was a lot of fun to design and build. It features a combination of brushed and bead-blasted titanium with a paint palette of Intense Blue Pearl, Corsa Red and Omaha Orange. Lastly, the frame is set up for Campagnolo EPS....
Indy For Andy
Here's a Titanium Independence for Andy, shown in Gloss Black and Corsa Red with shot-peened titanium panels. We surprised Andy with some custom IF mudflaps, made for him by the talented ladies at BaileyWorks.
Hang On Swoopy
Here's a Titanium Planet X for Donna. The shapes we painted were her own idea – Donna calls them "swoops". The swoops are painted Corsa Red with Freshwater Pearl pinstripes. Her seat tube and fork logo's are also painted Corsa Red and Freshwater Pearl to match.
Like Father, Like Son
We just finished a pair of father and son Steel Crown Jewels for Yatsugatake Bicycle Studio in Japan. Both frames share a similar paint scheme of Matte and Gloss Black with Silver and White details. Each frame features a single script logo in Matte Black on the top...
Before and After
Here are some before/during and after photos of a few recent titanium frames. First is a Ti Planet X for Vonn, featuring a 44mm head tube and S&S couplers. Vonn chose a shot-peen finish with clear on black decals for his frame. His frame-set also came with a steel...
A Steel “Club” Racer for Anthony
Here's a new Steel Club Racer for Anthony, ordered through the great folks at Carytown Bike Co. in Richmond, VA. Anthony's frame features a 44mm head tube, matched up with a tapered carbon Whiskey fork. Anthony's frame also has a few special paint details including...
Like New Again
Our coworker Caroline was looking for a bike to ride to and from work, so we took an old SSR (that had been heavily raced) and we breathed new life into it! She picked a 3/4 Sprout Green paint job with Pink on White decals, and we built the frame up with parts we...
A New XS for Jack
Jack saw our XS OS at this year's North American Handmade Bike Show in Denver, CO. He loved it so much that he visited us all the way from Dallas, TX for an XS of his own. It was great fun showing Jack around the shop, fitting him, and helping him pick out paint...
SSR Max
Here's a new SSR, built for Roos using Max tubing. The main difference between this and our standard stainless tubing is a bi-ovalized top tube and down tube, which not only looks great but increases the frame's overall stiffness as well. Roos requested a 3/4 paint...
Go Steve Racer Go!
Here's a new Titanium Club Racer with a steel IF fork for Steve. Steve's color palette consists of Gloss Black, White, and Hot Pink. This color combination always pops, but we think it looks especially nice with Steve's custom painted logos – White with a Hot Pink...
A Personalized Frame for Jonathan
As soon as we saw his sketches, we knew this project was going to be something special. Jonathan had a lot of great ideas, and through email/phone conversations we were able to watch them evolve into a very unique frame design.We pulled the best elements from...
Ti “Crown Jewel”
Here's a brand new Ti Crown Jewel for Etienne at Roll in Ohio. Etienne's frame has a PressFit 30 bottom bracket and a 44mm head tube. The frame also features shot peened titanium panels with Corsa Red and Gloss Black paint details, including a custom "Crown Jewel"...
Corvid for East Coasters
Recently we had the pleasure of working on a Corvid for East Coasters in Blacksburg, VA. Their customer requested Pale Pink Pearl painted lugs with some reverse masking on the head tube lug. The frame also had a pink "I" on each down tube logo and a pink breast cancer...
TiFLW in Gloss White and Matte Black
The Titanium Factory Lightweight is only offered with the 2-color paint scheme pictured below. We've seen a lot of great color combinations go out of the factory but there's something so nice about the high contrast of white and black.
Full Titanium Builds
Here's a brand new Ti Crown Jewel for Casey. Casey's frame has a shot peen finish with a mix of black and white decals. It features a 44mm head tube and PressFit 30 bottom bracket. We used a tapered carbon fork to compliment his head tube.Next is a Ti Club Racer with...
SSRs for Studio Velo
Below are two recent stainless steel frames for Studio Velo in Mill Valley, CA. It was great for us to see each customer's personality shine through in their new frame.Tim's frame has a full polish. It's shown with Midnight Blue Metallic straight panels and our Black...
Kinoko Cycles is Born
If you're in the London area you may know them as Tokyo Fixed, though the shop is about to change gears and become Kinoko Cycles, a custom road specialty shop. The new shop will open on May 16th, and the fellas are kicking it off by displaying a brand new Gravel...