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Horrible track ends.

horrible track ends.

+1000000

hplus and brooks is a non-pron combination

The faux-heritage Americana stuff isn't really my thing, but I must say that silver Winter Bicycles frame is amazing. Could have won best in show, IMHO (although the racks on the Mather are very nice indeed).

This is stunning, strange paint job though

Not a paint job. It is copper, with some premature ageing.

Though anyone with a keen eye will have noticed the patch visible in the Thomson stem that was missed.

The faux-heritage Americana stuff isn't really my thing, but I must say that silver Winter Bicycles frame is amazing. Could have won best in show, IMHO (although the racks on the Mather are very nice indeed).

Who did the faux-heritage Americana? Winter are from Portland, and the paint job is freehand and reminded me of a master coachworks painter... except it's not, it's clearly the work of Keith Anderson ( http://www.keithandersoncycles.com/paint.html ) who along with Joe Bell is one of the few of the greater painters.

The UK, AFAIK, doesn't really have a painter anywhere near their league. I kept my Robin Mather paint job very simple because of that.

Oh, and they did invent a prize category so that Winter could win.

Who did the faux-heritage Americana?

Not knocking Tom Donhou in any way - who I think is a fantastic framebuilder - but I find this sort of thing a bit twee:

And in general what I mean by "faux-heritage Americana" is that Rivendell look... can't fault the craftsmanship, but it does go out of its way to evoke traditions that I'm not sure ever really existed.

Winter are from Portland, and the paint job is freehand and reminded me of a master coachworks painter... except it's not, it's clearly the work of Keith Anderson ( http://www.keithandersoncycles.com/paint.html ) who along with Joe Bell is one of the few of the greater painters.

The UK, AFAIK, doesn't really have a painter anywhere near their league. I kept my Robin Mather paint job very simple because of that.

For sure. All super nice. But it feels like a crossover from American classic custom / hot rod stuff, no? Not a real art deco tradition.

Oh, and they did invent a prize category so that Winter could win.

Shared with Roberts... ;)

That chain guard by Donhou is cool as fuck imo. Could probably be made quite easy in a press by a large company, I wonder how many hours he put into it.

As a piece of work it is undeniably impressive.

Not a paint job. It is copper, with some premature ageing.

Though anyone with a keen eye will have noticed the patch visible in the Thomson stem that was missed.

I did in fact notice the patch revealed by the stem, but that was more copper-y looking, where as the body of the frame is more obscure, most've been lovely in the flesh.

As for the track ends, they look bizarre to say the least, different though.

And I agree with brooks/formation face, strange combo, but in by the looks of it 75% of all bikes there where donned with a brooks!

By the way, the Donhou bikes that were shown at Bespoked are now on display at LMNH for a bit. Definitely worth checking out.

i sure prefer it like this

this is the kind of thing I'm aiming for with my new bike.

Also the Donhou bikes are much nicer in real life than in the photos. The Rapha one with disk brakes is there too.

Not knocking Tom Donhou in any way - who I think is a fantastic framebuilder - but I find this sort of thing a bit twee:

And in general what I mean by "faux-heritage Americana" is that Rivendell look... can't fault the craftsmanship, but it does go out of its way to evoke traditions that I'm not sure ever really existed.

For sure. All super nice. But it feels like a crossover from American classic custom / hot rod stuff, no? Not a real art deco tradition.

Shared with Roberts... ;)

Its not traditions, its STYLING. Art deco/Art Nouveau have great ideas in them. Some of these bike builders have really used influences well. This Donhou is the first bike I have seen which those paul cranks actually look really good on.

Nuknow, that is lush, 'nuff said.

Its not traditions, its STYLING. Art deco/Art Nouveau have great ideas in them. Some of these bike builders have really used influences well. This Donhou is the first bike I have seen which those paul cranks actually look really good on.

You are right, it is styling. But it is retro. I am somewhat allergic to retro.

You are also right in saying that the Paul cranks look good on it. There should probably be a prize for that. ;)

Wow! those Juggins.Pure porn,best bikes and frame i've seen for quite a few (well,many infact) pages.

I don't know what SRAM were thinking with that chainring, but it might go nicely with some Pro wheels

perfect match:

^ obv. i mean this not the MTB version

http://www.competitivecyclist.com/product-components/2012-fsa-k-force-light-crankset-for-bb30-wceramic-bearings-6719.6.1.html

That would be one fast MTB

until you hit any kind of rough surface whatsoever.

It would be best on tarmac mountains

Maybe I'm biased, but nice to see the low profile Ambrosio Excellight rims to go with the skinny tubes. [edit] Would've gone with black cables though.

White cables look good in the studio.

http://i-vol.com/bikes/83_colnago_super-saronni/saronni_colnago_83.jpg