Anyone have a 56" or 54" Bareknuckle that I can see/take a spin on?

by the way, does anyone know the BB width of the bareknuckle?

lpg by the way, does anyone know the BB width of the bareknuckle?

68mm

...resurrecting this thread.

Are these EAI Bareknuckles by another name?

http://www.gorillabicycles.com/web/en/classictig/

• Italian made.
  
• Same spec, and certainly look the same.
  
• Similar Price, and colour options (or lack-of).
  
• Same TIG welded Dedacciai COM steel tubing.
  
  

I also think they're road bikes are very nice.

I think they are made by Tommasini.

they look almost exactly the same, but have a different seat collar.

the bareknuckle has a shaped seat collar with an integral pinch bolt, like a traditional frame.

that gorilla looks like it's just set up for a seperate seat post clamp.

probably the same tubes, same trackends, same forks. same supplier.

maybe put together in a different workshop

"EAI said they picked this tubeset on recommendation of their builder in Venezia, Italy..."
That's from Fixed Gear Gallery review.

Tommansini and their factory are based in Grosseto, Tuscany.

It also seems like this can of spaghetti has been open before...

http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-392402.html

'Venezia' is just frickin' Venice!

Even with the internet Americans' geography is pretty funny.

The Italian bike building industry is full of little companies that build for other companies. Names you'll have heard of do this, i.e. Billato, Viner and Pegoretti (who started out as a contractor for Pinarello) so it's not uncommon for people to swap between them. Gorilla definitely get some of their frames built by Tommasini but I don't know if that's true for all of them. Personally I've no idea who builds the Bareknuckle but I'm sure someone will know.