That’s right, this is and 1 of 2 tres limited édition C &  L frame. Justin wanted to have a comfy cit ride for the city with class. Nothing spells class better than Brooks leather, so we added a Brooks B-67, Brooks grips, a moustache witch gives a less aggressive ride, and a 3 speed Sturmey Archer internal hub shifter. With that hub you can smoke a Lycra Lover  to shame climbing Camillien Houde.

And for those who are curious about this beautiful C & L Frame. Well as much as I would love to say that if was forged on Mount Fuji in a forge powered by 5 dragons, I must admit that it was even better then that. This frame was Brazed by Pepe Marinoni’s magic fingers. That’s right!? Now who gives a damn about dragons now?

Jean-Laurent came to the shop with a mid 80′s Marinoni frame. And like many things that came out of the 80′s, the paint job looked horrendous, even for me who is colourblind! Jean-Laurent picked a new colour from a sample book we have, we stripped the frame from all it’s parts and sent it to Marinoni to have is repainted. Once back we conversted the bike into a single speed with a Senzo bullhorn handlebar, 2 finger levers, Mavic levers and a Concor saddle. Now with the new paint job, the Miami Vice soundtrack as finally got out f his head when he rides.

John Lee shares 2 of my passions, bikes and bacon. In fact he is the brain behind Disco Déjeuner on Sat mornings. John came to the shop with a frame a something very specific in mind. He wanted use to repaint the frame black ad the lugs white. and wanted the bike to be Black and Blue just like the Sennheiser Black and Blue headphones. Good thing Jonhn likes Sennheiser B & B headphones and not Jecklin Float!!!

Vincent had a frame and a vision. Well actually he just wanted to race Florian and smoke him on event ground. So Vince came to the shop with his bike and asked us to turn it into a fast single speed. By removing the old parts we were able to trim off about 7 pounds of baby fat in the conversion, and added some Vittoria randonneur Tires so that he wouldn’t have to worry about  the potholes and schrapnel omnipresent on the streets of montreal.

Robin came to the shop looking for a bike and fell in love with a Garlatti frame hat we had displayed in our shop window. He was looking for city commuter with panache and simplicity. So we dressed the frame with a classic road setup with a twist. the front crank has only 1 chainring, so the bike has a total of 6 speeds. And since Robin is as dedicated as a postman, we added mudguards to his ride so that he could ride no mate what the weather is like.

I though it would have been odd to write about my own bike and myself, so I got my good friend “The Archeologist” As Stevo puts it when referring to her to write the story instead. But now that I think of it, JD thinks it would be cool to refer to himself at the third person …

JD had a problem.  He considered the storage space available over the bed….hooks in the ceiling maybe?  He could keep it in the shower, how often do they use that anyways? Finally the solution was staring him in the face; JD bought a bigger house with a garage. Now his Samurai green (because there’s no such thing as ninja Green or Pirate black – he asked) racing bike can have its own sweet little spot in his new garage.  Made by Pepe Marinoni himself, the Columbus SL steel frame with Campagnolo Veloce and record, Antique Brown B-17 Brooks seat and Bar Tape, and hand-laced wheels with Mavic Open Pro rims have JD riding in stealthy style with onlooker envy.  And the extra storage space will come in handy….for next time.

Sam came to the shop with his friends and his father.  Was looking for a fixed gear bike but didn’t know where to start. He tried and had a look at our demos till they spotted the KHS Flite 100. Sam’s father has a KHS road and loves it. They tok it for a spin, asked for a few mods and a few moments later Sam was on his merry way with his new ride.

Rob wanted a simple bike within his budget, yet he wanted something custom and not too flashy.

We made him a simple single speed bike that will take him anywhere in and around town effortlessly. This configuration his getting pretty popular and it’s it’s missing is a name. Any thoughts?

This build again is part of the butterfly effect that was caused earlier in the season ( Just check out some of the recent build and you’ll see what we mean).  A while back, Marie-André came and got herself a bike built, and loved it.  So in turn, she got one made for Judith’s birthday.

This basic single speed configuration, has a straight bar and some purples parts to make it stand out a little. In the sun the pedals turn from white to purple in the sun, just like Zartan!!!!!

She loved her experience at our shop so much that she came back a week later to interview us about the shop and got the article published in Journal Metro and Urbania.ca.

Willem came to the shop to have his Bassi built. And as the saying goes “Give credit when due” So, we must give Chris Gualano from truthofaliar some props as the yellow and Red bassi idea had come from him and he had named it “Iron Man. So is Willem a copycat or a genius? I’ll let you decide. But as they also say “Good artists borrow, great artists steal”

So Willem treated himself and rounded a bunch of red parts together. Gran compe headset, Bassi Wheelset, Brev crank, red shot lever and a Red San Marco Concor saddle. Also added SPD clip pedals to go with his DZR shoes, and a Nitto Bullhorn handlebar.

Another Yellow Bassi to hit the streets. Sorry to say Willem but we forgot to mention that all Bassi riders must face Richard in a challenge… Good thing Bikeapalooa is right around the corner.