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Custom specified and assembled for a customer, Summer 2009. He supplied the grips, cranks and chainguard. Vintage N.O.S. aluminum fenders from Hoopdriver, 3 speed Sturmey-Archer hub, with trigger shifter option, all on the IRO 'Phoenix' frameset.
A new, custom fabricated Tommasini 'Tecno' road bike, brought to me for a wheelbuild and
complete assembly. Most of the parts were supplied by the client.
When this bike was finished even I was flabbergasted by how beautiful it was.
This photo courtesy of the client.
This 2010 KHS 'Urban Soul' singlespeed was customized for its new owner with inverted swept-back bars, a rack, and EVO flat aluminum fenders, also available in blue, black and silver.
A nice bike for a very reasonable sum.
In stock in various sizes.
This view shows the full structure including the tower, chapel section, and surrounding landscaping.
I built this custom rifle with a BlackForge Upper and Lower in Kryptek Mandrake. BlackForge Rail and NiPhos BCG, Fortis Hammer Charging Handle, CMC Trigger, Magpul ACS-L Stock, Magpul MOE+ Grip, Magpul BAD lever, FN Barrel and EoTech Sight.
Soma 'Stanyan' 58cm, lugged, Tange Prestige relaxed-geometry road frameset.
Brooks B17 Champion Special saddle.
Nitto 44cm 'Noodle' bar.
Velo-Orange stem, post, headset, rims, toe straps.
Shimano 105 hubs, XT rear der, RX-100 front der, Dura-Ace cranks, 5500 BB.
Tektro R538 brakes and R200 levers.
MKS pedals and toe clips.
Gran Compe 'Eine Ciclo' 28mm tires.
DiaCompe 'Silver' shifters.
Soma bar plugs.
Brooks B17 Select Special Edition "World Traveller 2012". Only 2012 available world-wide - in stock here!
Here are photos of my custom Keef Telecaster build, from many years ago.
The neck pup is a Gibson Burstbucker One humbucker; the bridge pup is a Don Mare pedal steel wind single coil. It screams. The middle position is totally killer.
Swamp ash body with Gibson red to gloss black sunburst, painted by me with rattle can lacquer. Came out pretty good! All the wear and tear is 100 percent legit.
Warmoth Strat neck, compound radius, on a third-party Ash body; jumbo frets. Callaham "vintage" tuners, vintage wiring harness, hand-carved bone nut, brass and aluminum compensated bridge saddles (I think they're Glendale; I forget). Glendale bridge plate. All the screws are standard blade, vintage 50s style. This guitar will be in my casket when I'm buried, I will never sell or give it away. It's not a 100 percent correct reproduction of Keith's guitar (I didn't mount the neck humbucker upside down), but sound-wise, it's pretty damn close.
I play it through a Vox AC4C1-12, with the "bright-cap mod." For effects, I stick to some pretty basic stuff: my MXR Dyna Comp compressor (sometimes), a EHX Soul Food overdrive, a Tone City "Tape Machine" delay pedal, and a very cheap Aroma "Ocean Verb" reverb pedal. I usually don't use them all at the same time. I also have a Joyo tremolo pedal, which sounds just like the tremolo on my old Ampeg Reverberocket. One of the great cheap pedals out there ...
36 hole, 3 leading/3 trailing spoke pattern. This is my favourite non-standard (3 cross) pattern, a beautiful combination of form and function. The spokes are all the same length (and same as a 3 cross - because, in fact, it is!) and the strength is not significantly compromised, if at all. Notice the lacing: other examples I've seen are either not laced at all (see Sheldon Brown [RIP]), or are all laced, making it very difficult to replace certain spokes and requiring extreme contortions near the flange. This wheelset has the middle 2 spokes of each set of 6 unlaced, while the rest are and give that lovely 'celtic knot' effect. Only minor complication: a tensiometer must be used to measure tension (rather than pitch, for instance).
This traditional set-up for the indicator chain allows for more heel clearance than the new generation plastic parts (also supplied with the hub).
Here are photos of my custom Keef Telecaster build, from many years ago.
The neck pup is a Gibson Burstbucker One humbucker; the bridge pup is a Don Mare pedal steel wind single coil. It screams. The middle position is totally killer.
Swamp ash body with Gibson red to gloss black sunburst, painted by me with rattle can lacquer. Came out pretty good! All the wear and tear is 100 percent legit.
Warmoth Strat neck, compound radius, on a third-party Ash body; jumbo frets. Callaham "vintage" tuners, vintage wiring harness, hand-carved bone nut, brass and aluminum compensated bridge saddles (I think they're Glendale; I forget). Glendale bridge plate. All the screws are standard blade, vintage 50s style. This guitar will be in my casket when I'm buried, I will never sell or give it away. It's not a 100 percent correct reproduction of Keith's guitar (I didn't mount the neck humbucker upside down), but sound-wise, it's pretty damn close.
I play it through a Vox AC4C1-12, with the "bright-cap mod." For effects, I stick to some pretty basic stuff: my MXR Dyna Comp compressor (sometimes), a EHX Soul Food overdrive, a Tone City "Tape Machine" delay pedal, and a very cheap Aroma "Ocean Verb" reverb pedal. I usually don't use them all at the same time. I also have a Joyo tremolo pedal, which sounds just like the tremolo on my old Ampeg Reverberocket. One of the great cheap pedals out there ...
I designed the house to open like a dollhouse, but also to lift off compartmentally for top-down viewing and placement.
Custom assembly by Hoopdriver Bicycles, Fall 2009.
Vintage, original Masi 3V Volumetrica road.
The Masi 3V Volumetrica, introduced in 1981, and developed and produced by Alberto Masi during the early 1980's was way ahead of its time with innovative internal lugs and oversized steel tubing. This type of construction made a huge impact on modern framebuilding; the use of oversized tubing on road bike frames is commonplace today.