It's hard to tell how good this metallic orange came out if you're not looking at it in the sun, in person.
It's really hard to capture how much time and effort goes into these frames. From the hand bent stays, to the custom cutouts, to the paint schemes, these bikes keep my hands and mind pretty occupied.
Andrew wanted sort of a hot rod aesthetic. I'll leave the motoring up to him.
If you see him around Southern California, see if you can catch up and check out that orange in the sun, in person.
Sorry been lagging on the blog for a while, been busy. When faced with sitting at a computer, or going and spending some quality time on a bike for someone, its almost always the bike. Right now, I guess, is the exception.
This one is for Mike Styliano in Nelson, New Zealand.
The ever popular root beer color never seems to disappoint for translating the smoothness of fillet brazing. It is a very hard color to do well in powder coat as the brown is a transparent over a silver undercoat. Any flaws in the top or bottom coat are glaringly obvious and there are not really any second chances. The depth of color is pretty hard to beat, though. Victor Sanchez, who does all my powder coating, does a bang up job with it. Thanks Victor!
No ticks were harmed in the shooting of this bike.
This bike was built for the Interbike trade show. It hung out at the Easton/Bell Sports booth and was decked out in Easton, Fox, and WTB's finest. On Thursday it was raffled off and given to Tim, who hails from northern Montana.
All blackcatbicycles are custom. Custom bikes get custom prices. The price of steel has fluctuated dramatically in the past year so for any and all prices, please send an email to me.
About Me
todd ingermanson
santa cruz county, california
A bicycle fabricating juggernaut commited to staring at the shop wall for hours, thinking,"How am i going to do that?"