Recycle Your Old Jersey!!

Now available in the IF web store: recycled jersey bags by BaileyWorks! Bring that old jersey out of retirement and turn it into a Small 253 Courier messenger bag. Style meets function as extra material becomes a shoulder pad, and your back pockets remain intact. Here are a few examples, made from a white IF jersey and a black IF grassroots skin suit:

Fire and Ice

This Ti Crown Jewel was a lot of fun to design and build. It features a combination of brushed and bead-blasted titanium with a paint palette of Intense Blue Pearl, Corsa Red and Omaha Orange. Lastly, the frame is set up for Campagnolo EPS.

Indy For Andy

Here's a Titanium Independence for Andy, shown in Gloss Black and Corsa Red with shot-peened titanium panels. We surprised Andy with some custom IF mudflaps, made for him by the talented ladies at BaileyWorks.

Hang On Swoopy

Here's a Titanium Planet X for Donna. The shapes we painted were her own idea – Donna calls them "swoops". The swoops are painted Corsa Red with Freshwater Pearl pinstripes. Her seat tube and fork logo's are also painted Corsa Red and Freshwater Pearl to match.

Like Father, Like Son

We just finished a pair of father and son Steel Crown Jewels for Yatsugatake Bicycle Studio in Japan. Both frames share a similar paint scheme of Matte and Gloss Black with Silver and White details. Each frame features a single script logo in Matte Black on the top side of its down tube. Lastly, the son's frame has a steel IF fork, while the father's frame has a carbon ENVE 2.0 fork.

 

 

Before and After

Here are some before/during and after photos of a few recent titanium frames. First is a Ti Planet X for Vonn, featuring a 44mm head tube and S&S couplers. Vonn chose a shot-peen finish with clear on black decals for his frame. His frame-set also came with a steel fork.

Next is a Ti Factory Lightweight for Craig. Craig picked Matte Black on Gloss Black for his paint scheme.

And last is another Ti Factory Lightweight with Matte Black on Meteorite Silver Metallic for James.

A Steel "Club" Racer for Anthony

Here's a new Steel Club Racer for Anthony, ordered through the great folks at Carytown Bike Co. in Richmond, VA. Anthony's frame features a 44mm head tube, matched up with a tapered carbon Whiskey fork. Anthony's frame also has a few special paint details including 2-color outline logos (in Sprout Green and White) on his seat tube/head tube, and matching Club Racer club stripes on his fork legs.