The Radavist

Photo by Angus Sung

Man. This is so, so sick. Rudy from the 5th Floor has a custom Death Spray Custom fork on his track bike and I’m digging it a lot. See more at the Death Spray Custom blog.

I’ve been posting about Death Spray Custom for as long as David’s been putting his work online. He’s one of the most famous bicycle painters and it’s not because of his lug or box lining. David’s work is heavily inspired by automotive, motorbike, Razzle Dazzle and anything else that can be applied to a complex curvature. There’s a great interview up on CycleEXIF, so head over and check it out.

It’s hard not to get all warm inside when this head tube stares you down. Keith Anderson is selling this immaculate DeRosa through his paint shop. $1,200 gets you a bike as Italian as a cannoli stain on an Armani suit.

This is amazing. Sorry for the Instagram pic but it’s all that Death Spray Custom had! It’s going on the Hunt‘s prize bike.

Thomas from Horse Cycles did a little step-by-step photo series on how he masks his logos on his bikes. Check out more here at the Horse Flickr and see this bike in person at the New Am Bike Show this weekend.

I’ll admit, I saw neon and thought “oh pretty”, then I read up on Nicolai’s Argon road / touring / tracing frameset (yes, I have no idea how those geometries overlap). But the color, named “alarm dizzy camou”, is probably what caught Death Spray Custom‘s eye. As far as the bike is concerned, it’s Gates compatible and their description seems very, um, German:

“It has to be said that the Argon Road is not your conventional road bike. There are no smooth welds, no intricate lugs and no carbon tubes. However, you can not fail to be convinced by its superior stiffness to weight ratio. Indeed, both the torsional and the longitudinal stiffness of the Argon Road are almost unrivalled and it significantly outperforms carbon competitors in this respect. (Test EFBe Institute 2006) So how does a rider benefit from this? On long climbs in the mountains the Argon Road saves energy. On long Alpine descents the rigidity allows unparalleled tracking – it corners like it is on rails. After all, what is better when road-racing than being just that little bit faster? ”

I just like the paint.

How do they get that paint in there? Some will brush it in and rub it off but not Chris King‘s in-house frame company Cielo. For them, it’s more of a process. A reader sent this in, via Rie’s Flickr. From what I can gather, they’re visiting from Germany, with a ton of great photos. Check the rest out here.