What do I even say about the work of Death Spray Custom? Never heard of it? You should head over to David’s new site, where the pictures do plenty of talking. Wow dude… such a comprehensive catalog of work!
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That’s a Great Photo of Evan Murphy
Photo by Greg Falski
I caught this photo of Evan Murphy ripping his Death Spray Stanridge on the Death Spray Custom blog. Photographed by Greg Falski of SOFB, during the Red Hook Crit Milano. This was after I came across both Crihs’ Red Hook Crit Barcelona portrait of Evan and an interview with DSC photographer Mitch Payne on Nowhere Fast!
It’s been a busy day for Death Spray!
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Death Spray Custom and Stanridge Coming in Hot
Photo by David Trimble
During the Red Hook Crit Barcelona warm up at D’Horta Velodrome, David Trimble shot some photos of the competition. Check out more at David’s Flickr!
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Stanridge Speed x Death Spray Custom Highstreet Track
Like a true artist, each and every piece that leaves Death Spray Custom has a concept, or a story behind it. When you first see this Stanridge Speed Highstreet, however, you might just end up scratching your head. Even though the concept is crystal clear. Let me elaborate.
A few years ago, when Dan Chabanov first received his Highstreet to race at the Red Hook Crit, the initial reaction someone had to the frame was “that’s not steel”. All it took was a magnet to prove it was, in fact, steel. When I walked in the doors at King Kog hours later, the magnet was still on the seat tube. Adam from Stanridge told David at DSC and he went wild with it.
Simple enough right? That’s the beauty of true art. It’s simple. The execution though, must be flawless and this bike is just that. Flawless. Well, that was until it flew over the barricade at the Red Hook Crit Navy Yard!
This machine has seen its share of races, spills and thrills. It’s not a wall-hanger, it comes alive at the Red Hook Crit. If you’re going to be at the Red Hook Crit Milan or Barcelona, you’ll be able to catch this bike in person. If not, see more in the Gallery!
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Dan Chabanov’s Highstreet Compact Prototype Track
Dan posted this photo up on his Tumblr earlier today. It’s of the new Stanridge Speed prototype track frame. Adam and Dan worked together on what I would call a much more practical geometry. The early name for this prototype is the “Highstreet Compact”. We’ll see if that one sticks. Personally, I’m more into compact lines on a track bike, rather than a low pro and this bike looks like a beast. We’ll see how it performs tonight at the Red Hook Crit Navy Yard!
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Stanridge Speed at the Chrome Hub in NYC
Adam from Stanridge Speed has really won over the world of the track bike criteriums with his made in the USA race machine, the Highstreet. This Thursday, June 6th, head to Chrome’s NYC Hub to chat with Adam and drink some beer.
On a side note: Dan Chabs can wheelie? Lets see him do that when he smashes everyone yet again at Red Hook Crit Brooklyn Navy Yard. You guys don’t stand a chance!
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Stanridge Speed at the 2013 Red Hook Crit
Stanridge Speed took a podium this year at the 2013 Red Hook Crit. Will the momentum continue at the Navy Yards on June 8th?
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The Death Spray Custom Stanridge Speed Skinsuit by ENDO
Here’s a little teaser of what to expect from the Stanridge Speed team at Red Hook Crit this year. I’m sure you’re wondering why there are magnets all over the skinsuit but you’ll have to wait for the story… Let’s just say Death Spray Custom went all out with this one and Endo‘s delivering the goods.
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Stanridge Speed: Newest HSP with Phil Wood Cranks
Man, I think this is the first time I’ve seen the Phil Wood cranks on a photographed bike and they look great. Here’s the newest from Stanridge Speed. Thanks for sending this over, Adam.
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Beautiful Bicycle: Dan’s Street Thrashed Stanridge
Photo by Dan Chabanov
Give me a street-thrashed track bike over a wiped and polished wall hanger anyday. Dan’s 2012 Red Hook Crit Brooklyn-winning Stanridge Speed track bike has seen some time on the NYC streets. Love this photo Dan, dead rat and all.
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Stanridge Speed: Taylor’s Cross Bike
Here’s the newest teaser from Stanridge Speed, featuring Taylor and his new cross bike.
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Stanridge Speed’s Newest High Street Pursuit
Photo by Brandon Jones
I’m a sucker for a sleek, black track bike, especially one that’s been photographed as well as this new Stanridge High Street Pursuit. This one needs those black Phil Wood cranks though!
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Stanridge Speed Teaser
Adam from Stanridge Speed shared this video earlier today. It’s only a teaser but watch as Giorgio explains why he chose Stanridge to build him a track bike.
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Evan Murphy Wins the Red Hook Crit Milano
Stanridge Speed now has two Red Hook Crits under their rider’s bibs. This year in Milano, Evan Murphy took first. See the rest of the results here.
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Stanridge Speed
Over the past year or so, I’ve become pretty good friends with Adam Eldridge of Stanridge Speed, so it was nice to stop in and see his shop while I was in Columbus visiting Lauren’s family. To call his facilities small and intimate is an understatement. His shop is tucked away inside a community work space. A giant, 8,000sqft warehouse nestled inside a recently renovated park. He has no heat and his walls are made from corrugated metal.
Through the flickering florescent lighting, he mitres, brazes, finishes and paints his bicycle frames before sending them out all over the world. While his Highstreet may be the most popular frame, his passion is falling into cross bikes and road bikes. He likes frames that require problem solving… I documented his facilities the best I could with my 5D and my Hasselblad, which proved to be no easy task. But I feel it really captures the spirit of Stanridge Speed.
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Adam and the Stanridge Tim Rugg Cross Frame
Adam from Stanridge Speed is most known for his Highstreet low pro track frames but his new passion lies in cyclocross bikes and this year, he’s got a special someone racing for him. Tim Rugg is an experienced road racer, at the PRO level but has yet to try his hand at ‘cross. Adam reached out to him, before his maiden season to see if he wanted to race a Stanridge Speed. Once he obliged, Adam got to work, fabricating this beaut. Since the bike wasn’t built up when I visited Adam, I simply asked him to hold the frame under a massive skylight in his warehouse.
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I Got to Visit Adam at Stanridge Speed
I’m in Ohio, visiting some of Lauren’s family and the first thing I thought was “who’s in Columbus that I can visit?”. Of course, Stanridge Speed! The first night we were here, I met up with Adam for a glass of Basil Hayden’s and yesterday, I swung by his shop to take some photos. While I wait on my 120 film to get developed, here are two from my 5Dmkii.
A little backstory on these two photos. Adam lost his finger when he was a kid, playing on an exercise bike. Maybe that’s what drove him to a life-long love affair with bikes? Funny, when I think of traumatizing events striking children, it usually distills fear, not fascination. And that flask was a gift, along with a bottle of Blanton’s. Man, what a nice guy!
I can only hope my photos do his space justice. More to come…
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Stanridge Speed: CX Race Rig
Coming up with creative paint schemes in the internet age is not easy, so when I see something like this pop up on Flickr, I take note, especially when it’s from Stanridge Speed. Adam’s newest frame out of the paint booth is a CX Race Rig, complete with a very simple, yet flashy wet coat. Check out more of this beauty at the Stanridge Flickr.
