Whether you want to ride the dirt tracks of the Great Dividing Range on a day long epic or test yourself in the arena of a cyclocross race, the Turanti will fill your needs.
It is made from butted titanium tubing with 6/4 titanium fittings. Top end parts are used in the build – SRAM Red groupset, Avid Shorty Ultimate brakes, Enve rims, bars, stem and post.
A build for one of my sponsored racers, this build features a steel frame with custom radiused and ovalized top top tube, s-bend stays, and tight geometry to allow a neutral steering base for nimble moves between tight tree lined corners. Built with 100mm suspension and a clean 2×10 drivetrain, this machine is simple and meant to go fast. Throw in a titanium Disco stick seatpost and ti Luv Handles for comfort and light weight, King wheels on Crest rims, and this rig is ready to hit the race course. A subtle white with gold pearl finish keeps the build under the radar on the start line. As a sponsored build, I finished it up at a little past midnight, just 8 hours before the race, so the quality of the pics is a mix of moonlight and weariness 
A straight up steel frame with swinger dropouts, custom titanium unicrown fork, titanium Luv Handle, painted to match Hot Rods, titanium Disco Stick seat post, and rolling on super sweet Phil/Arch wheels. Built to be stiff in the low end, but with compliant components to take the edge off of the rigid chassis. Finished up with a tribute color of Team Lavendar, a pale lavendar with a red pearl overcoat. One of my favorite builds, clean and efficient.
A sweet retro styled sled for shreading the single track, this porceline green and cream beauty sports a custom ti unicrown fork, ti luv handle, and airbrushed little girlies for your viewing pleasure.
This special build was designed to provide modern performance with a vintage styling of the 40′s. The customer wanted the finish to look like it was just pulled from a barn after years of being stored away. A blend of custom steel tubing, swinger dropouts, and designed around a custom suspension corrected titanium unicrown fork and ti Luv handle, this cockpit provides a more upright position to allow for an open, unrestricted torso for ease of breathing and power when single speeding. A fun bike with a lot of character.
See how the finish came together here on the blog…
Let me introduce to you the Luv Handle…built of 4130 aircraft steel or 3/2.5 Haynes Titanium. The bar sports a gentle 4 degree rise and a 21.5 degree back sweep, meeting the natural anatomic position of your wrist and hands to allow for reduced stress on the supportive structures resulting in all day comfort and control. The design allows you to use your current stem and the grip section is long enough to mate with any combination of shifters and brake levers…just slide them on and hit the dirt.
Check out the web page for more info…
http://groovycycleworks.com/extras.aspx
The Hot Rods continue to offer the pinnacle of design and function, efficiently turning your energy into forward momentum.
Available in a heat treated 4130 or Ti version (coming Nahbs 2012) in any bolt circle diamter you desire, this Groovy product is not only a finishing touch on your custom rig, but a stand alone performance product as well.
Interested in learning more, check out the web page chocked full of info…
The request did not seem too difficult…create a custom machine made out of titanium and garbed in the colors of Texas Christian University for an ardent cyclist, alumni, and fan of the Horned Frogs. What transpired was one of my most enjoyable journeys of blending both fabrication, paint, and finish techniques to create a one of a kind tribute that performs as well as it looks. Interested in seeing more of the process? Check out the step by step process on the blog of this unique build…
http://groovycycleworks.blogspot.com/2011/08/tcu-and-tia-nice-combination.html
A TIG welded titanium Naked road adventure completed with Dura-ace groupo, Rolf wheelset and Enve 2.0 carbon fork. Red just peeks out from the Chris King headset, Eriksen post and tiny paint details.
Just add mud. In the words of it’s rider ” it felt lighter than I predicted, it sucked up bumps better than my wildest predictions, and was stiffer under power than I thought materially possible. The latest concern is keeping it clean, and not from dirt, but from the various drool, and other fluids, that assault it daily when I show it to other riders. XXX, at North Park, literally almost fell over. His eyes bugged out. He dropped what he was doing mid-conversation with a customer and loped over to it like a salivating zombie. I’m terrified as to what will happen when XXXXX sees it”.
