SLASH REPAIRS AND MARC'S FIXIE... WHEN ART AND BIKES COLLIDE

This is Marc's fixie.

This is what I build in 45 degree heat.
Marc is a graphic artist and painstakingly hand painted this frame.
Check out his other work here

I think they're slugs... nothing sluggish about this bike though!

The chainring was raw metal and looked ugly, so I polished it.
Novatec hubs on Alex rims.. a cheaper version of velocity.
Oddysey pitbull brake lever, cheap cheng shin calliper cause it needed a long drop, vittoria rubino tyres, oury grips, bbb seatpost, generic riser handlebars and stem. The diamond back bmx saddle was just for the photo shoot.

Nice tight ride this one... my size too.

I hope Marc likes it cause your seeing it before he does.
(P.S. it just started to rain,
that should cool things down a bit,
it's getting mighty hot around here)

SLASH REPAIRS AND TIFFS BIANCHI

This is Tiffs Bianchi
After much deliberation it finally got built.White powder coated bars from Dan at Shifter Bikes

It's a sticker not a badge, but it's still sexy

The girl's picked up this saddle on their road trip, apparently this guy on the central coast of NSW has heaps of new old stock of rad 80's BMX bits (Check out my shop photos for the kashimax saddles)

Do I really need to tell you how beautiful this is?Yep... I like this one... Damn I wish I weren't so tall!

SLASH REPAIRS AND SYDNEY AND SLASH REPAIRS

I went back to my hometown of Sydney on the weekend to see Grace Jones. She was amazing!

Alot of people asked what my shop was like.

This is it

And this
(they're also wheels, check Cat's yellow tuffs! Tres old skool)

This is also my shop
(in black and white)

This is my shop wall with the hole in it
(adds character!)
(the frames are some goodies from double oh two except for the olmo, thats mine)

This is like letting a kid loose in a candy store
(it's also my shop)

This is double oh's conti
(in my shop)
(and that's my pony, I always wanted a pony)

This is how you know you've found the placeLots of exciting things coming up including building the Conti and I'm still having fun polishing them hubs. See you soon

SLASH REPAIRS AND SHELBY'S TRI BIKE

This is Shelby's Triathalon Bike.

Apparently she used to do them...

Not any more.

We were going to turn it into a single speed...

Then I found out about Regina Extra
(and the fact that she lives in Geelong and it's hilly)

It's a cluster


For those of you that don't know cluster's are a series of cogs that run on a pawl mechanism that screws on to your hub and are made rather cheaply. This is where Regina did things a little differently. They were around in road racing way back and the whole cluster can be personally tailored to your needs (strength). After doing a little research I found out that the company was Italian and merged with Atom later on and was slowly fazed out. There is a mob in England who still service these clusters and have a ton of cogs that you can buy. You can buy new old stock on ebay and the dopest thing I found out is that originals were (and are) sold in tin's that have brushes built into it to clean between races.

I can just imagine them now,

Salvatore talking to his mechanic:

"Luigi, I find the 18 tooth and 17 great for climbing, but then I want to jump to a 16 cause I'm feeling fine then bang into 13 and 12 and the race is mine"

I couldn't kill this thing, I just hope it survives the hills of Geelong for a bit before I have to think about servicing it!

Check out Shelby's ride now

ITM Bar's

DMR V8 Pedals
Vittoria Rubino Tyre's (had to run a 20 up front cause it's tight)
Colnago bar plugs (it's the fine details my friend)
I had to pull apart the shifters and reverse them to make them work.
Not entirley sure but I question whomever built this bike because it wasn't done right.
Bit of a bitzer like my dog, but the end product is fine.
Nice ride (too small for me at a 53cm) but smooth and responsive. No branding, engraving or marking's on the frame at all. Itallian bottom bracket campag headset.

I hope Shelby's happy, cause your seeing it before she does!