'boutique' bikes

[zen_rider]

what are your favourite 'boutique' bikes -> non-mainstream bikes (bikes other than norco, specialized, GT, Trek, Kona, Giant, etc etc)

heres some i wouldnt mind,

24 bikes :twisted:
www.abikeonline.com

da bomb bikes 8)
www.dabombbike.com

on one bikes :D
http://www.on-one.co.uk/products/index.shtml

brooklyn machine works :shock:
www.brooklynmachineworks.com

foes racing :wink:
http://www.foesracing.com

planet x :x
www.planet-x-bikes.com

[S.]

www.pdcracing.com

deffinatly a BMW or a Karpiel

[andrew]

my bike! (http://www.farkin.net/forums/albums/606.jpg)
although i do like that new orange oryx

[S.]

the Oryx is an Orange? Or do ya mean just the colour?

[Adi]

Evil Imperials, Clif Cat Tankass and the Banshee scream and Morphine! :)

[nhd]

Identiti :D

MORPHINE??? WHERE GIVE TO ME NOW!!!!!! STOP THIS PAIN!!!

[wombat]

.243 racing's hardtail (see if you can find the story about them and da bomb...).
The Le Toy's are very nice frames, Brooklyn have some burly pieces of machinery, and the scream is a good value, tough frame.

[Ryan]

Evil Imperial or the Endless Lifetime frame. Evil cos it's super burly and apparently a sweet ride and Endless because it's pretty much the perfect steel street/jump hardtail frame.
So many DH / big travel bikes you could do up, far too many to list:)

[Adi]

God, I'd love a Banshee Morphine :)

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[NoeFFeX]

I should have a Morphine in a month or so :D

[DOM]

I like 24's Dual 4x Bike

[Gutty]

www.pdcracing.com

Whats going on there Socket, haven't seen KD or DHdecender around for yonks.

PM me.


I'd love a custom Thylacine hardtail.
As for full squish......it's gotta be this with a superT
http://www.mygonzo.com/media/12080.jpg

[perfor8r]

Brodie Expresso
deKerf - http://www.dekerf.com/

[Ty]

ok some real 'boutique' bikes, as in custom made.

www.sevencycles.com <-- only XC but the detail is nuts

www.IFbikes.com <-- as above

www.hoodbikes.com <-- insane drop bike

www.curtisbikes.co.uk <-- poms know how to make dirt jump and trials bikes

www.endlessbikes.com <-- sic street/jump/everything bike

www.cliftcat.com <-- bikes your wont break

bikes that are sick but not made to order (off the self bikes)

www.evilbikes.com <-- the best engineered hardtail on the market

www.platet-x-bikes.co.uk <-- a hardtail for every dirt jumping/trials/urban need

www.cortinacycles.com <-- lots of cool designs

www.orangebikes.co.uk <-- yea...

www.titusti.com <-- carbon injected titanium exogrid what?

www.dmrbikes.com <-- solid jump bikes

bike listed that i'd say aren't really 'boutique' bikes it's just that we don't see much of them here.

Banshee <-- pretty common, not made inhouse but still tough as.
Da bomb <-- see above, not to mention all there designs are plucked stright out of some catalog. top R(ip off) and D(uplicate) work there.

[Ty]

Gutty arn't those thylacine hardtail frames like $1600? i'd love to ride bike from an aussie company and thylacine stuff is as custom as they come but thats an expensive hardtail frame.
(oh wait i do ride an aussie bike)
(*note not sure if they are actualy welded in australia but we know they are painted here at lease)

[Gutty]

I have no idea how much they are Ty, to be honest i couldn't see myself ever owning either of the bikes i mentioned for $$$ reasons, but if one day i did have the money they'd be top of my hit list.

Tis good to have a dream;)

[CHEWY]

i want a tankass!!, but they dont get imported to aus do they?

[Gutty]

Nope, but i'm sure you could get one direct from Cliffcat if you really wanted one.

A coupla nice pics of DHJUNKIES new tankass in these threads
http://forum.hcor.net/viewtopic.php?t=8482

http://forum.hcor.net/viewtopic.php?t=8763&highlight=

[chuckrockswell]

i can't believe no one has mentioned B1, pure race speed from holland.

how many b1's have you seen in australia?

http://www.beone-bikes.com

http://www.cortinacycles.com/Cortina-2003-01/pages/A_DHE8_PAGE_1.html

Does this look familar to you??
say along the lines of an avanti?

[chuckrockswell]

fuzzy thats nothing like a d8, theres another linkage behind a bottom bracket that you can't see in that photo. the detachable seatpost mast looks the same..... :?

cortinas are sweet!!

ahh ok
it just look remarkably the same

[Mason]

deffinatly a BMW or a Karpiel

Yea man, same here! :D

[chuckrockswell]

yeah, i wonder when avanti are going to bring out something new? i think the d8 has really had its day, you don't see too many at races anymore.

deffinatly a BMW or a Karpiel

Yea man, same here! :D

BLOODY OATH!!!! :lol:

[Gutty]

yeah, i wonder when avanti are going to bring out something new? i think the d8 has really had its day, you don't see too many at races anymore.

The D8 was actually made by keewee bikes in NZ. I'm pretty sure they have a new design, maybe a turner 4 bar type rear.

I'll try and find a their web site.

EDIT: here ya go
http://www.vorb.org.nz/modules/Forums/files/208_1040288628.jpg


http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/photo/?op=view&image=59649
http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/photo/?op=view&image=59647
http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/photo/?op=view&image=59645
http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/photo/?op=view&image=59642
http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/photo/?op=view&image=59640
http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/photo/?op=view&image=59641

[shwinboy]

Those wanting A Morphine or any othe Banshe Bikes can contact Ben Watkins. He is one of the guys importing them into the country. A crate load should be landing soon so place your orders cos these things are gona be hot. Eastern Rad tubing at a killer price.

gravitycentral@yahoo.com

PS we'll be getting a site up and running soon so stay tuned.

[wombat]

Another little known company doing some interesting things are Nicolai. Their downhill rig (Nucleon) is very sweet.

Karpiel are nicely built bikes too, but geez, can you say overkill?

[wombat]

i can't believe no one has mentioned B1, pure race speed from holland.

how many b1's have you seen in australia?

http://www.beone-bikes.com

One actually, and mate was I suprised! It was for sale too.

[SpectRe]

03 Foes Fly, Like Dave Watsons old ride...:D
HUGE Romic shock, Dorado, Trailpimps, MRP....all the goodies :)

[curtisrider]

vprocess and evil :twisted:

[scotty beefs]

I loved my le toy and for a suspen bike a balfa bb7

[Turley]

I couldn't go past an endless HT frame, and for DH, I think I would still prefer an orange 222.. not quite so boutique but still a made in homeland bike :)

[skillz]

Can we get any of these more expensive frames here?

[S.]

Can we get any of these more expensive frames here?

Yeah, but you have to be prepared to wait and pay thru the nose.

hence the expensive part

[CHEWY]

http://www.farkin.net/forums/albums/567.jpg
mmmm nicloai.
and however said somethin about B1's there was a frame with cranks for sale in geelong degrandis for 3000 i think, might be gone by now but.

[Adi]

God, what the hell is that :shock:

[S.]

That's the 22lb frame I think...

[Ty]

chewy that bike is like 2 years old now, i don't think nicloai build that frame anymore, there current bike range is huge, i like lambada(sp?) there non-ROlhof free ridebike

[S.]

That bike is called the Gizmotronicmaphonehubtasticalism.

[CHEWY]

http://www.farkin.net/forums/albums/653.jpg

mmm nicolai ht mtbx i want

[Ty]

nice Imperial











(i'm kidding)

[CHEWY]

u scared me then, till i scrolled down haha

[Tom]

How about pashley hardtail/bmx, and the defunct spooky?
Also Frank-the-welder ( http://www.ftwindustries.com/ ) from Spooky

[Ty]

pretty much any FTW stuff kicks arse.

http://www.pinkbike.com/modules/photo/?op=view&image=72869

pretty awesome

[Cruz]

Hey Ty, how come FTW still has such a great rep after all the frame breaks and terrible customer service before Spooky went down the drain?

[CHEWY]

How about pashley hardtail/bmx, and the defunct spooky?
Also Frank-the-welder ( http://www.ftwindustries.com/ ) from Spooky
can u get that DNA in oz and if so how much?
its a insane lookin ht

[Az]

How about an Ethos FR7??

1.5 steerer shermans, built up with heaps of that fine stuff from Aireal!!!

Aussie Aussie Aussie! (you know the rest)
Damn it!!!! dribbled on the key board again!
:roll:

or one of those lovely Lahar Carbon Dh things with the Rohloff hub built into the frame that the NZ team was riding when they were over.

*dribble* again :roll:

[Dopey]

chumba wumba bikes?
http://www.chumbawumba.com

one of their bike linkages resembles the RM thrustlink.

ye, the balfa bb7 is one sweet looking bike

one of their hardtails resembles an xlr8

[S.]

or one of those lovely Lahar Carbon Dh things with the Rohloff hub built into the frame that the NZ team was riding when they were over.

*dribble* again :roll:

I had a look at one of those, the BB is SOOOO low! seriously, it's just about on the ground without any sag!

[Az]

Yeah, but i still want one!!!!

No rear mech = super quiet ride!

Looked super smooth at eildon, but then again the course wasnt to rough!

[Ryan]

http://www.farkin.net/forums/albums/672.jpg

So is this a boutique bike? Or just JensonUSA's home brand knockoff of the Santa Cruz Chameleon.

It's the JensonUSA HT 5.0 and with welds that good and the fact it costs less than half what a Chameleon costs ($US530 for a Chameleon, $US250 for the HT 5.0) I reckon it's a goer :)

Check out some more detail shots here. (http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product.asp?number=18207)
Head Tube (http://www.jensonusa.com/product/18/18207head.jpg)
Seat Stay (http://www.jensonusa.com/product/18/18207seat.jpg)
Dropouts (http://www.jensonusa.com/product/18/18207dropout.jpg)
Top tube (http://www.jensonusa.com/product/18/18207dropout.jpg)

I reckon if this doesn't prove just how high a quality bike the Taiwanese can turn out, I don't know what does.

[kalem]

http://www.farkin.net/forums/albums/672.jpg

So is this a boutique bike? Or just JensonUSA's home brand knockoff of the Santa Cruz Chameleon.

It's the JensonUSA HT 5.0 and with welds that good and the fact it costs less than half what a Chameleon costs ($US530 for a Chameleon, $US250 for the HT 5.0) I reckon it's a goer :)

Check out some more detail shots here. (http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product.asp?number=18207)
Head Tube (http://www.jensonusa.com/product/18/18207head.jpg)
Seat Stay (http://www.jensonusa.com/product/18/18207seat.jpg)
Dropouts (http://www.jensonusa.com/product/18/18207dropout.jpg)
Top tube (http://www.jensonusa.com/product/18/18207dropout.jpg)

I reckon if this doesn't prove just how high a quality bike the Taiwanese can turn out, I don't know what does.

it is a chameleon, i think, i mean it's made in the same factory and all and is exactly the same frame, i read this somewhere...

[wombat]

it is a chameleon, i think, i mean it's made in the same factory and all and is exactly the same frame, i read this somewhere...

Wouldn't be suprising, happens all the time.

[zac]

ethos! liquid! genesis, tho i don't think they are around any more, they were doing custom frames and shit out of the gold coast - only ever saw one of their bikes in a brissie shop (not too shabby), though my little bro got them to put canti studs but on his bmx that he built up - welding looked pretty good and never farked up.

[fastrider_ben]

TANK BICYCLES they take profiles, azonics, and oryx before they r sent to the factorys in taiwan and spray them cool colours and shit kinda cool coz they r really cheap

[Tom]

How about pashley hardtail/bmx, and the defunct spooky?
Also Frank-the-welder ( http://www.ftwindustries.com/ ) from Spooky
can u get that DNA in oz and if so how much?
its a insane lookin ht

I dont know. Mail order through FTW possibly?$$$$$$$$

[Gutty]

You want a FTW ? This might interest you then.

http://forum.hcor.net/viewtopic.php?t=8712&highlight=ftw

[hardtail free rider]

my bmx would kick all those bikes arses.......lol.....it has mofo shox and wheels :)

[Brado_man_88]

Has everyone forgotten Ellsworth? Surely they make it into the niche of 'boutique'?
Some of the most simple yet beautifull paintjobs I've ever seen.
Not to mention the perfection of their suspension models.

[Dim]

Has everyone forgotten Ellsworth? Surely they make it into the niche of 'boutique'?
Some of the most simple yet beautifull paintjobs I've ever seen.
Not to mention the perfection of their suspension models.


LOL, nuf said

[AirForceOnes]

keewee's are my favourite or Le-toys

[Rik]

Not to mention the perfection of their suspension marketing BSFixed it for ya ;)
www.pdcracing.comFanboy! :D

Far out, what an old thread...

[udi]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/iloveny/romans/2004/graves/images/dig_270.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/iloveny/romans/2004/graves/images/dig_150.jpg

[naz]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001GOHU2.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[vgisit]

http://www.transitionbikes.com/

[rowanr]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/iloveny/romans/2004/graves/images/dig_270.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/iloveny/romans/2004/graves/images/dig_150.jpg

ahahah one of the funniest things i've seen. i didn't realise this thread was 6 months old.
i love yeti and santa cruz. i've never seen any around melbourne. i know there are some but still haven't run into any. i reckon we get the short straw when it comes to quality bikes that aren't huge names. its getting better though, 5 years ago it was impossible to get anything good haah

[tnankie]

ahahah one of the funniest things i've seen. i didn't realise this thread was 6 months old.


try 2.5 years old.

[Dozer]

aw, don't call them boutique bikes man, it makes them sound like you can only buy them in fashionable Sydney coffee shops. Call them something cool like......um.......limited production or specialist model.
Matter of fact, don't call them any of the above. I love my Dabomb.

[scratchy]

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