How Awful

[snapdragen]

to be married to Sacha White. Here's the bike he built for his wife - calls it her Volvo :D

I want a Vanilla!

[massbikebabe]

Who is Sacha White? (please forgive my ignorance) Nice ride, but I don't think a speed/weight weeny like me would love it...although I have fallen for Vanilla since Jobob gave us the link.



karen

[jobob]

http://www.vanillabicycles.com/

Click on "ABOUT"

His bikes are obscenely gorgeous.

[jobob]

Nice ride, but I don't think a speed/weight weeny like me would love it...

Ah, but Vanilla caters to racers & weight weenies too :D

from
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/2005/probikes/?id=skerritt_vanilla



Bikes of 'Cross Nationals, part 2
The Vanilla essence
By Steve Medcroft

At Cyclocross Nationals in Providence, Rhode Island, we spied several finely made and beautiful bikes built by custom frame builders. In the first installment of this special three-part tech series, we brought you Maureen Bruno-Roy's Independent Fabrication Planet Cross. Next up, we take a look at Master's 35-39 national champion Shannon Skerritt's pearl white Vanilla Cross.

[...snip...]

Shannon's Vanilla Cross
What stands out mostly about Skerritt's 'cross bike when you first see it is how clean and simple the lines are. Built from steel, the fillet-brazed frame tubes seem to flow into each other. What Skerritt also says turns other racer's heads as much as Vanilla's aesthetics is its weight.

"I'm an assistant manager at The Bike Gallery in Portland," Skerritt says. "We sell full carbon, titanium, steel and so on. With all the marketing around more exotic materials, steel has the reputation for being a heavy, cheap material, but the reality is that my 'cross bike weighs eighteen pounds; pretty much the same as a Scandium bike I had built up with the same parts."

[texas_emily]

The Volvo is nice but Vanilla's other bikes are gorgeous! When I stop drooling, I'm adding Vanilla to the list of potential builders for when I decide to drop some big bucks on a new bike!...That would be after I finish my degree and land a fab job!

[massbikebabe]

Thanks Jobob:o





karen

[SadieKate]

Anyone know if Dario is married?

http://www.cbike.com/pegoretti_luigino.htm

[jobob]

My oh my. Now THERE's a bike. I love the paint job.

I'm really looking forward to the Handmade Bicycle Show (http://handmadebicycleshow.com/framebuilders.lasso) in San Jose.

[SadieKate]

I want to see the Columbines. Sigh, one day . . . :o

[snapdragen]

I want to see the Columbines. Sigh, one day . . . :o

They will be there........

[Lise]

Anyone know if Dario is married?

http://www.cbike.com/pegoretti_luigino.htm
SK, I clicked on the link, thinking I'd see a picture of Dario. Of course, only the bikes are pictured! True lust on the TE board isn't over a pretty face, but a beyouteeful bike! :p L.

[MomOnBike]

I think I remember hearing that Sacha and family are car-free. The volvo would be just the bike to take to a parent-teacher conference while still wearing clothes with authority. Face it, off the bike, biking clothes just don't convey the sense of stability you need when dealing with institutions. (On the bike, its an entirely different matter, of course.)

All this to say, if my husband made that bike for me, I'd ride it. And I'd try to look feminine, too. With some care, I'd even consider a skirt.

And then I'd go out on weekends on my other bike and whoop some tail...:D

[sulis]

I would sooo love that "volvo".
I spent several weeks in Sweden this past fall and spent alot of time on my uncles commuter bike. I so wanted to ship one home...I've been looking for one every since. But nothing at the local bike shop offers the same feel.
Hmmm...I wonder how much one of these yummy vanillas would set me back. :rolleyes:

[CorsairMac]

I"d have to agree Mom - after all the skirt you're wearing in your avatar instills fear in me!! I mean - Any woman who can wear that length of skirt and ride a bike gets the Whole bike path!!! ;) :rolleyes: :p

[MomOnBike]

I even amaze myself sometimes.