Archives: Speedvagen

Yup… I’m drooling over these road riding beauties. One day… I will ride these wild rides into the sun.

2016 Guidebook Info:

Speedvagen is proud to present the 2016 Road Guide Book highlighting our new road models and unveiling the 2016 color options. ​For over 15 years, The Vanilla Workshop has manufactured purpose driven race machines for customers looking for a bike that is different than anything else on the market. All frames are designed, built, and painted in house in Portland, Oregon. Working directly with every customer allows The Vanilla Workshop to fine tune each frame, stripping away what is not needed and re-imagining what is left. Wait time for a Speedvagen is as little as 8 weeks depending on custom options. Every 2016 Road Dis​c​ model features our reengineered Berzerker dropouts, designed specifically to mount the disc caliper on the underside of the seat stay. This unique mounting not only looks cleaner​ and is super light,​ but also transmits braking stress into the ​frame and away from the dropout itself​. Rim brake options are still available as well. The devil is in the details, using stainless steel in high wear areas or the custom tubing shaped by hand for each customer based on fit.

All 2016 Road frames come in several paint and graphic schemes ensuring your bike looks as good as it rides. Our 3D “Ghost” graphic as well as the new “HollaText” and “Surprise Me!” schemes will ​be very popular this year, in addition to several new colors. As with everything else, our paint is designed and executed in house allowing full control over ​the process and equally important, the ability to push limits. In addition to stock features, custom upgrades are available including carbon seat tubes, ​full Di2 battery integration, and ​color integration on components .

Dedication to detail means limited availability, under 200 custom bikes will be produced in 2016, which, with a crew of 11 full timers, means that each bike is getting a ton of attention from fabrication, fitting, design and a very professional customer service experience. Learn more about 2016 Speedvagen offerings here.

Stock Frameset (frame / fork / seatpost assembly) MSRP:  From $3,450

Custom Frameset (frame / fork / seatpost assembly) MSRP: From $4,650

Go check out the Speedvagen lookbook and all the customization goodies therein.

RIDE x CREATE

 

Speedvagen Family Racing: Laura Winberry from The Vanilla Workshop on Vimeo.

This is killer! and the first in a video profile series from The Vanilla Workshop. Looking forward to checking out this series as it progresses.

“Speedvagen is more than just a bike brand, it’s a family. The time spent learning a rider’s needs, and building a bike that exceeds those needs creates a special bond. The Speedvagen Family Racing (SVFR) team is an extension of those relationships we have built over the years. SVFR riders are a group of kindred spirits who are looking for a partnership, not a sponsor. Our riders go fast, but not at the expense of the enjoyment and camaraderie the cycling community fosters. Each member of the team is a friend first, and a racer second.

Our first video profile looks at Laura Winberry, who embodies the Speedvagen Family Racing ethos perfectly. Racing is her passion, but not her entire life. Laura is always looking for a creative outlet to express herself, and riding for Speedvagen is just one aspect of that.

In Laura’s words, “When I train and race I don’t go by numbers or data or watts, I go by feel and intuition and a little-big thing called heart. SVFR is an extension and an embodiment of the latter, the feel and the intuition and the heart. While racing itself is a huge component of why I do what I do, the experience and the individuals surrounding that experience are just as important. Really, there’s family of origin and there’s chosen family, and it’s about what you want to look back on, if you get the chance to look back. SVFR is part of all that, it’s chosen family and it’s part of what I want to look back on. It’s like Jay Z says: my brothers is my brothers like my brother is.”

DUDE!!!!!! So effing beautiful!

“2015 Army HollaText

The Berzerker Drop Outs are all business. Cast from a super strong alloy we then braze in a stainless face on the inside and finish them with our stainless faceplates featuring the circle “V”, as a nod to Vanilla. The Stainless looks good, but the real beauty is how it protects this high wear and tear area over the years.”

Go to Speedvagen’s Flickr page to check out all the solid shots

 

I heart this get rad machine!