CHARMISSE 2.0

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CHARMISSE 2.0

CHARMISSE 2.0

“UMMM… I’m obsessed with Charmisse” – STEWIE GRIFFIN (2013)

BIO

Charmisse 2.0 has the same silver chain and limited edition pedals/grips as the old Charmisse. She also has the same rusted handlebars, seat rails, cranks, wheels, pegs and gyro with costume multi coloured cable spliters.

The saddle is covered in peach flux leather, with real leather as the Auset Athletic logo #wonkystitching

View Charmisse’s original back story and profile here.

FRAME

GT Performer (mid skool)

RIMS

20″ steel

SADDLE

Peach and black leather

GEARS

Single

TYRES

Lucky Stone 20×2.125

SEAT POST

Chrome layback

FRONT SPROCKET

44t distressed chrome

REAR SPROCKET

16t DICTA chrome

CHAIN

Taya-410h silver

PEDALS

Odyssey Aloha Twisted Pedals

GRIPS

Colony Much Room - Technicolour

HEAD BADGE

Custom mesh logo with splatter

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54QUEENS

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54QUEENS

54QUEENS

“Take us to queens at once” – PRINCE AKEEM (1988)

BIO

Been on a bit of a New York vibe for inspiration over the last couple of years and this build will be the first of that collection. This bike was inspired by New York’s infamous borough Queens and the courtship ritual of Zamunda. As represented in the classic comedy Coming To America.

I stripped 54 Queens of its paint leaving some remnants of primer in the joins and random parts of the frame for a more grimy/grubby look. The forks were rusted (with a right side bare steel logo) and the aluminium frame was treated with a special solution that gave it that grubby patina.

A few new parts were added to 54 Queens: Gold chain, Gold seat post clamp, Gold handlebar end caps, Gold water bottle, Green brake calipers, Black flat pedals and bottle cage, Rusted bell, 60mm stem, Topeak iPhone ridecase and handlebar bag. Customised a few bits too: Black towel for covering the saddle, peddle straps, and bartape. Feathered zips for the handlebar bag and a custom ass saver and spoke disk too.

FRAME

Road bike 19″ aluminium

FORKS

Steel

SADDLE

Selle Royal (customised)

GEARS

27 speed Campagnolo

TYRES

Halo Twin Rail 700×29

BRAKE PADS

Baradine 471C

STEM

XLC A-Head 60mm 35°

PEDALS

VIVIMAX Max Hit

CHAIN

KMC X9 gold

BAG

Roswheel

GRIPS

Towel grip tape black

SADDLE COVER

Black towel

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BUBBLES

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BUBBLES

BUBBLES

“Bubble gum” – THE FREE DESIGN (1970)

BIO

First heard this song on an episode of the Gilmore Girls – don’t judge :O) …Anywaaay I thought the song was pretty cool so made plans for the perfect tribute.

Rescued this cute Raleigh Safari from an old couple in London. Then stripped her of all paint to gave it the full rust treatment. Mods include new yellow boots, some green cabling and a green bike chain (took a while to find the right shade of green to match the brake housing though)

No reupholstered saddle this time but I did finish the bike off with some super cool limited edition tie-dye pedals and grips.

FRAME

Raleigh Safari

RIMS

20″ steel

SADDLE

Brooks Mattress Saddle

GEARS

3 speed

TYRES

Ammaco 20×1.75 yellow

PADALS

United Valentino Pedals Tie Dye

BRAKE PADS

White

GRIPS

United G-Slat Tie Dye

BRAKE HOUSING

Green

CHAIN

PYC P410 green

FRONT REFLECTOR

Custom white

REAR REFLECTOR

Custom white

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PSYCHO KILLER

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PSYCHO KILLER

PSYCHO KILLER

“Réalisant mon espoir” – TALKING HEADS (1977)

BIO

Bought this Triumph 20 initially for its rear box bag. Decided to do collaborative effort with the better half and build a bike inspired by one of her favorite records by the popular 70’s band Talking Heads.

Its been a while since I wanted to try a two tone rust look on a bike and Psycho Killer was the perfect project to experiment on by rusting the mud guards and slightly rusting the frame.

Psycho Killer comes with yellow cable housing and a yellow bike chain, with an inspired pair of blood curdling pedals and grips representative of the famous horror movie.

FRAME

Triumph 20

RIMS

Steel 20×1 3/8

SADDLE

Grey denim

GEARS

3 speed

TYRES

Schwalbe 20×1 3/8 grey

PADALS

Odyssey Twisted Black/Red Swirl

LOGO

Grey w/splatter

DUST CAPS

Yellow smiley face

BRAKE HOUSING

Yellow

GRIPS

Colony Much Room - Bloody Black

CHAIN

KMC Z410 yellow

REAR REFLECTOR

Original and untouched

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RED CHAKRA

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RED CHAKRA

RED CHAKRA

“Changes will always be. Gotta keep moving on” – THE RURALS (2007)

BIO

Red Chakra started off as just frame and forks.

Concept for this build was inspired by one of my favourite Rurals tracks – Red Chakra.

Rust with red accents… and lots of BASS ;O)

Mods include reupholstered saddle with painted seat rails (in red). Logos are located on the saddle (which was made from red denim + trademark wonky stitching) and the bottom part of the seat tube (exposed raw steel logo).

FRAME

Gents racer / 23″

RIMS

26×1⅜ Steel rims

SADDLE

Black leather

GEARS

3 speed

FRONT SPROCKET

46t

TYRES

Cheng Shin Tyre 26×1⅜

CHAIN

KMC S1 red

HANDLEBARS

Flat MTB

BRAKE HOUSING

Red

GRIPS

Odyssey Gary Young II Grips

LOGO

Red denim with wonky stitching

LOGO

Raw steel

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CHARMISSE

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CHARMISSE

CHARMISSE

“I haven’t gone two weeks without sex since i was in a coma for six weeks” – CHARMISSE (2013)

BIO

I had big plans for this one. The ol’skool frame was close but not what I’d expected, so I changed the design approach and bought some gum coloured tyres. Alas these tyres were not the gum colour I was expecting (but still looked cool) so it was back to the drawing board. On my third and final attempt, I used Family Guy’s character Charmisse to inspire the bikes concept and design (a working girl that’s trying to do the best with what she has, despite the disappointments she has experienced).

Charmisse is a de-rusted chrome frame with rusted handlebars, seat rails, cranks, wheels, pegs and gyro with a costume multi coloured cable splitters. Charmisse was also given a brand new silver chain and a pair of cool limited edition pedals and grips. A peach flux leather mini skirt was appropriately bought to cover the saddle. Real leather was used as the Auset Athletic logo using the trademark wonky stitching to seam it all together :p

Even though Charmisse is a low end prostitute. I think she just needs someone to cut her a brake and take her out the game. I’ve tested her for 3 miles since completion and I think she rides great ;0)

FRAME

Mid skool (ol’skool look alike) / 20″

RIMS

20″ steel

SADDLE

Peach and black leather

GEARS

Single

TYRES

Lucky Stone 20×2.125

SEAT POST

Chrome layback

FRONT SPROCKET

44t distressed chrome

REAR SPROCKET

16t DICTA chrome

CHAIN

Taya-410h silver

PEDALS

Odyssey Aloha Twisted Pedals

GRIPS

Colony Much Room - Technicolour

HEAD BADGE

Custom mesh logo with splatter

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BALLZY

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BALLZY

BALLZY

“AWW NAWW! Big Slim Dogg, eighty pound balls, dick six inch long” – EMINEM (2000)

BIO

Ballzy was rescued from an employee of the famous Greenwich Fire Station. This build was inspired by my favourite Eminem record and more importantly lyric :O)

Surface rust was partly developed by using the leftovers of a can of beer to make Beer Can Chicken, resulting in a well covered rusty frame that’s rich in colour with a tint of redness.

Not too many mods on this build, just the painting of the chainring, stem and bolts. All in all very happy with the black on rust (with purple accents). Would love to see this rust bucket hit a half pipe one day, I imagine it would look awesome #tailwhip

FRAME

BMX Freestyle / 20.8″

RIMS

Alienation 36H

SADDLE

Black leather

GEARS

Single

TYRES FRONT

Odyssey Dirt Path 20×2.2

TYRES REAR

Odyssey Path 20×2.1

PEDALS

Primo Stricker purple

SPROCKET

25t front / 9t rear

BRAKE HOUSING

Purple

GRIPS

Haro Stitch Grips

FORK

1 1/8″ Full Crmo

CRANKS

Haro 175mm

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SW-9.1.5.

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SW-9.1.5.

SW-9.1.5.

BIO

SW-9.1.5. was a quick build and thank you present for a good friend.

This bike was stripped of all original decals and replaced with personally designed ones (professionally printed by Diginate). Decals consisted of orions belt, the name of bike and the constellations of Orion and Canis Major.

SW-9.1.5. was given new grips, white wall tyres and an old vintage sprung saddle. A little tricky to handle with her coaster brake, but she ran smoother than a chocolate mug of hot Baileys.

FRAME

City/town bike

RIMS

24″ aluminium

SADDLE

Plastic sprung saddle

GEARS

Single

TYRES

Kenda whitewall 24×1.75″

PADALS

Non-slip pedals

FRONT SPROCKET

38t

REAR SPROCKET

18t

CHAIN

Silver anti-rust chain

FRONT BRAKE

V-brake

BACK BRAKE

Coaster brake

GRIPS

Cult Vans Waffle Flangeless Grips

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YA’MAMMA

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YA’MAMMA

YA’MAMMA

“I said your mama’s got an afro with a chin strap” – THE PHARCYDE (1992)

BIO

This one was a bit of an experiment to see if I could marry the old with the new. Unsure if I could pull it off, I continued the build with the song Ya Mama (by The Pharcyde) in mind, so that on lookers would know that I just don’t give a #@$% about how I look :O)

Ya’Mamma was stripped of all paint and rust with a darkening ingredient. Along with a brand new pair of white trainers Ya’Mamma was given a white chain and towels to cover the bull horn handle bars and Brooks saddle (towel nicked courtesy of popular hotel as advertised by Lenny Henry :O)

During the rusting process I exposed the raw steel in the form of an old Shapez Athletic logo (top tube) and the constellation of Canis Major (left fork and seat tube) and Virgo (right fork)

FRAME

Gents racer / 21″

RIMS

700c 6 spoke flip flop hub

SADDLE

Brooks sprung saddle

GEARS

Single

TYRES

Vittoria Randonneur 700x28c

SEATPOST

Chrome

FRONT SPROCKET

46t

REAR SPROCKET

17t Sturmey Archer chrome

CHAIN

Clarks white chain

HANDLEBARS

Bull horn (unbranded)

SADDLE COVER

White towel

GRIPS

White towel

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SHIFTE

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SHIFTE

SHIFTE

“I got struck by lightning and the thunder. Wilder than the shit from the tundra” – ONYX (1992)

BIO

Inspired by the 90’s hip hop hit Shiftee by Onyx. The songs bass line was the key influence to this build along with is owner at Shapez Athletic :O)

Shifte was stripped of all original decals and was given new legs and shoe in the form of some old skool style Skyways and phat Dehart tyres, and amongst many other parts he was also given some essential gold accessories and a black layback seatpost which was powdercoated by Maldon Shot Blasting & Powder Coating in Maldon, Essex.

FRAME

BMX Freestyle / 21″

RIMS

Skyway Tuff Wheels Cassette 9t black

SADDLE

Odyssey Mike Aitken Railed

GEARS

Single

TYRES FRONT

Cult Dehart Tyre Gum/Black 20×2.35″

TYRES REAR

Cult Dehart Slick Gum/Black 20×2.2″

SEATPOST

Matt black layback

SPROCKET

25t front / 9t rear

CHAIN

Clark Gold Half Link

GRIPS

Cult Vans Waffle Flangeless Grips

VALVE CAP

Custom decals

DECALS

Custom decals

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