While looking for new builders a year ago, I found the Pereira Cycles site. According to the site, Tony Pereira, the eponymous owner, is a tech-slump refugee turned full-time framebuilder out of Portland. The fact that he is a full-time builder of bikes says a lot about the quality of his work. But to keep things interesting, I have included an example below that speaks for itself. (Keep scrolling, there are multiple mouth-watering images.) You can find his work at http://www.pereiracycles.com/. If you’re a nut for custom-made steel bikes, check out his gallery.
Here is a TIG-welded single-speed mountain bike, but he builds road bikes as well. In fact, he has a few road bikes with some unconventional derailleur shifting mechanisms. Fascinating. I may submit one of those in a future post, so I’ll hold off for the time being.
CHECK OUT THOSE CLEAN WELDS!
INTERNAL CABLE ROUTING??? Wow. Notice the pear symbol on the seat tube. Classy.
oooh.... ahh.... yes, that is pretty amazing welding. and you know I have a thing for orange bikes. :)
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