First, a musical interlude to set the tone.

 

 

 

Tone set.

Nothing but blue skies, racing stripes and gold accents for this Speedvagen CX Disc Bike. 

This beautiful unicorn was born out the the first Australian SV Fit Tour visit.

The top shelf build from The Vanilla Workshop features the 'standard' madness of custom curved tubes, tapered headtube, bezerker dropouts -  and all the upgrades.  Enve carbon seatpost head, Carbon Seat tube, one piece painted cockpit, Disc brake upgrade, Di2 upgrade, ENVE disc wheels with DT painted hubs.

 

 

 

 

It's a race bred CX bike - but I could see it also holding it's own a gravél road bike with some wide road tyres for dusty outback tours - credit card style.  

The OVERT paint scheme is also the highest tier from Speedvagen due to the complexity.  Multiple colours, outlined text and millimetre wide pin stripes cover the frame, following the tubes to show off the symmetry of the build.

 

 

 

 

It's seen limited action in the field and is looking for a new home in Australia.  If you're either side of 6' and fancy a Unicorn of your own, drop a line.

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