Paramount Sports: May 2012

We have someone that comes in having a specific vision of exactly what they want out of their bicycle. They often times go with a custom build. Usually there is a stock frame picked out, from there we go on to help the customer build their dream bicycle. Every once in a great while, we have a customer with a non-traditional geometry i.e. long legs mixed with a shorter torso, or in my case, short legs and a long torso. Well one of those types approached us earlier this year. We all decided the best option for him would be a custom frame from Waterford Precision Cycles located in Waterford, Wisconsin. As you can probably imagine having a frame custom built for a person requires a fair amount of time and thought. Then of course there is choosing a paint scheme for the new frame, whether or not to go with a lugged frame, if you want lugs polished, what fork to go with, how you want the bike branded........so yeah a lot of thought goes into just getting the frame. After months of planning and many calls made back and forth to the soon to be proud owner of this fine frame this is what was the result

the color chosen was cinnamon sprayed over an underlying gold layer, decided to go with lugs with a high polish

polished lugs are truly a thing of beauty!

Waterford dropouts

steel fork painted to match

Now that we had this beautiful frame here and in our hands, we had to decide how we should build it up. The customer wanted a smooth drivetrain with plenty of shiny parts! Well we were going to make damn sure that he got exactly what he was looking for! We started off by lacing some super smooth White Industries hubs to some incredibly shiny Velocity Razor hoops, by way of the Sapim CX-Ray spokes. Super Shiny!!! We decided that Sram Red would be the most complimentary drivetrain for the frame. A Sugino OX801D Compact Crank was chosen to keep the legs spinning, FSA carbon bars, Fizik tape, and a high polish Ritchey stem. The sun hitting this bike makes it looks like it is on fire!