Open Bicycle

A number of months ago, in the midst of a prolonged build-out on the new shop, one of the crew (now forgotten whom and of little importance in the long run of time) mentioned a blog post seen somewhere; a new player on the scene; a something different take on the whole “let’s-make-track-bikes” circuit.  A phone call was made.  I wish I had a pic of Turk on the celly on this chilly February day in the not-so-distant past.  A stand-in image:

Went something like this… (translation by the author)

Turk:  “Yo Livery peeps! Boston here- we likes what you do.  Info on the double- hand it down & let us grok the get-go!”

Livery: “We do right-right!  Brainstorm tornado alley here in the O.C.  You see the brass!  Clearcoats go on top of metal and sparkle on top of other clearcoats!  Fire up the aerospace rocket-maker 5-axis shit!  Dial up Hong Kong!  Deadstock Prestige meets space-age moderno-tech- dig mad colorways and forward-thought meets neo-retro-fuck-it’s-cool…  holler!”

So we did.  I started chatting with Nate and Scott at Livery and a new relationship was born.  Today an enormous box arrived via UPS (thanks to our driver, Tony) and we excitedly dug in.  After unearthing the David Hasselhof-emblazoned thank-you card (that played the Baywatch theme when opened), we got into some serious frame action.  Behold.

LDG uses an assortment of Reynolds and Tange tubing built into some of the most classy and innovative frames we’ve seen.  Designed in Orange County and built to their exacting spec in Japan and Taiwan, Livery frames and components offer top-shelf craftsmanship, dialed geometries,  beautiful finishes, and subtle but definitive touches.

First order of business after cleaning up all the drool was getting the Toyo-built Livery Fillet-Brazed frame up in the stand for our friend Benny, owner of Savant Project.  Benny and I sat down a bit back and banged out a clean build kit for his new Livery and it came together like crunchy peanut butter and raspberry jam:

Dusted-off NOS Tange Prestige tubing fillet-brazed to Livery spec by Toyo.  Raw torched finish with dumb-clean wet clearcoat.

Perma-classy build includes San Marco suede Regal and Velo Orange sew-on elkhide barwrap.

I hand-built the wheelset- Miche lows to Velocity bight silver Aeros, DT comps.  Radial up front for some sexy, 2x in the back.  Low flange is the new high flange, kids.

Livery pursuit bars in the Rb-021 style.

The rest of the kit was sensible-yet-turbo: Miche, EAI, Izumi, and VO bits.

Benny looks happy.  This is the reason we do what we do.

We are Livery’s new exclusive Boston area dealer.  We are extremely proud to offer this well-designed, carefully built, and reasonably-priced finery to the East Coat. Come by and let us talk your ear off about how much we like this stuff!