MC-1

From our Spanish "branch" comes MC-1. An awesome example of bike restoration and part reuse.

The frame is an airbrushed Otero which used to be Jaume´s former racing bike. He has gone to a great length of trouble to give it an awesome raw finish and the ferropur logos are laser engraved!!

A big thank you to Jaume for such an awesome work!

As per usual here is the component list:

• Octane lock-on grips
• Avid V-brakes levers and calipers
• Shimano Deore shifters
• Customized Amoeba handlebar. Bland-blasted and laser engraved.
• Ritchey Stem.
• Octane one headset.
• Rock shock indy fork.
• Tranz X Anti burglary skewers
• Mavic 26" Rims
• Hutchinson Tyres
• Pazzaz front Hub
• Otero Feroce custom frame
• Custom hand made Carbon fiber saddle. (Truly a piece of art)
• Custom Ferropur seat post.
• Shimano xt front derailleur
• Shimano / Ferropur custom Cranks
• Sram Chain
• Shimano LX rear derailleur.
• Formula rear Hub.

Trully a part reuse masterpiece!!

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Kit's concept

This beauty has been designed and assembled by Kit using a Ferropur restored frame. It is an awesome example of Ferropur philosophy having reused a whole lot of great vintage parts and combined them with brand new performance ones.

He has been kind enough to send us some pics and a brief description of the bike. Thanks mate!

"Thanks, almost exclusively, to eBay and gumtree this ferropur frame found a new lease of life. SRAM cranks and a San Marco saddle were paired with leftovers from previous builds to give the project a sleek finish.

Cheers,

Kit."

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unfinished business

here is the awesome 700c frame and fork that unfortunately I won´t have time to finish, so I´ll let the lucky owner decide how to fit this beauty.

It has been professionally power coated and fitted with reflective ferropur decals.

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UCJ455

Recently I had to say bye to my good old 1981 Volvo the Fat Tony, and I thought it be a nice gesture to name this bike in memory of such a great car, hence its license number will now become a bike so it will keep on riding around.

This bike is a full 700c size 53cm frame/fork construction.

The frame was donated by Rob & Dorothy, and they told me that Rob went touring on this frame all around England. Nice one!

It has now been sandbalsted and powdercoated in "mother of pearl" color and fitted with the signature ferropur reflective decals.

The Brooks saddle was carefully restored by Busyman bicycles and it´s now back to being comfy as new plus it has a awesome vintage look to it.

UCJ455 has been fitted with bullhorn handlebars with triathlon brake levers and Fizik leather tape. This gives it a very nice "track" riding position that will ensure heaps of speed.

I went fancy this time and fitted golden front and rear DiaCompe brake calipers with tons of braking power, and to go with it it features also a golden single speed chain.

On the wheel department, UCJ455 is equipped with deep V track wheels with Quando hubs and also features a flip/flop transmission system so it can easily be ridden either as a fixie or singlespeed. The gear ratio is 48/16 with 180mm crank arms.

3 0 5 3

...stands for the postcode of Carlton, Victoria, Australia and what better name for a bike that was hand built in Carlton and which frame was originally manufactured by Carlton Cycles Ltd Workshop England...

The frame and fork were of course made of high strength steel by old pommie hands back in the 60´s and has now been given a new look by professionally powdercoating it in a spectacular pearl white color and then fitted with the signature ferropur reflective decals.

Each ferropur bike so far has had a different type of handlebar to give it its own identity and riding feeling and this one is no exception. 3 0 5 3 is fitted with a 440mm riser bar and JetBlack Delta rubber grips, and feels bloody playful waiting for the lights to go green, no foot down allowed.

As usual only front brakes operated by a single digit brake lever and a flip/flop rear wheel system that allows freewheel or fixie setup.

Shiny blue rims and hubs will make this ride stand from the crowd and a 44/11 gear ratio will test your legs on the uphills but also will rocket you in the flats, downhill speed is up to your level of self preservation. As I read somewhere if you don´t like the pain then get a Vespa...

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MIURA

This is a story of death and rebirth. A tragedy that lead to the creation of two absolutely awesome bikes.

You might have read in this blog about the nightmare on bowen ln and how Dave´s bike got massacred there. From that we saved a number of parts, some of them helped to build Dave´s new ride and some other parts were kindly donated to the ferropur cause to create MIURA.

These parts included:

Mtb front and rear hub, presumably Shimano but the brand logo was gone...

160mm Avid disc rotors.

Voodoo Wanga steel frame size L.

The frame was taken to a professional welder for him to weld a couple of steel sleeves in the sections that had dents from the feral attack. This solution not only ensures that the dents won´t deform any futher but they also give the frame a unique look.

After this the frame was powder-coated in a shiny dark grey color.

Using these components the idea was to create a urban assault bike that could also be used offroad with minimum part change. Here is the list of components that this beauty features at the moment:

• FSA Chainrings - MTB Chainring Alloy CNC DH 3mm 104mm 34t Black.
• SRAM Chain PC1 Single Speed Chain.
• DT Swiss Spokes Champion Stainless PG Spokes Silver 2mm
• Shimano Deore Disc Brakes M575 - Ltd Edition Front - Post Mount - White
• Spank Tweet Grips TuggJob Grips Apple Red
• DMR Fork Rigid OW 2010 9mm Black - Disc Mount Only
• Brand-X QR Hollow Allen Key Skewer Set Red Cro-Mo
• Ritchey Headset Logic V2 Black 1.1/8"
• Tioga Handlebar Riser R60 Black 60mm Rise 680mm 25.4
• Brand-X Headset Spacers Alloy 2x5mm Black 1.1/8"
• DMR Seatpost 30.2mm Black 300mm
• DMR Seat Clamps Grab 30.2mm - Red
• Gusset Single Speed Conversion Kit 18t
• Octane One Stem Chemical 45mm Red 25.4mm
• Sun Ringle Rims MTB 26" Single Track Disc
• Michelin Tyres - MTB 26" Country Rock 26 x 1.75
• Mowa RED bottle cage and starnut bolts.
• Jetblack RED disc rotor bolts.

This bike is so wild you better get out of its way if you see it coming...

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euroTrash

Here is the latest Ferropur creation: euroTrash

The frame is a restoration of an unknown brand vintage steel road frame. When i found it, it was in pretty good condition with no rust whatsoever, it just needed a new paint job.

John carefully got rid of all the old paint (thanks 4 that!) and a new paint job on gloss black was applied.

In Ferropur we always try to add some signature feature to our bikes. The first rule to be safe on the road is to see and to be seen that's why the decals on this bike are machine cut on reflective material. They are mighty bright when lighted up I'm here to tell you! This way all those lousy car drivers out there should be able to see euroTrash at night. NO EXCUSES! Of course I still strongly recommend to future owners to keep on using lights! I'm sure the police will be happy to remind them too!

The bike is named after our epic 24h team that took part on Kona 24h in Forrest (VIC, Aus) and I must give credit to its "elucidation" to my good friend Lasse. Again the Finns inspiring me for names! (I got moi moi! from another euroTrash member/Finn/friend Ilona, thanks again btw)

Thanks to the Quando Flip/Flop rear hub this bike can be used as a singlespeed or as a fixie so it fits everyday commuters or more purists fixie riders. The MKS pedals are strap ready too.

Here is the list of components:

• Ferropur restored Frame.
• Campagnolo Mirage front brake.
• Quando Silver hubs with deep V silver rims.
• Rear Quando Flip/Flop hub.
• Maxxis Detonator with stripe tires.
• Lasco Original White cranks.
• MKS Silver fixie pedals.
• 700c fork.
• 100mm 1" threadless Silver stem.
• Cane Creek 1" threadless headset.
• Black seat post. Restored.
• White Bingo fabric saddle.
• Cinelly Track Handlebar.
• White cork handlebar tape.
• Single speed chain.

Dave's resurrected bike

So here is Dave's new ride. We saved everything from the Bowen ln carnage but the frame, disc rotors, headset and wheels.

The frame is a Kinesis Decade's Virtue Prestige. It's a really sweet frame and Dave is already riding hard!

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moi moi!

The first ferropur ever is finally ready to leave the workshop and ride the streets of Melbourne. I must acknowledge the work put in by John and Lasse and all the support and help from Kate. Here are some pics and the component list!

Restored steel vintage road/track frame.
Semi new GREEN Eighteen track ring and cracks.
Brand new Shimano bottom bracket.
Vintage track pedals. Mint condition.
Vintage chrome track handlebar.
Vintage chrome track quill stem.
Brand new 700c track wheels with Quando hubs.
Brand new Vittoria Zaffiro tyres.
GLOW IN THE DARK custom made ferropur stickers.
Semi new white BMX/singlespeed chain.
Brand new Cannondale cyclocross right hand break lever.
Brand new long drop front brake.
Brand new GREEN Velo saddle.
Brand new brake cables with GREEN guides.
Brand new reflective bands positioned on the rear wheel stays.