bicycle project customised custom-made bicycle Christian Blaha Velo Fahrrad handmade auf abwegen — auf abwegen

Velo Bláha No. 3
(“sophisticatedly simple“)

Type:

just ride all-terrain-bicycle
(road - gravel - touring)

Design period:

2017-2018

Construction period:

2019-2020 — Handmade in Switzerland

Key highlight:

the first integrated drop bar shifter/brake lever system for Pinion C-Line gearboxes

Concoursvelo 2020

Selected key components [suppliers, see list below]:

Frame design: diamond, monostay [12]
Frame construction: fillet brazed [8]
Tube set: Triple butted Niobium alloy seamless non-rounded tube-set [2]
Frame color: on the basis of Le Corbusier “vert anglais clair” - «Claviers de Couleurs» 1931 [7]
Cabling: Internally placed shifting, brake and electrical lines [8, 12]
Fender, Carrier, rack: integrated system, double-pannier-ready [6]
Fork: front-suspension w/ monocoque carbon fiber structure without moving parts [9]
Seatpost: suspension w/ two parallel leaf springs and bushing equipped pivots [4]
Brake system: Full hydraulic single speed disc brake system [1]
Shifting system: integrated shifter brake lever system with simplified shifting logic, allows simultaneous braking and shifting [1]
Gearbox: high-end drive technology in a compact and ultralight housing modelled on the sophisticated automotive drive technology with 12 finely graded gears [10]
Lights front: fully automatic LED matrix regulation w/ low beam & automotive daytime running light [11]
Lights rear: homogenous light signature w/ High Density LED technology [11]
Wheels: all-year-round, inflated tires w/ enhanced puncture protection [3]
Key assets:
- Self-engineered 12 Volt-on-board power network with Battery Management System [12]
- Scalable PowerPack as energy-storage device [12]
- e-Bike drive-prepared for future upgrade [12]
- Saddle design by Fabric / Airbus Group Innovations [5]
- monocoque carbon fiber-suspension made of S2-glass (ultimate in high strength glass fiber) [9]

Involved key suppliers, vendors, supporters and sponsors:

[5] Airbus Group Innovations

Berthoud Cycles

Brooks

[1] Cinq Innovations

[2] Columbus

[3] Continental

[4] Ergon

Garmin

Gates

[7] IGP Powder Coatings

[8] Kolb Rahmenbau

[9] Lauf

[10] Pinion

[11] Supernova

Tannus

TRP — TRP

tout terrain

Velo ORANGE

Walnut. Studiolo

Contests

Style Ride — Style Ride

Concoursvelo — Concoursvelo

Bike Lovers Contest — Bike Lovers Contest

Timeline

2020 — Style Ride, Zürich/CH — Participant

The annual STYLE RIDE in Basel, Zürich and Geneva (2011-2020) is a two-wheel-celebration of life, style and cycling. It‘s all about individuality and a stylish attitude. The best dressed and outstanding riders and bikes will be awarded.
Unlike other cycling extravaganzas, Style Ride does NOT have a strict dress code or a limitation towards a certain era of bygone time. It‘s about individuality: invited are old-school dandies as much as contemporary Fixie lovers, fashionistas on elegant vélocipeds or steampunks with customised bikes. Everyone who loves bicycles is welcome.

2020 — Concoursvelo, Basel/CH — Participant & Winner: Picture Award

First international beauty contest for bicycles. For the exhibition CONCOURSVELO (since 2018), cyclists from all over the world will show their best bicycle-creations, -objects and -collectibles to the public.
CONCOURSVELO presents a limited number of carefully selected bicycles, loosely lined up and clearly visible. For the contest all types of bicycles can apply: new, old, fast or slow, expensive or cheap, electric drive is ok.

2022 — Bike Lovers Contest, Zürich/CH — Participant: Performance & Excitement

Since 2008, the Bike Lovers Contest contributes to the bicycle culture in Switzerland and Europe.
The Event has become a platform for the art of handcrafted frame building and bicycle enthusiasts, as well as to pass on the fascination of experimental bicycles to a wider audience.

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