VYNL Bikes

[avalonracing]

Am I the only one happy to see an American made aluminum bike with steep angles and a treaded bottom bracket?

http://www.vynlbikes.com/

I love my Ti bikes but my trusty Klein is still my favorite. Still, I'd be curious to check one of these out.

[livingminimal]

My friend has a beautiful one, he really, really likes it. I am still wary of riding alloy frames.

[ultraman6970]

They look pretty neat.

[54ny77]

$1900 for a made in the u.s. frame & enve fork, not bad. looks like they're fabricated by the guy known as "frank the welder."

aluminum: the other white meat!

here's wishing them luck & success.

[giverdada]

my lady and i were talking about her next road bike. these vynl are top of the list. sweet looking frames and all the right things in all the right places. i'd love to ride one.

[avalonracing]

Originally Posted by livingminimal

My friend has a beautiful one, he really, really likes it. I am still wary of riding alloy frames.

My aluminum Klein is 15 years old, probably has 50,000 miles on it and has been raced hard well over 100 times (and even crashed a couple of times- with no damage). I'll take good aluminum to carbon any day.

[sandyrs]

Originally Posted by livingminimal

My friend has a beautiful one, he really, really likes it. I am still wary of riding alloy frames.

Curious why that is. I've got three aluminum bikes now (well, two built, one just purchased as a frameset). I'm a fan.

[livingminimal]

Originally Posted by avalonracing

My aluminum Klein is 15 years old, probably has 50,000 miles on it and has been raced hard well over 100 times (and even crashed a couple of times- with no damage). I'll take good aluminum to carbon any day.

That's good. I don't ride carbon either.

[maxdog]

I would love to hear from anyone who gets/got one.
They remind me of Gaulzetti's, one of the few bikes I desire, that I've never owned.

[livingminimal]

Originally Posted by sandyrs

Curious why that is. I've got three aluminum bikes now (well, two built, one just purchased as a frameset). I'm a fan.

road buzz, harshness in the stays, usual reasons.

[jtbadge]

Originally Posted by 54ny77

$1900 for a made in the u.s. frame & enve fork, not bad. looks like they're fabricated by the guy known as "frank the welder."

aluminum: the other white meat!

here's wishing them luck & success.

Is he doing both these and the new Spookys?

[eBAUMANN]

Originally Posted by jtbadge

Is he doing both these and the new Spookys?

it would appear that way...dude is a legend.

the frames do look nice, but their cx geometry needs a little work #atmo.

That said...

Why anyone would pay $1799 for a stock sized cx frame when you could get a custom ZANCONATO for $1950 is beyond me...

[FlashUNC]

From what I've read they were made by Zen in Portland before Zen shutdown. Not sure if FTW is making them now, I'd be surprised if he was if he's also making Spooky's stuff. Only so many hours in the day after all.

And their marketing schtick behind "no good Made in the USA aluminum" is puzzling for guys from San Jose.

Do they not know Paul is just over the hill in Santa Cruz doing Rock Lobsters? Or Zanc back East does full custom aluminum for not much more? Or Low is doing batch production in SF for about what they're charging?

[54ny77]

is your reference point about 25+ years ago on a caad[low single digit number]?

today, neither of those applies.

Originally Posted by livingminimal

road buzz, harshness in the stays, usual reasons.

[54ny77]

i haven't the slightest idea. i just clicked on one of the links on their website and it mentioned he was fabricating the bikes while the company itself is west coast.

Originally Posted by jtbadge

Is he doing both these and the new Spookys?