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New frame and bike build coming together featuring

New frame and bike build coming together featuring some anarcho-machine custom laser art on the top tube. More to follow. We’re waiting on a few components to land before we can get things wrapped up.

(Repost from earlier today with higher res images.)

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Getting the details in place on the Acid AllRoad b

Getting the details in place on the Acid AllRoad build while we wait for the fork to get back from the painter.

Awesome colors by @ashley.anodized.it

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Fresh custom laser art for the top tube of a build

Fresh custom laser art for the top tube of a build I’m working on. In this case, the anarcho-machine art was created by the client who has a design background.

The device in the first pic is a rotary accessory for our laser. It spins the pre-anodized tube while etching the art. Once that’s done, it’s ready for frame assembly. Lasers!

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The Acid AllRoad color collaboration with the amaz

The Acid AllRoad color collaboration with the amazing art anodizer @ashley.anodized.it just came out of the jig and it’s blowing my mind! I love the juxtaposition of Ashley’s organic finish techniques applied to CIRCA’s more geometric design language. In its final form, the bike will take shape as an AllRoad build. We’re doing this one for fun, no customer yet, so maybe it’s yours? This one’s a size L (56’ish, for riders in the 5’9”-6’ range), so ping me if you’re interested in making this your own.

I’m meeting with a painter next week to discuss custom fork colors. If you’ve got ideas for components or you’re a manufacturer and want to collaborate on completing the kit drop us a note in the comments.

Don’t forget to follow us to see how it turns out!

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Here’s an update video for our custom color coll

Here’s an update video for our custom color collaboration with the amazing art anodizer @ashley.anodized.it ! I’ve landed on “AcidAllRoad” as the bike name. Dig it?

In its final form, the bike will take shape as an AllRoad build. We’re doing this one for fun, so there’s no customer yet. Maybe it’s yours? It’s built on our Large Standard geometry, so that’s approximately a 57cm frame for folks in the 5’10-6’1” range, depending on your preferences.

I don’t do many long-form videos, but I hope you folks find this one interesting. Beyond the custom bike eye candy, I’ve also included some information that people might find useful. Let me know!

If you’ve got ideas for components or you’re a manufacturer and want to collaborate on completing the kit drop us a note in the comments.

Don’t forget to follow us to see how it turns out!

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Premium aluminum. It’s a thing. Every element of

Premium aluminum. It’s a thing. Every element of our frames is a serious exercise in form, function, precision and strength and aluminum forms the foundation of everything we do. That’s why CIRCA bikes are So F@cking Metal (SFM™).

Aluminum is a core element of our unique manufacturing strategy. Beyond being strong and lightweight, it’s very CNC-friendly, so we can make our own dropouts, lugs, bottom brackets and other frame details. We’ve got lugs hogged out of a solid blocks of aluminum billet. We also anodize those aluminum components, which we feel is superior to paint from a durability standpoint, as well as an environmental one. Finally, when your frame has lived a long life of adventure, the aluminum can be recycled instead of ending up in a landfill like most carbon frames.

On the form side, every surface, edge and line has been considered to harmonize with the rest of the frame’s visual language. Those little chamfers? They show up throughout the composition to knit everything together. The angled bores for the tubes all align with other aspects of the frame to create a coherent visual statement.

On the precision end, these are milled on 5 axis CNC machines (hence the name) to extremely high tolerances of 5 thousandths (0.005”) of an inch in some areas and a little tighter in others. Those tolerances serve a few purposes. The first requirement is bond-gap management. We’ve got very specific targets and this gets us there. The second benefit of that precision is the obvious one about your frame being straighter and truer than almost any other hand-built bike.

And it’s stout. Rigid. Efficient. Designed for power transfer. You put force into the pedals and the force gets translated into forward motion.

Built by hand to exacting specifications, we build premium aluminum bikes and they’re So F@cking Metal.

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I’m stoked to share some progress pics for our c

I’m stoked to share some progress pics for our custom color collaboration with the amazing art anodizer @ashley.anodized.it ! In its final form, the bike will take shape as an AllRoad build. We’re doing this one for fun, no customer yet, so maybe it’s yours? I’m also not sure what to call this one, but I’ll open the namestorming with AcidAllRoad.

If you’ve got ideas for components or you’re a manufacturer and want to collaborate on completing the kit drop us a note in the comments.

Also, don’t forget to follow us to see how it turns out!

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I might have gone a little overboard with sketches

I might have gone a little overboard with sketches for our custom color collaboration with @ashley.anodized.it

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We believe in clean manufacturing. That’s why al

We believe in clean manufacturing. That’s why aluminum is a core element of our unique manufacturing strategy. Beyond being strong and lightweight, it’s very CNC-friendly, so we can make our own dropouts, lugs, bottom brackets and other frame details. We also anodize those aluminum components, which we feel is superior to paint from a durability standpoint, as well as an environmental one. Finally, when your frame has lived a long life of adventure, the aluminum can be recycled (instead of ending up in a landfill like most carbon frames).

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Good luck, Democracy!

Good luck, Democracy!

Whether it’s tributes, memories, inspiration, or

Whether it’s tributes, memories, inspiration, or general personalization, our laser graphic finish options add another level of special to your custom frame.

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