Born from mud, sweat and Portland cross wildstyle. And our compulsion to design and build thirty ultralight, uber integrated, cross racing machines for the 07 race season. Vanilla Workshop presents project Speedvagen.
We worked directly with our tubing manufacturers to deliver a proprietary Vanilla SSL tubeset.
We're introducing an integrated braking system for less flex, improved braking POWER and considerable weight savings.
We've developed Berserker Drops, machined from a single ultra strong stainless alloy billet, they're our lightest and strongest drops yet.
Years of focused research and design make Speedvagen the essential stripped down racing machine that it is.
Thirty Speedvagen will be delivered for the 07 cross season, applications will be processed in the order they are recieved.
Project Speedvagen is for racers and racing, did we say that already?
Cross season is just around the bend and fabrication of the 07 race machines is well under way.
All Speedvagen for this season are spoken for and we've begun development of 08 road race machines as well as 08 cross race machines. To keep up to date on these projects and for some light reading just sign up to receive the Vanilla Workshop Journal on the vanillabicycles.com homepage. If you are interested in getting on board and preordering or have any questions please feel free to contact us.
The process of choosing and getting to know this first years crew of Speedvagen racers has been super fun and makes me feel, more than ever, that this is a great direction for the workshop. We have received applications from up and down the west coast, across the country, from Canada and Europe. I love interacting with racers who share our appreciation for friends, cross and super light custom steel.
The Vanilla cross team and team sponsors will also be rocking Speedvagen this year. Every complete Speedvagen that rolls out our doors will be spec'd identical to our team bikes, from Paul Brakes, Alpha Q CX 20 forks, Chris King hubs and headsets, Fizik saddles and bar-wrap to SRAM Force drive train. Based on years of racing experience, we've chosen these components because they are the best-in-class and make for the best ride possible.
Thanks again for all the great feedback and please enjoy the cross season this fall.
