Nice, but borderline spooky.

Cool but like ng says it’s too close to a shrine for comfort.

Interesting how the pedals/toe cages seem to defy gravity here. Boo!

Everything below the top tube is BORING! Sorry but it doesn’t take much creativity to do everything in one color. This is basically a blackout, but in white which is kind of disrespectful.

This^ is like a ghost bike with chocolate icing.

And this is a ghost bike with mustard… http://www.myfixedgear.net/raleigh-record

Wooden Shoe Biker: Casualities yes – but not so common as in the US – The bikers has their own lanes separated from the regular traffic. The white colur represents purity and innocence. Not death as it seems to be in the US. There are some differences between nations and culture.

But i suppose that the fixie community is growing in Sweden and will, sooner or later adopt the concept of ghost bikes.

But this one, intended ghost bike or not, it is a beauty!

Cheers!

Jon

Well at least they actually built the bike, but who wants to ride a bike that looks like a memorial to a dead cyclist?

It’s like driving a hearse. Or a red 1958 Plymouth Fury and yelling “Christine” at the top of your lungs. But I guess because he’s Swedish we can give him a break. I agree with Biff though, total color is incredibly boring, even if they’re nice parts.

Hello, i am one of the guys behind the bike. It is sadly that the bike design connects to fallen riders in the US bike culture (and maybe in other countries). I respect that the bike does provoke some people in this community, im truly sorry for that. We did not know anything about ghost bikes when we started this project. We are sorry for that.

This is the short story:
This is a CSR project, that we want to get former drug users back to work, by building bikes and get paid. What we have done is design a bike (pure scandinavian style) and settle the deals with Brooks, Vittoria and other companies to support and deliver to the bike project. The bike is in production and for sale – there are customers all over the globe (including the U.S), execpt for Africa. The profit from the sales goes straight back to the guys who build the bikes and their way back to the community. But there are only 50 bikes that will be delivered (they are already sold) for 700€ or 938 USD.

Why building bikes? It´s all about our green planet and creating a case to inspire the big multinational companies to show that it is quite easy to reach a global market with a product and at the same time do some good in the local community.

Again, we are really sorry for the inconvinience. But in Scandinavia and Sweden, the colour of wihite represents something different (and it is positive). And of course, less is more and subtle design is what we like in our country.

Greetings from Sweden

DI , I just read your mission statement. It sounds good, will all the bikes be identical ? Thanks and it makes more sense than the crop walk here in the US. Time spent walking is OK but to build a bike is more practical and satisfying.

Get a lot of snow in Sweden, don’t they? I’d be worried about loosing my bike if it looked like this.

this is a beautiful build, in my eyes the classiest way to go about a white bike. mostly all white but with touches of silver and leather.

now yes, it does borderline a “ghost bike” which are all white bikes left as memorials here in the states for fallen riders…

one thing i think could alleviate that closeness to a ghost bike as well make the whole build a bit more aesthetically perfect (at least in my opinion) would be some black tires.

i can understand the decision behind the white tires, but i honestly think black tires would look better. that bit of color contrast would create some visual interest. plus it would be just enough to get the bike out of “ghost bike” realm. that would be my only change to this build.

otherwise it is very very classy and well done.

I’m pretty sure you don’t use a dozen red roses at a funeral. This whole color debate is becoming too generalized. It’s not like you can’t use white anywhere, can’t own white clothes or drive a white car. Just a white bike, and just in the US, and seems how he’s in Sweden the debate should end there.

And that’s what bugs me about the whole rating system, or rather the impulse behind it. Whoa dude look at the parts list, a definite 10, but wait, look at the bike. Just because you have braggable parts doesn’t mean your bike is worthy of them, especially when the final product is sort of an expensive bland, like a Jackson Pollock.

just curious Luft,Jackson Pollack good cause he’s expensive or expensive cause he’s good?

go away you piece of turd!

the more i look at this bike, the more i like it. one thing though, if i were building a bike to sale i would probably put a machined wheel up front..when running a brake. if it were mine i wouldnt run a brake anyways but..thats me.

I think its remarkable how much a Brooks saddle and Brooks bar tape does to a build. I would agree that while very very clean and well put together, it is borderline spooky. Add the saddle and bar tape and boom, it’s in the top 10.

the headtube angle it pretty slack………otherwise this bike lookes cheep and dull, hasent even got nice parts on it,its not up to standard that a lot of the TRACK!!!! bikes on here are, which we all usually like to see

damned classy. not a huge fan of white bikes but this one is an exception. Ghost bikes aside, this one is clean, well done and should probably be hung on a wall instead of ridden. Seems like the owner of this one would enjoy a fine cigar and a nice glass of 18 year old scotch.