Here’s a custom bike build I completed recently for my friend Jason.  The frame is a 55cm FBM Sword, hand made in the USA, with an EAI Bareknuckle fork.  Rear wheel is a Velocity deep-v on a Formula flip-flop hub, and the front is a deep-v with a Campagnolo hub.  I put together the crankset using a pair of vintage Sugino VP crank arms matched to a no-name black 46t chainring, an SRAM PC-1 chain, 18t Dicta freewheel, and black Wellgo BMX platforms.  The handlebars are Bontrager Crowbar from my Trek Soho S, with custom leather grips, Tektro cross lever and side-pull brake caliper.

More info & pics after the jump…

This bike was put together with a mix of new and used parts, and the end result cost around $500.  Considering that the frame & fork alone is worth that much, I’m happy to have been able to hook up a friend with such an awesome bike on the cheap.  It also provides a quality base that’s worth upgrading in the future.  Check out this cool close-up of the headbadge, I think this is the coolest name for a bike I’ve ever heard: