Not being able to make it over to MADE this year was a bit of a bummer, so I really enjoyed seeing these amazing pics of a couple of the bikes we exhibited. Huge thanks to Stefano, Tom and Liutaio for ensuring the show went on! Moreover, thanks to Billy and the incredible team for making the whole thing happen - MADE truly is the greatest assemblage of cool bikes there has ever been.
Thanks to Rob Kerr and Chris Hornbecker for the incredible photos.
Ti Kite MK2
The showpiece of our display was this amazing build of a new Kite Ti Mk2 frameset. An incredible build featuring the new jade parts from our friends (and landlords) Chris King, The wonderful Ingrid (with their new 'aero' chainring), cassette and derailleur is moved around with Campagnolo Record shifters. It's finished off perfectly with an extremely rare titanium railed Brooks Swift saddle and the always beautiful Ultradynamico tyres.
Raw Swift MK5
This was a really fun build Stefano in our Portland workshop put together. The frame is one of the early samples of the latest generation of Swift frames. It was sent to the US along with another raw frame which was painted up by the incredible artist Chet Malinow as our show bike at Made '23. This one sat rusting in the corner for quite some time, when Stefano decided to build it up with a selection of parts from his (rather well stocked) parts bin. A few new bits were required - notably wheels - which he built up on some of the amazing new Simworks rims
