MESSENGER

BIKES

and restored classics!

KAT VON D 1974 Custom Hand-Built Fixie

[Pearl white and fuchsia pink]

Tearing down La Brea Avenue or heading to the skate parks along Venice Beach, we bring forth a vintage tricked-out fixie, built in collaboration with Drift LA and Bike 101...rock and roll!

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ZEPHYR 1974 Custom Hand-Built Fixie

[Baby blue frame; Orange rims]

Can I get your hand to ride on; Just a piece of steel to bite on; Riding on a liberator; Find a way to be a skater; Rev it up to levitator. Fly away on my Zephyr, I feel it more then ever and in this perfect weather, we’ll find a place together.

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1973 RALEIGH GRAND PRIX

[Matt black]

Ask any bike couriers, the ride quality of a vintage Raleigh Grand Prix Fixed Gear is like no other. Meant for harsh handling and ripping through streets, it is stiff and unyielding to the rider’s effort. The lugged and brazed joinery of the tubing is both beautiful and superbly engineered. A durable and sleek velocipede custom hand-built by our team.

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1975 LIBERTE Messenger Bike

[Pearl White]

‘Liberté’ rides you through alleyways, sidewalks and labyrinths. ‘Liberté’ takes you on journeys that captivate your heart, lungs and soul. It is swift and easy to ride, and comes with a Brooks saddle, matching leather grips and coaster brakes to complete your ride.

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COLUMBIA Messenger Bike

[Matt Black]

Courier errands in the day; beer runs in the evening; boardtrack circuit on weekends. This classic 1940s bike comes with an original Columbia frame that has been restored, re-built and brought back to its glory days.

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BRIGHTON 1978 Custom Hand-Built Fixie

[Ash grey and yellow]

Whether sprinting at the track, dodging cars at an Alley Cat race or ripping through quarter pipes doing five-foot jumps, Brighton is your staple steed.

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ISLANDE 1978 Custom Hand-Built Fixie

[Chrome and baby blue]

Get ready for the groove armada. Slicing the streets and sprinting down Reykjavik coast along with the über chic Islande. Part pursuit, part street, she’s one sleek freak.

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KUBRICK Custom Hand-Built Fixie

[Violet, Fuchsia and Pink]

In the spirit of youthful iconoclasm, ‘KUBRICK’ presents a ‘new wave’  of visual style and form. Incorporating fully fabricated vintage tubes, lugs and components, this existential themed ride carves the streets – free-style.

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BROOKLYN Custom Hand-Built Fixie

[Matt Black and Taxi Yellow]

Home to the most creative diasporic cultures comes a hard-hitting urban-proof ride. Fully custom built with Vanguard’s ‘boulevard bomber’ track frame. Own the streets!

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TGV Custom Hand-Built Fixie

[Pastel Grey and Mandarin Orange]

Subtly edgy, quietly unconventional. This fully fabricated classic is part commuter, part track junkie. Sans frein, sans vitesses, t’en fais pas. On your marks.

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NORMANDY Custom Hand-Built Fixie

[Moss Green and Veneer Brown]

The urban jungle; l'art du déplacement. The pursuit of raw grace and refined agility. This vintage classic has been carefully restored and built back to life. Ride on; Ride strong!

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GOLDIE HAWN Custom Hand-Built Fixie

[Gold and cream]

Goldie Hawn exudes sensuality and extravagance. Designed and hand-crafted with the focus on timeless luxury, Goldie Hawn incorporating vintage steel lug and tube construction with classic hand-polish aluminum components. Ride and be free, you only live once.

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CHILTERN Messenger Bike

[Chrome & Bronze]

Vanguard’s Raleigh Chiltern is a tribute to board track racer Mile-A-Minute Murphy’s record breaking boardtrack bicycle in 1900. Custom hand-built and designed around a Raleigh Sport Special 1960s frame. This unique ride is also fitted with a vintage West German coaster hub, cork grips, reconditioned LED headlamp and an uncompromising Brooks saddle.

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SLINGER Messenger Bike

[Matt Black & Gold]

In pursuit of fun, the Raleigh Slinger was re-fabricated and custom built from a 1970s 12-speed ‘Olympian’ racer. Morphed into a sleek ‘alley rat’, this shadow conspiracy is also fitted with a ‘Selle Italia’ saddle and reconditioned gold hubs of a ‘Kuwahara’ BMX.

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LINDT Messenger Bike

[October Brown, Retro Yellow & Bronze]

Bike pirates, freight cyclist, portable living evasionists and all poets of the spoke and chain; Lindt is your morning call single-speed café racer. Custom-built and fabricated from an 80s Bridgestone RB3 frame and a Columbus fork.

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SAINT IVES Messenger Bike

[Chrome]

Vanguard’s single-speed British Made Hopper Saint Ivés is meticulously restored and custom-built around a 1960s ‘Elswick Hopper’ Racer frame. Saint Ivés is inspired by the Keirin otaku phenomenon and the exhilaration of velodrome speedsters. Steered with a rare Nitto aerobar and fitted with a German coaster hub, this über classic is ready to tear the tracks.

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