a wonderful visit to Torelli bicycles

The other day I made a visit to see the crew at Torelli bicycles located in North Hollywood,CA.

Christian Feldhake a good friend of mine was hard at work so Brie and I thought we would take a self guided tour while he talked on the phone with a dealer. Todd  (the boss) was talking to dealers as well, making sure things are running smoothly for the holidays and every one is stocked up for the sales.

Check out some of the photos I took on my self guided tour.

Christian with a warm welcome to the TOP SECRET Torelli warehouse

Tons and tons of Torelli Tipo Uno bicycles

Here is a better picture of the box end

Great bike for the money!

Where all the BS goes down

By the looks of it, they live off of caffeine ONLY !

Cables and Cables and Cables of every color and size

Still waiting for him to get off of the phone!

The R&D dept. don't look to careful - Top Secret

The frame alignment table

Christian checks every frame that goes out the door on this table.

Every frame and fork will have gone thru 3 alignment check by the time a customer recieves it

Talk about quality control !

Only the highest quality Campy tools, any mistake at the final point could end in a expensive bike going in the trash.

Bar tape in every color and size known to man

$4,500 custom R&D lunch runners

Busy for Interbike 2009

It is often assumed that if your blog is not up to date that you are just lazy........ Well I hope no one can say that about me. Between my phone ringing off the hook about bicycle projects and the chain gang work I do during the day at RSD, I have been far from lazy. I am going to do a few post on whats new including projects at work and projects at home.

First off - The last week I owe it to Dan Berlant for throwing it down and helping me dial everything in. Couldn't have done it with out you.

The Penny Farthing Bicycle made it was to Interbike Las Vegas Bicycle Show ( the world's largest bicycle dealer expo ) with a fresh paint job from Matt over at Colorzone in Huntington Beach. The pin striping turned out great, and the finish looks amazing. Thanks to everyone else that helped get the machine to the way it looks today. Sram, Velocity, Cane Creek, and so on......

Check out the photos from Interbike - Gary Fisher even dropped by for a quick chat about the penny.

Round Two - Bicycle stands ....... I don't really want to talk about them much other then being a pain in the ass...... They look cool and were all brazed together. A great little piece for the bikes at the Torelli Bicycle booth. Check'em on the back wheel of the bikes in both pictures -

Working on the Frame Table, Red Bull projects and Traveling are the rest but thats another post.....