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benus's ORŁOWSKI 2011-12 (Orlowski)

custom Orłowski frame in 462 tunisbeige metallic (Mercedes) with sram i-Motion 3 and coaster brake

Frame:
custom steel Orłowski with smooth wishbone and sloping top tube (based on Orłowski standard track frame) - Columbus Thron

Fork/Headset:
Orłowski straight fork - Stronglight A9, 1"

Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
FSA - Full Speed Ahead Gimondi Retro (48T, 172,5 mm) on Shimano BB-UNxx 110mm (square) (not sure which one it is exactly. needed one to get on the road and the one that was available at the shop nearby)

Pedals:
Shimano SPD PD-A530

Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
Hub gear (3) <- 19 - 48 -> Gebhardt Classic with black BLB screws, chain is a Izumi Dark Chain 3/32" (silver).

Derailleurs/Shifters:
sram i-Motion 3 Speed-Shifter, cable goes through the down tube

Handlebars/Stem:
3TTT Stem (titan color) (don't know the name) - straight Flatbar (25,4 - 22,2) with Sram PitStop Lock-On

Saddle/Seatpost:
Charge Scoop on Thomson Elite 27,2 mm

Brakes:
Coaster Brake and "custom" Sram Apex frontbrake (took the paint of. needs to be polished) to Tektro FL750 lever

Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Miche Primato Pista (32 holes) - radial on H Plus Son SL42 - MSW - polished (28" - 700c - 622) - Conti 4000s, DT Swiss Competition 2,0/1,8 spokes

Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Sram i-Motion 3 (26 holes) - on H Plus Son Formation Face - nonMSW - polished (28" - 700c - 622) - Conti 4000s, DT Swiss Competition 2,0/1,8 spokes

More Info:
Wanted a bike like that since some years. Searched for frames and found the polish framebuilder Orłowski ( http://orlowskiframes.blogspot.com/ ). Met with him in Berlin (Germany) and we started the project. Searched all the parts and the frame arrived a while ago. Not sure if the build is finished like that. Will change the stem I think. Runs fine so far and I love the paint.

Bike History

Click a link below to see past stages of this bike.

  1. Initial
  2. Early 2013 upgrade
  3. Little changes in eraly 2014
  4. 2014 Update
  5. New rims
  6. New Crank and Chain
  7. Seatpost and Pedals

Added by benus. Last updated about 3 years ago.

20 Comments

Monte

Monte says:

was für wunderschön räder du hast !

Posted almost 9 years ago

benus

benus says:

THX

Posted almost 9 years ago

SandyKaramoy

SandyKaramoy says:

Comfortable geometry

Posted about 10 years ago

benus

benus says:

True, for me.
I am quite tall an have long arms, so it is comfortable!

Posted about 10 years ago

gert

gert says:

wow.. the current pics are awesome.. beautiful build. jacek really builds awesome frames.

Posted almost 11 years ago

sloman

sloman says:

love it!! I built my fixed/SS as a coaster and it is so much fun. Clean look,painfree knees and NO maintenance.Check it out when you can(Project). Enjoy!

Posted about 11 years ago

Elrey

Elrey says:

Nice frame. Bad parts though!

Posted almost 12 years ago

mtretyn

mtretyn says:

bad spelling as well! it's Orłowski with "ł"

Posted almost 11 years ago

benus

benus says:

@mtretyn: There is one "Orłowski" on pedalroom and some other "Orlowski". To tell the truth, I don't even know how to make the "ł" on my keyboard. But you are right!

Posted almost 11 years ago

mtretyn

mtretyn says:

u just made a "ł" (:

Posted almost 11 years ago

benus

benus says:

;) I assume you have a polish keyboard! I just copied your "ł"! Now it worked! Can switch between german an polish, after adding it as a language and switching the keyboard language. Still: the letters aren't on my "hardware"keyboard ;) but now I can type Orłowski correct!

Posted almost 11 years ago

mtretyn

mtretyn says:

so change the name already [;

Posted almost 11 years ago

benus

benus says:

DONE ;)

Posted almost 11 years ago

mtretyn

mtretyn says:

nice! now you can start correcting other "Orlowski" bikes on pedalroom. it's a plague (:

Posted almost 11 years ago

richardg

richardg says:

This is stunning. I wish I had this frame hah.

Posted almost 12 years ago

benus

benus says:

THX. It is a special order form http://orlowskiframes.blogspot.com/
Not sure, but I think he told me that he had one order from the US ;)
Shippingcosts will be high. We met once and the rest was over e-mail.

Posted almost 12 years ago

_nico

_nico says:

schönes rad - jacek hats halt drauf :-) ...

Posted almost 12 years ago

benus

benus says:

Danke. Ja, er hats drauf ;-)

Posted almost 12 years ago

max5480

max5480 says:

wow stunning

Posted almost 12 years ago

brianchang32

brianchang32 says:

clean!

Posted almost 12 years ago