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The Vanilla Workshop decks out the OG in silver for new OG Classic Road Bike

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Blacked out, modern carbon wonder bikes not doing it for you? If you’re a fan of the vintage aesthetic but want modern performance, there is a new option out there. Cloaked in gorgeous monotone Slate, The Vanilla Workshop is adding to their OG line with the OG classic. Starting with their made-in-the-U.S. steel OG road frame, the OG Classic takes it to a special place with a full vintage-inspired silver build kit with a few custom parts that you’ll only find on here…

all photos c. The Vanilla Workshop

 

Known for their iconic single color paint jobs, the OG Classic is no different with the choice of a single color – though you can have it in gloss or matte. The frames are painted in house and will be available in one of five standard sizes from 50-58cm.

While much of the build kit was chosen for its silver aesthetic, The Vanilla Workshop says many of the parts are custom or extremely limited like the all white Fabric Carbon ALM saddle. Other custom touches include polished silver i25SL wheels from Industry Nine, Paul high polished QR skewers, and painted to match Ritchey seatpost head and Pro PLT stem. The OG Classic is finished off with a Campagnolo Potenza groupset and ENVE Carbon 2.0 road fork, also painted to match. Addition

Available now through a three week only pre-order window, OG Classics start at $6,495 complete. If you order one before the pre-order closes on June 23rd, you can expect it to ship as soon as two weeks after the pre-order closes.

Features:

  • Campagnolo Potenza groupset 50-34 x 11-32
  • ENVE Carbon 2.0 road fork
  • Industry Nine custom polished Silver i25SL wheel set, 1450g of direct power to forward motion.
  • Extremely limited all white Fabric Carbon ALM (we are the only people who have it!)
  • Sim-Works Wonderer bars with Fabric Silicone tape
  • Ritchey seatpost head & PRO PLT stem, both painted to match
  • Paul custom high polished QR Skewers
  • Chris King silver headset
  • Kogel ceramic derailleur pulleys.
  • Stainless steel King Cages.
  • 700x28c Clement Strada LGG Gumwall Clinchers

thevanillaworkshop.com

 

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Scott
Scott
7 years ago

Really, more integrated seatmasts? I would/will never buy a frameset with that.

dmp
dmp
7 years ago
Reply to  Scott

Cool then don’t buy it.

Michael
Michael
7 years ago
Reply to  Scott

My problem is being tall, you can’t ship an ISP bike easily. Same with just shipping a frame. When you ride a 58 or 60, it sucks.
Nice looking bike tho.

mike
mike
7 years ago
Reply to  Michael

The ISP is cut to order for the rider. I am sure if you get in contact they will be able to accommodate. If you are actually seriously in the market, you should contact them and see what they can do.

caliente
caliente
7 years ago
Reply to  Scott

I came here to say the same thing. Mostly because of shipping, and ease of adjustment for the next user… If steel is supposed to last forever, a different saddle-height might be wanted if the bike ever gets sold.
Another reason to ditch the ISP is that a silver seatpost would look really nice with all of the other silver bits on the bike.
Overall, really beautiful build. Am I a fuddy duddy for wishing the brake pad holders were silver too?

Brian Barber
Brian Barber
7 years ago

WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Will sell my soul for, any takers?

r0b0tat0ms
r0b0tat0ms
7 years ago

Gorgeous. Wowzers

Mike
Mike
7 years ago

I usually have some smartass comment, but really, that’s just a stunning bike.

ELEVEN_g
7 years ago

At a quick first glance a smart a@#s comment was forming but really, that is a lovely bike. Not keen on the ISP and don’t think it works for the look and feel, but other than that, lovely!

Andrew F
Andrew F
7 years ago

Looks just like my Gunnar roadie that I had them repaint their steel frame, fork and stem (Kelly Cycles) their baby blue moon color 6 years ago. Just updated it with new Ultegra last year. So, yea, I like it, but with this current wave of light blue washing through the market, my bike isn’t as unique as it was for years. Time for a repaint!

mudrock
mudrock
7 years ago

ISPs may be cool to some on a custom frame, but doesn’t make sense on stock sizes. Maybe, because it’s Sacha White’s calling card, he felt he had to do it, but that’s a builder preference that doesn’t serve the customer.

mudrock
mudrock
7 years ago
Reply to  mudrock

Still, it’s on my desktop. That guy knows how to dress up a bike.

Eric
Eric
7 years ago

ring me when they put a Shimano Santee grouppo on it.

Oofdah!
Oofdah!
7 years ago

Eric rules – white Sante! TBH I’d also roll with a Dura Ace AX group. Too bad vintage hip is back in…

Johnny Chicken Bones
Johnny Chicken Bones
7 years ago

Daaaang…. Each time I build or buy a skinny tire, I use it for a while, then don’t use it so much.
Just too much variety of pedaling to be on the skinnys…

Then this comes along. Or things like this….
That is beautiful. So clean. So simple. So not carbon.

Thank you for keeping that fire burning.

-JCB

Mercianrider
Mercianrider
7 years ago

Bikes as lovely as this prove there’s a desire for silver components. I’m so sick and tired of black groupsets. I actually dipped my Ultegra 6800 in oven cleaner to get rid of the black.

joe
joe
7 years ago
Reply to  Mercianrider

All my road bikes have been stripped of paint and have gone for the ‘QuickSilver’ look.

Call me a child of the 1980’s but they actually had cool movies about bike messengers with Kevin Bacon back then!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091814/

typevertigo
typevertigo
7 years ago

This bike is calling out for a classic round bend drop handlebar.

Otherwise I can’t really fault it, even at its $6500 asking price. Pretty sweet rig.

Dustytires
7 years ago

It would be nice if ENVE would make a direct mount compatible fork to match, I don’t need the extra beef in caliper mounting, but it looks righter. Love love love those dropouts… Something to consider, this bike will last thru some coffee stop dominos, group ride pileups, wind blow downs when peeing and the kids bumping it when taking their bikes out, and when it looks rough it can easily be repainted. In addition to it’s svelte looks, it’s a durable good, something we don’t see near enough anymore. Anytime a rider shows up to our Saturday morning group ride on a steely it gets the most attention, last weekend was a fresh Battaglin. Stunning looking against the group of black plastic, and even though the bike probably weighed 2 pounds more he was no ‘slower’ than he would have been on a carbon frame. Still comes down to good wheels and legs, And the skinny tubes are more aero!

Tom
Tom
7 years ago
Reply to  Dustytires

which illustrates that the bike is a tool. Could just as easily be served by a good second hand steel frame with whatever groupset at a fraction of the price. The last bike I built is a do-all gravel/road etc with disc brakes. No character, but hey, the $2K I spent on it leaves a lot of room for other activities. Guess i just don’t understand why people drop big $ for character/unique.

Robin
Robin
7 years ago
Reply to  Tom

What’s the point of new bikes, if everyone can be serviced perfectly by a second hand steel frame. Maybe it’s that people have varying tastes, desires, and needs. This bike is a beautiful bike. All that matters is that it serves its owners well.

Tom
Tom
7 years ago
Reply to  Robin

Lots of people buy new bikes, I do too periodically – they are lighter, stiffer, more aero, comfortable, whatever etc. Great tools. But a new release steel frame is by definition, almost identical to what’s already out there. This seems like an extension of the snowflake phenomena – I’m so unique and special, I have a $6500 bike instead of a $2K bike that is literally identical. OK, your choice, fine, but this is just smug consumerism.

99959544
99959544
7 years ago

Oh man a silver seat post would have looked awesome.

PeteM
PeteM
7 years ago

Vanilla, my favorite flavor.

Cowtowncyclist
Cowtowncyclist
7 years ago

It’s pretty, $6500 for a stock bike with Potenza? You could get a full custom from a couple different builders for the same money and you wouldn’t have to put up with the stupid seat mast.

Flux
Flux
7 years ago

$6,500 for a steel bike? Definitely a luxury purchase, because you aren’t getting a bargain!

Mike
Mike
7 years ago
Reply to  Flux

Go ahead and find me a cheaper version just as pretty. I’ll be here waiting….

Echosolo
Echosolo
7 years ago
Reply to  Mike

https://www.raleighusa.com/record-ace-2348 – Not quite as pretty but I’d bet the $5000+ in your wallet could buy a few attractive upgrades. I love Vanilla and would bet this bike rides like a dream but the parts just don’t justify the price, despite the cosmetic customization. Even starting with a Waterford S3 custom frame I could build something very similar for way less than $4k.

Mike
Mike
7 years ago
Reply to  Echosolo

I don’t know how to say this and not sound like a d*ck, but I can’t believe you think those two bikes are even similar. I’m not saying one is necessarily a far better bike from a functional perspective, but if you don’t think the Vanilla is superior from an aesthetic perspective, then I simply question your taste. Reasonable minds can disagree as to whether the Vanilla is $5,000 better, but you’re paying for the overall aesthetics, not the individual part costs. The parts were clearly chosen for how the looked, not whether they had a titanium spindle or whatnot.

Jeff
Jeff
7 years ago

Funny thing about bikes like this is unless you listen to the owner drivel on about how fancy it is and how the seat is covered in the scrotum of a soon to be extinct jungle animal, this looks like a repainted Schwinn varsity that has upgraded components. Is it pretty? Sure, but this is just another tool to separate a fool and his money.

mike
mike
7 years ago

The ISP is cut to order for the rider. I am sure if you get in contact they will be able to accommodate. If you are actually seriously in the market, you should contact them and see what they can do.

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