PUNK ti

[tony.corke]

An exercise in intergration.
A bike built for one purpose for one rider for one use.
300hrs of design in the artwork -every character is individualy designed for this bike.
Countless hours in Fitting, Frame design, FEA testing, and building.

The brief:
Some say Tony is a machine on a bike.
Others say he is an animal.
We're about to find out as an army of machines go to war with an army of animals, each trying to lay claim to Tony and his bike.
This is war, PUNK style.

I wanted a bike that inspired me to ride out of my skin every time I got on it.

The usual reaction to this bike: WTF is that! My usual answer: PUNK!

Excuse the poor photos, the project is still in development - i will post hi res pics when its done.

[doubleD]

wow! awesome, thinking up the same thing in steel right now in my head, but with a vicious steel fork. Ride the hell out of it

[synchronicity]

I have to say I did a typical "dog's head tilt puzzled look" reaction as my eyeballs were yanked around from one corner to the next of your very strange machine... by the time I was looking at the drivetrain & rear dropouts, my head could tilt no further.

I like it.

Are not the bottle mounts a wee bit closer together?

No doubt you'll get the typical "it's hideous" comments from the mainstream.
But 10 points for creativity & execution.

EDIT: what does it weigh?! exasperated gasp

[racermech]

I love it!!!!!! Gives me some inspiration to go bug my friend again and finally get around to building my own SS mtb frame.

Looks like the stem is the split style similar to the original ritchey bar/stem combos.

[ww4]

Punk It ! or Should I say PUNK Ti, me like....

[Amaro]

Yeah! Nice forks and nice bike...at least it´s different to all out there

[Frankie - B]

Personal projects like this is what makes cycling interesting!

[therapy]

I like it. Very design.

Two questions:

1) What saddle is it? These green splatters are painted?
2) Are you sure about the front rotor rotation direction. Looks wrong to me and even dangerous (the tooth could clog some day and give you OTB ).

Anyway, the bike rocks

Cheers
Lukasz

[BmanX]

That is just a sick looking front and and great looking single speed. Fantastic.

[tony.corke]

Thanks for your kind words. I realize that this bike is true indulgence of my fantasys and a bastard child. I have been riding and testing it for over a year and I truely love this design. Although the next bike is Ti 1.5 headtube, ISP, Niner Ebb...but more of that later.
This bke rocks - I scored 2nd place in a geared expert race on its last outing (Could have won if i had chosen the right gear! ha ha)

Saddle is a re covered Prologo Nago Pas. I used a grass effect cotton backed vinyl, some glue and staples.

The fork is super smooth over bumps AND stiff steering and sprinting, if a little heavy. This design allows the use of smaller diameter, longer fork legs for better bump absorbsion.

The rotors.....well thats part of the ongoing project. I you didnt like the current front rotor(an old hope design) you will HATE the new design! ha ha. They will be Ti and in the shape of circular saw blades.....punk!

[therapy]

I you didnt like the current front rotor(an old hope design) you will HATE the new design! ha ha.

Tony, I like the design . Its just about the rotor is not properly spinning - it should be mounted with the other side facing the hub.

[jbag011]

sweet bike, my ss isn't quite as light or nice. steel and just got it back from the chrome shop

[DMF]

Love everything about it, but the stickers... The bike is just really everything else than mainstream! ...except for the stickers then, it sort of ruins the concept of letting the bike speak for itself. Just a real shame to hide it's true raw, natural beauty behind some 5yr-old-mainstream-N.Y.-"me too"-fakenger-fashion... other than that, it's really an eye-catcher and I love it it's raw, somehow very honest purpose!