Commissioned directly from The Vanilla Workshop, Portland, OR, 2008

The present Vanilla Workshop road bicycle is a unique, one-of-a-kind piece. Built during an era of a nearly 5-year waitlist for custom bikes, the piece was handmade by owner and legendary bicycle builder Sacha White. He hand-carved every lug on the bike and was the sole builder of the frame and fork. A few characteristics further set the piece apart: most of its components are first generation NOS Campagnolo C-Record, including rare Delta brakes and large "Sherrif's Star" hubs. Handlebars are hexagonal Cinelli with custom Vanilla bar-end caps, and wheels are also NOS Campagnolo with silk tubular tires. The bicycle has the signature hand-polished dropouts and headbadge. The stem is custom-made and chrome-plated to a high polish. The bike was painted in-house at Coat Paint shop, located under the same roof as The Vanilla Workshop. Custom bicycles such as this one, as opposed to their more accessible Speedvagen counterparts, have become collectors’ items in their own right and are now highly sought after amongst sophisticated cyclist enthusiasts. “2008 was a year that we saw so much beauty come out of our shop,” said Scott Ramsey of the Vanilla Workshop. “This was one of those bikes.”