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Morvelo x Chickens Frame Emporium city cross bicycle

UK Clothing brand Morvelo’s been teasing us with videos of their CityCross series, a short course urban event that even they say is well suited to mountain bikes.

Now, they’ve got something better. The Morvelo x Chickens Frame Emporium CityCross frame is a little bit country and a little bit rock ‘n’ roll, made just for the rigors of fast city riding. In their own words, it “was to bridge a gap where cyclocross leaves and MTB begins, mixed with the speed of road and the playfulness of a BMX.”

The steel Columbus Life frame was built by Jon “Chickens” with a black paint scheme and bare fillet brazing, creating a beautiful, one-off finish…

Morvelo x Chickens Frame Emporium city cross bicycle

Chickens is a small, one man frame builder shop in the UK, and this bike was built as much to tackle the unique race as to showcase his talents. Spec is:

  • FSA cockpit
  • Whisky No.9 Carbon Bolt Thru fork
  • Reynolds 29er carbon MTB wheels
  • Maxxis Raze tyres
  • SRAM Type 2 clutch rear mech
  • Absolute Black Thick/Thin CX specific chainring
  • TRP HyRd discs

Morvelo x Chickens Frame Emporium city cross bicycle

Graphics and logo were paint matched to the fillet brazing…

Morvelo x Chickens Frame Emporium city cross bicycle

…and some of the bling was chosen in gold, too.

Morvelo x Chickens Frame Emporium city cross bicycle

Morvelo x Chickens Frame Emporium city cross bicycle

Enjoy the pics, links at the bottom.

Morvelo x Chickens Frame Emporium city cross bicycle

Morvelo x Chickens Frame Emporium city cross bicycle

Morvelo x Chickens Frame Emporium city cross bicycle

Morvelo x Chickens Frame Emporium city cross bicycle

The bike is built to handle stair drops, curb hops and anything else an urban ‘cross race could throw at it, with geometry somewhere between a 29er hardtail and traditional cyclocross rig. Want.

Morvelo x Chickens Frame Emporium city cross bicycle

Check out more of Jon’s work on his website, and Morvelo’s clothing here. Video from the CityCross here and here.

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Josh
Josh
10 years ago

What chainring is that?

caliente
caliente
10 years ago

I like that it says “Chickens”

ken
ken
10 years ago

I like that bike.

slippyfish
slippyfish
10 years ago

Yeah. That’s like the F-1 Lotus team car livery, and its bad ass. Black and gold with touches of red. Super sick.

Maximilian IV
Maximilian IV
10 years ago

Sweet Smokey and the Bandit Theme!

fred
10 years ago

Hawt!

yo-jo
yo-jo
10 years ago

Man that fillet exposure is saweet. Bis!

Sevo
Sevo
10 years ago

Geomerty specs?

Collin
Collin
10 years ago

Very nice looking. I wonder what the max width tire you can put on the rear? That tends to be the limiting factor on all my cross bikes.

David French
David French
10 years ago

Make that 8… I saw some of this frame being built and it’s every bit as nice under the paint!

Ti
Ti
10 years ago

Ok, one negative post: “It’s not mine! (yet)”

Ivan
Ivan
10 years ago

That is seriously sexy rig.

Small shame there is no metal headbadge. Decal only…

Cheers!
I.

Jenlumper
Jenlumper
10 years ago

OMG this is super beautiful!
Love the bare brass and matching the gold paint, nice touch!

Eric@505
Eric@505
10 years ago

Wow. That is so beautiful I want to cry.

(And I love that it says ‘Chickens’ on it, too!)

Ozarks
Ozarks
10 years ago

Two quick links….chain cutting fail

WG
WG
10 years ago

Nice, really nice.

AlanM
AlanM
10 years ago

That bike looks amazing and I’d love to have one. The only thing I find funny is that it was built “to bridge a gap where cyclocross leaves and MTB begins, mixed with the speed of road and the playfulness of a BMX.” That sounds a little too good to be true.

All that said, I want one for what it is.

mudrock
mudrock
10 years ago

Collin, any cross bike that uses road components is limited to 35-38mm rubber, because that’s the widest you can spread chainstays behind a road crank. Only the monstercrossers that use mountain cranks can go wider.

Robert
Robert
10 years ago

@mudrock, I think you are being a little too conservative on max. tire width. With appropriate shaping and crimping of tubes, 45mm with a road crankset is achievable, and I have a bike that proves it. Looking at the frame above (and yes, it is sweet!), the absence of these features surprises me. A bike that claims to bridge the gap between CX and MTB (i.e. monstercross) should surely push tire clearance to the max.?

Troy Junge
Troy Junge
10 years ago

That colour scheme takes me back to the “John Player Special” cars when I was a kid.
(I am no fan of smokes/smoking).

Great piece of craft.

Jack
Jack
10 years ago

Mmmmmmmm…. chickens..

Mark Reilly
Mark Reilly
10 years ago

Lovely work by Jon Chickens!!

mitch mcskills
mitch mcskills
10 years ago

Good looking, well built and looks like it should ride like a dream. Hats off. I think jon is at the bike show in london next month.

Psi Squared
Psi Squared
10 years ago

The fillet brazing, as well as the whole bike, is beautiful. All tolled, it’s a classy looking bike. I think there was a bike at NAHBS in the last few years that was fillet brazed and clear coated so that the brass in the joints contrasted the steel tubes gorgeously. Mmmm. I’d love a fillet brazed, clear coated stainless steel frame.

K11
K11
10 years ago

70’s burt reynolds called, wants bike back. Nice smokey & bandit color!

Raouligan
Raouligan
10 years ago

So how do you adjust the rear mech?

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