It's always exciting when we add new colors (sorry for the spelling) into our fleet, in the first place you can never be 100% sure if the color you selected from a swatch book will actually look good in the flesh (frame), actually even samples can differ from the final product - meaning it's always a gamble, we've barely ever lost this time around being no exception.
Ladies and Gentleman ("...and I use that term loosely") here are the newest additions to our fleet:
Someone on the team called it the 'Amami Blue' after the clear blue skies and seas you can find on the sub-tropical Island. This color holds a particular nostalgia since it really reminds me of my first fixed gear bike (an NJS Panasonic job). Since black parts also finish this model off, I wonder how carbon fiber parts would look also?
The specs:
HANDLE: BULLHORN BAR
STEM: ALLOY
SADDLE: CARTEL SEAT
POST: KALOY
CRANKSET: CARTEL 46T
PEDAL: ALLOY
WHEELSET: CARTEL42mm ALUMINIUM Deep, 32H, 700c, BK
TYRE KENDA 23C
COG: FIX/16T
WEIGHT 9.8kg
SIZE[C-C] S/50cm M/54cm L/58cm
This is the only colorway we introduced to our 'Avenue Lo' line, which means we move onto our 'Avenue' bikes...
I pretty much love all things purple (even more so if they are edible), and this shade of purple reminds of some of my favorite drinks and snacks - and ever so slightly of the tone midnight purple.
The specs:
FRAMESET: CARTEL BIKES AVENUE
HANDLE: DROP BAR
STEM: ALLOY
SADDLE: CARTEL SEAT
POST: KALOY
CRANKSET: CARTEL 46T
PEDAL: ALLOY
WHEELSET: CARTEL42mm ALUMINIUM Deep, JOYTECH32H, 700c, BK TYRE NYLON 23C
COG: FIX/FREE 16T
WEIGHT 9.8kg
BRAKE PROMAX
The last of the new colors...
This particular photo does not do the gloss of the frame justice, since, when you look deeper you begin to notice that this shade of green is comprised of a wide array of colors that become apparent depending on which way the light reflects them. The black parts are the perfect finish.
The spec:
FRAMESET: CARTEL BIKES AVENUE
HANDLE: DROP BAR
STEM: ALLOY
SADDLE: CARTEL SEAT
POST: KALOY
CRANKSET: CARTEL 46T
PEDAL: ALLOY
WHEELSET: CARTEL42mm ALUMINIUM Deep, JOYTECH32H, 700c, BK TYRE NYLON 23C
COG: FIX/FREE 16T
WEIGHT 9.8kg
BRAKE PROMAX