Cory Rosene Stainless Steel Cyclocross Bike

Cory Rosene is new to the bike building world, having apprenticed under David Bohm for the last 2 years. Rosene has honed his skills for his Interbike debut, with a stainless steel cyclocross bike. Not only this Rosene’s first foray in to building with Reynolds 953 stainless steel, it is also his first cross frame.

Rosene designed this bike to be raced, utilizing stout chain-chain stays to add additional stiffness. Like many steel bikes, Rosene utilized beautifully crafted lugs, but unlike many cross frames, the bottom bracket is also lugged. This was an important consideration for his design, which uses a combination of bead-blasted and polished surfaces passing through a green skeleton. This emphasizes the lugged construction of the bike, blending modern materials with classic aesthetics in a seamless vision of performance and beauty.

For color, Rosene utilized a hand-mixed pigment, composed of raw earth to create the unique green color. A close look at the paint reveals little specs of slightly darker green, subtly mimicking a candy-apple surface.

Rosene further demonstrates his craft through the use of a hand-built lugged and polished stem, and seatpost, as well as a custom fabricated rear brake cable stop.

Cory Rosene Part List

Frame: Cory Rosene
Tubing: Reynolds 953
Fork: Edge Cyclocross
Stem: Cory Rosene
Seatpost: Cory Rosene
Wheels: Fairwheel Handbuilt
Rim: KinLin 270
Front Hub: Tune Mig 70
Rear Hub: Tune Mag 180
Spokes: Sapim CX-Ray
Tires: Shwalbe CX-pro
Cranks: EE Cranks
Skewers: Tune DC 16+17
Brakes: Paul Neo-Retro Canti’s
Bar-Tape: Lizard Skins
Headset: Tune Bobo
Chain: KMC X10SL
Shifters: Record 10
Front Derailleur: Record 10
Rear Derailleur: Record 10
Cassette: Record 10
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