Frank Herety 24K Gold Edition

This bike is a really special edition.  I will get more info on the history of the frame, but I can stick to what I know so far.  Frank Herety was a custom frame builder and built this bike for a customer who had it sitting for years.  Until it was brought back to Richmond, this frame lived it's bike life as NOS.

The owner was looking to do something a bit differently with this build rather than a standard period correct Campy groupset.  This bike features an internal 5 speed Sturmey Archer rear hub with front and rear drum brakes....let that sink in for a minute.

Our main concern with this build was to not damage and reduce the amount of clamping we had to do on the 24K gold plating...the rear triangle and front fork are gold plated.  One of the innovations we engineered can be seen in the last photo featuring a pulley and a pulley cover made of a nickel.  This eliminated the need for an additional cable stop on the gold. 

Other features of the bike are the Soma Lauterwasser handlebars, which are replicas of the actual Lauterwasser bars.  The seat is a Selle San Marco Roll Ti.  The crank is the finest example of the NOS Campy Super Record crank I have ever seen. 

The pictures really will tell the rest of the story.  Enjoy!