Here is the first Icarus frame made in Austin that is staying in Austin, TX. There were already a couple in town but they were made when I was living elsewhere. A few more are in finishing and paint stages that will also be staying in town, I am looking forward to seeing more of my work in the wild.

Lauren's frame was made to accept up to 32c tires, and racks when they're needed. A full list of components can be found hereLauren's Icarus Commuter


Photographs by John Watson
Paint by Bryan Myers.

This classic track frame went all the way to Germany. Thorsten wanted something in the same style as Jeremy's classic track and we added on the new Icarus track dropouts and some stainless bits to the fork. The small logo on the seat tube is an older bit of 'Icarus' badging that looks great on the simple builds.

Here is a modern road frame set made for the streets of NYC. Featuring Columbus and Dedacciai shaped tubing for added stiffness and a fork by ENVE. An Icarus first for paint, the scheme was inspired by Chris' Road Racer, and taken one step further by utilizing both gloss and matte clear coats.

The build is Campagnolo Record with Deda bits and Mavic R-sys SLR wheels and the effect is a supremely high performance road bike with a simple wraithlike aesthetic.

Photographs by Thomas of Horse Cycles
Painted by Bryan Myers.

Its been a long time since I had some nice photos taken of a finished bike, but that doesn't mean I haven't been building like crazy!

Here is a sleek machine I made and shipped off to Japan to get built up. The frame features mostly road geometry with a little extra tire clearance and some braze-ons for front and rear racks to do some light touring. The seat stays have a slight bend and are sleeved at the bottom.

The bike belongs to an employee at Blue Lug in Tokyo, and the build turned out fantastic.

Photographs by Blue Lug
Painted by Bryan Myers.

This is a Columbus MAX track bike fit for a ViKing! Made from the newly reissued legendary Columbus tube set. We decided to size up to an 1 1/8" head tube and fork for more stiffness. The fork was a collaboration between Icarus and Geekhouse Bikes. I took their segmented Yo Marty fork, cut down the shoulders added some lug details and laid brass over the welds.

The head tube joints are something totally new. They are bi-laminate style with some added internal lugging that can be seen with the cutouts in the top and down tubes. Its not all about making things time and money efficient, but making them beautiful. The metallic paint looks flawless on the large diameter tubes and smooth fillets. It will look just as good down the road when it is chipped and scratched.

Photographs by John "Prolly" Watson
Painted by Bryan Myers.