MOONRAKER CYCLES

Bicycles to make the world feel vast & unexplored again.

 

As FARR Frameworks has become ubiquitous with framebuilding tooling we’ve spun off the actual design and build of custom framesets under the brand MOONRAKER Cycles. MOONRAKER has two meanings for us. First its a road in one of my favorite places on the Northern California Coast. California is our home and something speaks to us about its rebellious western counter culture. You’ll see it in our designs and the way we think about what a bike should or could be. Second - the MOONRAKER or sometimes referred to a moon sail is the upper sail on the center mast of a sail boat (this is why triangles - an abstract representation of this - show up on the frames). A bicycle makes the world feel vast & unexplored again. So like the explorers, wanderers, or travelers of old set sail and discover your surroundings.

MOONRAKER 1

The ultimate excursion & mix-surface machine. Somewhere between a rigid mountain and all-road bike. Details include custom machined rings for the 44mm headtube to transition perfectly to the CK headset, a custom CNC machined seat tube binder, CNC machined bronze top cap with the MOONRAKER logo, and Titanium headtube badge custom anodized to match the paint scheme.

Frame & Components:  TIG welded custom blend of Columbus Life & Spirit Tubing, 44mm Head Tube, ENVE Gravel Fork, Chris King Headset, AXS Reverb 100mm dropper post, SRAM AXS Eagle Mullet Groupset, SRAM RED Crankset & Brakes, ENVE Gravel handlebars, Stem & tape and Brooks Saddle.

Handbuilt Wheelset:  Chris King R45 Hubs, Sapim CX-Ray Spokes, ENVE G23 Rims Wrapped in Ultradynamico Cava Race Tires

I’ve also kept some of my favorite FARR Frameworks builds on this page as well. The FARR brand embodies some of the same spirit that MOONRAKER does and I see these not so much as separate brands but as reincarnations or slight variations of the same ideas & meaning.

S&S PUDDLE JUMPER

I built this bike to take with me when I travel overseas. It was built to be a light and fast road machine geometry leaning more towards the racing side of road cycling. The front triangle was machine mitered and a mix of fillet brazed and lugged construction while the back end was all hand mitered and fillet brazed. Details include custom caps for the 44mm headtube, a hand carved seat tube sleeve and lugged bottom bracket as well as S&S couplers.

Frame & Components:  Fillet Brazed custom blend of Columbus Life & Spirit Tubing w/Hand Carved Seat Tube sleeve, 44mm Head Tube, Lugged Bottom Bracket, S&S Couplers, ENVE Road Fork, Chris King Headset, ENVE Seatpost, Campagnolo Record Groupset, Campagnolo Super Record Crankset & Brakes, 3T handlebars, ENVE Carbon Stem, Brooks Saddle & Fizik Padded Bar Tape.

Handbuilt Wheelset:  Chris King R45 Hubs, Sapim Spokes, H+Son Archetype Rims Wrapped in Panasonic Tires

CLASSIC MIXTE FRAME

Frame & Components:  Custom Blend of Nova OS Tubes and 304 Stainless Tubing w/Hand Carved Lugs and Matching Fork, Chris King Gripnut Headset, Thomson Elite Seatpost, Velo-Orange Drillium Crankset, Velo-Orange Grand Cru Bottom Bracket, Velo-Orange Grand Cru Brakeset, Velo-Orange Fenders, Velo-Orange Porteur Bars, Dia Compe Stem, Dia Compe Bar End Shifters, Dia Compe Guidonnet Levers, Brooks B17 Womens Saddle, Brooks Genuine Leather Bar Tape

Handbuilt Wheelset:  Velo-Orange Grand Cru Hubs, Sapim Race Spokes, H+Son TB14 Polished Rims Wrapped in Panaracer Tires

Polly Pearl Tubes

Frame & Components: Special Blend of Columbus OS Tubes w/Hand Carved Lugs and Matching Fork, Campagnolo Athena 11 Groupset, Thomson Elite Seatpost, Thomson X2 Stem, FSA Omega Compact Handlebars, Fizik Aliante Saddle, Fizik Soft Touch Bar Tape

Handbuilt Wheelset:  Chris King R45 Hubs, Sapim CX-ray Spokes, Head C2 Rims Wrapped in Michelin Pro3 Service Course Tires. 

Jeff's Swift, Sexy Road Machine

Frame: Special Blend of DOS, and OS Columbus Tubing, Paragon Machine Works 44mm HT & Paragon Stainless Plate Dropouts.  Custom curved Seat Stays and Chain stays.  Fillet Brazed w/Lugged BB Shell and custom Seat Tube Bilaminate Sleeve.  Paired with an Unpainted ENVE 2.0 Tapered Road Fork