Hello, it’s me Konno-boy from Cook Paint Works.

It’s December and finally getting cold here in Tokyo. Today I’d like to show you a custom paint I have done recently which suits this kind of season and the photo below is one with the CRUST’s original paint.*CRUST BIKES* nor' easter (52)CRUST’s “Nor’easter”, let me introduce the frame first. It features 1″ threaded-head and disc brake. It’s a dirt-tourer combined EVASION’s tire clearance and Romanceur’s lightness. We can arguably say that CRUST is the best at making hybrid frames with classic details and modern spec like this Nor’easter, it was surprising to see such a frame at first. This time Cent, our craziest staff about Crust gave me a request to paint a Nor’easter for Yoyogi Park’s demo bike.

 

First of all, let’s think about theme of the paint.

The original color comes with turquoise blue lugged frame. This solid color paint is cool too of course.

Actually I came up with a question that “What is Nor’easter, first of all?”, not about the frame but meaning of the word. According to wikipedia…

“A nor’easter (also northeaster), is a large-scale extratropical cyclone in the western North Atlantic Ocean. The name derives from the direction of the winds that blow from the northeast. The term is commonly used in the winter in New England and Atlantic Canada.”

I see!



Apparently this big storm in winter times comes with outrageous blizzard. It seems uncomparable to this winter in Tokyo which is very mild so far. They say Nor’easter happens in Florida and New York occasionally so I guess Matt of Crust has experienced it.

Ok, now I understood the meaning of the word. Let’s think about the paint.

 

I decided on “cold like blizzard” as the theme for the Nor’easter’s paint.Crust
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CrustWe called this color “Mach-silver” and it’s this year’s most popular demand by the way. This time I arranged it a bit to spread some random pattern on the frame. I had never done it before but it turned out even better than I expected!Crust
CrustThe logos are repainted as well. The blue logos with black outline and gold thunder. These are repainted as well.It’s fun to paint logos with multi colors and it’s cool to see the outline lets letters stand out!Crust
CrustThis is how it’s done! What do you think? Now I only need to wait for Cent to build it cool, please Cen-chan! If you are planning to come to Tokyo for the X’mas time, please visit Yoyogi Park store to see the frame.

 

Last but not least…

Cook Paint Works and CORNER are going to hold an event at SHIMANO SQUARE in Osaka on 23rd(Sat) – 24th(Sun) this month!

Soukawa-san, a handmade frame builder of CORNER in Osaka and Chino-san, the chef (chief) painter of Cook Paint Works are exhibit their custom paints and frames.

Actually Cook has been painting a lot CORNER’s frames since before. The frames at the exhibition are all customized by its owner, builder and painter.

【DATE】
23rd Dec (Sat) – 24th Dec (Sun)
Open 11:00 / Close 19:00

I’d like to visit the event so please say hi if you see me! I’m excited to see the frames too. If you are visiting or live in Osaka, please come see the exhibition.