If you read this blog regularly, chances are that you won't buy the bike that is the subject of this post.
So why am I writing about it? Well, it was licensed by a band you've all heard. In fact, if you came of age when I did, you probably bought one of their albums and attended one of their concerts. You might have even gone through a stage when you dressed like them.
The band in question is KISS. They, like the Ramones, is one of the most important--and, depending on your preferences, best--bands to come out of the New York City borough of Queens, where I live.
Now, if you remember them from back in the day, you recall their makeup, costumes and their wild antics as well as their frentic music. So it's hard to imagine their name and logo on, say, a classic British builder's or French constructeur's frame. It's even difficult to picture their likeness on one of those flashy Italian bikes, let alone anything from a Japanese craftsperson or American custom builder of that era.
Really, the only kind of bicycle that could have ever been licensed to KISS is one made from carbon fiber. And that is what has just become available from a company called Sciacallo.
I have to admit that I had never heard of Sciacallo up until now. Then again, I don't pay much attention to carbon bikes. And that is all that Sciacallo offers.
And, really, if they were going to "front", if you will, for any band, what other band could it be? The Eagles? Chicago? Would you want anything licensed by those guys?
So why am I writing about it? Well, it was licensed by a band you've all heard. In fact, if you came of age when I did, you probably bought one of their albums and attended one of their concerts. You might have even gone through a stage when you dressed like them.
The band in question is KISS. They, like the Ramones, is one of the most important--and, depending on your preferences, best--bands to come out of the New York City borough of Queens, where I live.
Now, if you remember them from back in the day, you recall their makeup, costumes and their wild antics as well as their frentic music. So it's hard to imagine their name and logo on, say, a classic British builder's or French constructeur's frame. It's even difficult to picture their likeness on one of those flashy Italian bikes, let alone anything from a Japanese craftsperson or American custom builder of that era.
Really, the only kind of bicycle that could have ever been licensed to KISS is one made from carbon fiber. And that is what has just become available from a company called Sciacallo.
I have to admit that I had never heard of Sciacallo up until now. Then again, I don't pay much attention to carbon bikes. And that is all that Sciacallo offers.
And, really, if they were going to "front", if you will, for any band, what other band could it be? The Eagles? Chicago? Would you want anything licensed by those guys?
