Candy Cranks

When Alex emailed me saying he needed a chainring quickly to be ready for a bike show, I had no idea it was going to be for the likes of this beauty! The stars on the chainring were painted celeste to match the rest of the detailing, looks amazing Alex!

BFF – psycho beach party gold sprints from Skeleton Key on Vimeo.

Sydney’s Bike Film Festival was on over the weekend, these are some pics from the Street Fair which had an assortment of crafts, cakes and bike bits on show. You could even get a ‘while-you-wait’ patch sewn onto the bum of your jeans.

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The new Candy Cranks chainring, designed, manufactured and hand painted with ♥ LOVE ♥ in Australia. Available in 130 and 144 BCD with your choice of coloured hearts on black or silver chainrings.

More at Candy Cranks Shop.

Barista extraordinaire  Remy (Jeremy).

The lovely Lee

Remy and Lees is a super cafe in Surry Hills, Sydney. They have superb coffee, pies, cakes, home made treats, and a really friendly vibe, it’s a great place to hang on a sunny afternoon. The cafe features local artists, photographers and alike so there’s lots of interesting things to check out while you wait for a brew, including our very own Candy Cranks display. Thanks Guys!

Check em out.

It seems like ages ago that my fella and I visited New York, but it was only a month ago. Now that I’ve had a chance to go through the scads of photos I snapped, I’d like to share a few of the ones featuring bikes of all shapes and sizes from Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Our indispensable foldies that made it a snap to get around the city. Greenwich Village.

Classic turquoise, Manhattan.

Union Square Market delivery bike.

New-old. Outside of Chelsea Market, Manhattan.

Eurostyle, Soho.

Oldie but a goodie. And check out that chain ring! Somewhere in Manhattan…

Political bike, with a sticker from Our Community Bikes of Vancouver! Chelsea. It’s a teeny, tiny world.

Bold blue bike outside of a Williamsburg shop

Rusty old charmer, Brooklyn.

Urban Rustic Grocery and Cafe delivery bike, Williamsburg.

I was recently out at Cycle Underground with John and he ran me through the process of having the Candy Cranks chainrings manufactured.

Firstly my design is drawn up in Autocad.

The design is then programmed in Mastercam. This program tells the CNC machine what needs to be cut and which cutter to use.

The CNC God.

Raw piece of aluminum, waiting to go into the CNC machine.

The plate is clamped down on the jig ready for the first cut.

The first chamfer is cut on the back. Coolant is constantly sprayed onto the aluminium to keep everything cool.

Outside chamfer complete, 5 bolt holes are cut.

It’s now bolted onto the jig through the bolt holes so the middle section can be cut out.

Next the teeth are cut.

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These little dual BCD chainring whippets will trick out your sled with multi combos to fit all common crank sizes, 2 sizes per chainring.

Available in the following BCD and tooth count combos in black or silver, 4 designs to choose from, made in Australia. Available here.

94 – 110 BCD 30T – 56T
110 – 130 BCD 34T – 56T
130 – 144 BCD 43T -56T

This is the latest Candy Cranks chainring design called Skelington. Simple, lightweight and super strong, available in 130BCD and 144BCD in silver or black. Seen here being modelled by a Primate Frame, Skelington chainrings are made in Australia, retail at $89 AUD, and ship worldwide.

- 144 BCD or 130 BCD
- 4mm plate
- 1/8″ tooth thickness
- 3/32 available on request
- Hand finished
- Designed and manufactured in Australia
- Custom sizes available on request
- $89 AUD, $10 worldwide shipping

More info here.