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PRJT Virgil - Specialized Sirrus X
What moved the Cheese!
Influence matters. The Virgil‑inspired directive — a nod to Louis Vuitton x Virgil Abloh’s audacious simplicity — insisted on brutal refinement: high detail, surgical intention, no ornament for ornament
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
If a bike could wear a designer jacket and a manifesto at the same time, it would be PRJT VIRGIL. Built on the nimble, city‑commanding Specialized Sirrus X, this is not a refresh. It’s an architectural rethink: paint as structure, surface as spectacle. The brief was simple and brutal — no ugly angle — and everything that follows is an answer to that one demand.
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
From a distance the Sirrus X reads like a sculpture: clean lines, obedient geometry, a silhouette that flatters every stance. Move closer and the Illusion One lineage reveals itself — layered depth, optical shifts and a glass‑like clarity that refuses to sit quietly.
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
The colour theory here isn’t decorative, it’s diagnostic: hues stacked and calibrated so the bike reads flawless from every vantage. Warm tones pop where the light bites, cool tones recede to create shadow and contour. The result is a frame that edits itself in real time; you do nothing, the paint does the flattering.
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
Then there’s the 3D Touch — the first Sirrus X to wear it. This isn’t paint that lives only on the surface; it’s paint that hints at architecture. Micro‑relief streaks and subtle sculpted ridges catch and scatter light, giving real, tactile depth without ever feeling fussy. Under studio lights those ridges look like carved ribbons of colour; under daylight they act like optical tricks that hold angles and collapse flaws. It’s the kind of finish that makes angles obedient.
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
Euskadi Flag and Patroness's name
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
Euskadi Flag and Patroness's name
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
Illusion Two spots a Glass-Like luminosity through paint, a paint technique developed through the bottega and it is living proof that impossible is only impossible with the absence of imagination.
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
Colour stacking is where the science flexes. A pearlescent base bends light; interference layers shift hue with tilt; translucent candies add saturation without heaviness. Each layer is measured and masked so highlights fall exactly where the frame earns them — on the bends, at the junctions, along the tubes that the eye loves.
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
The glass effect comes from a high‑build clear that’s wet‑sand polished until it reads more like crystal than paint. The final sheen is so precise it makes neighbouring bikes look unfinished.
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
PRJT Virgil - Specialized Sirrus X
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
Custom Painted HJC helmet as a pairing
PRJT Virgil - Specialized Sirrus X
Custom Painted HJC helmet as a pairing
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
PRJT VIRGIL ft. Specialized Sirrus X
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