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SPADA COMMISSION
SPADA - PRJT FIREHAWK
CADEX TRI - FOR LUCASZ LAMPARSKI
PRJT FIREHAWK ft. Cadex Tri
If paint could scream, PRJT FIREHAWK would be a battle cry. Mounted on a Cadex Tri — a scalpel of carbon designed to cut wind into neat, apologetic pieces — this finish doesn’t whisper subtlety. It detonates. The brief was naïve on paper and savage in execution: make a bike look like the burning fuselage of a space shuttle returning through atmosphere, then make it tasteful enough that actual cyclists will still want to race it. The result is one of those rare crimes against modesty that you happily commit.
Cadex Tri in Aurora Green - Factory
PRJT FireHawk - Cadex Tri
From a distance it is a chameleon dare: a surface that refuses to stay in one mood. Turn the frame a fraction and the red deepens into molten garnet; another angle and sable black swallows the light like a theatrical blackout.
PRJT FireHawk - Cadex Tri
Painted metal impurities
What makes Firehawk legitimately uncanny is the metal‑impurity trick. When metals are taken to heat, they don’t just change colour — they develop layers of tarnish, iridescence, speckles and smears that read as truth. The finish borrows that chemistry without the molten mess. Tiny metallic flakes are mixed with interference pigments and layered candy washes; selective translucent blacks are sprayed to give depth, then gently abraded and re‑worked so the metallic flecks peek through like embers under ash.
PRJT FireHawk - Cadex Tri
Gold ghosts the high points, catching rims and cables with a metallic wink, while a faint, improbable blush of purple haunts the shadows like the memory of a bruise. It’s theatrical enough to stop a café queue, clever enough to survive a podium photo.
PRJT FireHawk - Cadex Tri
The overall effect is a controlled chaos: imperfections that read as authenticity, intentional irregularities that fool the eye into thinking this paint has known real heat.
PRJT FireHawk - Cadex Tri
Execution is surgical. The Cadex’s sculpted tubes are masked in stages to choreograph the burn: zones of concentrated heat near the downtube and headtube, cooler, smoky gradients along the stays. Base coats of high‑density gold mica and ruby‑toned candy are followed by interference layers that flip across the spectrum with viewing angle.
PRJT FireHawk - Cadex Tri
PRJT FireHawk - Cadex Tri
Micro‑texturing and a specialised gloss clear give those “metallurgical impurities” a tactile suggestion — they look like you could catch an ember on your thumbnail. Final wet‑sand and polish bring the gold to a mirror and let the reds sing without ever looking plasticky.
PRJT FireHawk - Cadex Tri
Owning a Firehawk is performative. Park it outside a café, lean it against a kerb and watch the city rearrange itself — conversations pause, cameras fumble, and strangers invent stories about how you earned the right to ride this thing. That pause is the point: the bike does the boasting for you. It demands a little theatre and returns it in spades.
PRJT FireHawk - Cadex Tri
This isn’t paint for people who prefer their lives understated. It’s for riders who want their machine to behave like a headline: impossible to ignore, impossible to forget. PRJT FIREHAWK isn’t simply a finish; it’s an invitation to cause a small, delightful public disturbance.
PRJT FireHawk - Cadex Tri
Pictures shown were taken post stage one handover, returning to the bottega for its final touches post bikefit.
PRJT FireHawk - Cadex Tri
PRJT FIREHAWK on the revolving podium.
The Bespoke Bike Show ft. PRJT FIREHAWK
SPADA - PRJT ORION
CERVELO S5 - FOR DANIEL CHAN
PRJT ORION ft. Cervelo S5 2024
On the Cervélo S5, speed and spectacle have been fused: this is not merely a race frame dressed up, it’s a meteor streak frozen mid‑flight. The bespoke finish—Blue Pearl White rendered with Bici Bottega’s 3D Touch—transforms the bike from athletic tool to a small, aerodynamic cosmos.
PRJT ORION ft. Cervelo S5 2024
At first glance the frame reads as a luminous pearl: a cool, crystalline white with a subtle blue halo that shifts under different angles of light. Peer closer and the meteor‑shower inspiration becomes apparent. Fine, elongated streaks—each with a slight depth and shadow—trail from head tube to seat stay like contrails of falling stars. The Bici Bottega 3D Touch technique layers pearlescent base, translucent candy washes and microsculpted clearcoat to achieve a tangible relief; the streaks catch the light not only in colour but in form, giving movement to static carbon.
PRJT ORION ft. Cervelo S5 2024
What makes PRJT ORION a perfect canvas is its geometry. The aggressive, sculpted tubes echo the linear motion of the meteor motif: the fast lines of the downtube and the tapered seatpost amplify the sense of velocity. On close inspection the finish reveals intentional imperfections that read as natural—tiny gradations in hue and a slight feathering at the edges of each streak—mimicking the randomness of a real shower while remaining meticulously controlled.
PRJT ORION ft. Cervelo S5 2024
Technically, the process relies on precise masking, multi‑stage spraywork and a high‑build gloss clear. The pearl base reflects and refracts light; translucent blue candy layers tint the highlights; the 3D element is realised through a combination of microtexturing and strategic layering that creates shadow and depth once cured and polished. The final wet‑sand and mirror polish brings the surface to a jewel‑like sheen that allows the pearlescent flakes to sing.
PRJT ORION ft. Cervelo S5 2024
This Cervélo S5 is more than paint—it's narrative. It’s a piece of wearable art that reads differently as you ride it: from a distance, a race bike set for podiums; up close, a sky full of meteors mapped across carbon fibre. For riders who want their ride to do more than go fast, it’s proof that craftsmanship and concept can turn performance into poetry.
PRJT ORION ft. Cervelo S5 2024
PRJT ORION ft. Cervelo S5 2024
They say speed is a feeling. Nonsense. Speed is how your bike looks while you’re stationary, because everyone knows the real point of cycling is to make other people feel inadequate.
PRJT ORION ft. Cervelo S5 2024
Enter the Cervélo S5 in Blue Pearl White: it doesn’t whisper, it detonates. The Bici Bottega 3D Touch finish gives it streaks like a meteor that took a detour through a jeweller’s workshop — all luminous pearl, chilly blue halos and raised trails that catch the light and your neighbour’s envy.
PRJT ORION ft. Cervelo S5 2024
Up close, the meteor motif is absurdly precise: delicate, elongated streaks that read like contrails for very fashionable fireballs.
PRJT ORION — perfection, no apologies.
PRJT ORION is the summit of bespoke finishing. Combining pearl‑rich bases, layered candies and proprietary 3D texturing, each frame is more than perfectly finished — it’s a measured performance in light and depth. For riders who accept nothing less than flawless, this is the answer.
PRJT ORION ft. Cervelo S5 2024
A bespoke livery and a bespoke coat of dream for Orion.
Details that no one would ever notice, are details that precisely needed for attention.
Details that no one would ever notice, are details that precisely needed for attention.
PRJT ORION ft. Cervelo S5 2024
Selle Italia Superflow SLR 3D - White
PRJT ORION ft. Cervelo S5 2024
Bici Bottega Bespoke Bike Show on YouTube
Here is a short video on the project.
#EACHAMASTERPIECE #CREATEDINSINGAPORE
Curious PursuitBici Bottega Sound
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Music To Inspire.
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