On location in Monaco for a photoshoot with the J.Laverack Aston Martin .1R bike
Monte Carlo, Monaco
April, 2024
The J.Laverack Aston Martin .1R deploys cutting-edge engineering and manufacturing to create the most beautiful, timeless design.
The .1R’s jewel-like graphics are 40 microns thick (half the thickness of a human hair) and are crafted from stainless steel by the same specialist who makes the Aston Martin Valkyrie badge.
Aston Martin and J.Laverack share a passion for perfection, beauty and master craftsmanship. The .1R’s frame was conceived in the same studios as Aston Martin’s cars, and the bicycle’s exquisite shapes were created on state-of-the-art computer programs by modellers skilled at interpreting designs into perfect 3-dimensional forms.
The hand-built frame of the .1R is a flawless fusion of titanium lugs and carbon fibre tubes, using manufacturing techniques more commonly seen in Formula One cars.
The .1R is finished in the same herringbone-patterned carbon fibre as the Aston Martin Valkyrie, giving its sculpted tubes mesmerising symmetry.
The world’s first integrated brake calipers. Each caliper is precision machined from a single block of high-strength aluminium and features four titanium pistons for exceptional modulation and control. Descend with absolute control.
It takes over one thousand hours to create each .1R bicycle, including a staggering 515 hours of CNC machine time to create this high precision engineering masterpiece.
