Here are two lovely looking bikes to get you through Monday morning. They are the latest creations by Tom Donhou and marks a collaboration with Rapha and Liberty, with a custom road bike and town bike featuring Liberty’s iconic print design in the paint job.

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donhou-bicycles-liberty-colab-08 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

Rapha’s Liberty women’s collection launched this autumn and is inspired by prints from Liberty’s archive., and Tom Donhou has created these two special bikes to go with the clothing collection. The Rapha + Liberty collection is “a nod to the shared history between cycling and fashion” and features archive print from the 1930s which “evokes beauty, fluidity and speed through an elegant dot configuration.”

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donhou-bicycles-liberty-colab-01-2x (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

Both bikes are designed for women, as is the Rapha Liberty clothing range, which includes caps and jerseys. The road bike is built from Columbus HSS and Spirit tubing with geometry penned for fast road riding. According to Donhou, the frame highlights Liberty’s longstanding connection to cycling, with the Liberty Cup, an annual women’s race run for Liberty employees from 1901, inspiring a piece of unique design.

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donhou-bicycles-liberty-colab-02 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

Tom “took the illustration from the winner’s cup and turned it into a drawing, did a stainless steel laser cutting from it, and then brazed it onto the frame. It has been placed between the seat stays so it is quite hidden, reflecting the hidden stories in many items of Rapha clothing.”

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donhou-bicycles-liberty-colab-05 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

It’s been built up with top-draw equipment. Shimano Dura-Ace, Enve wheels, stem and handlebars.

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Rapha-Liberty-Bike-1 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

At the other end of the riding scale is the Town Bike, designed for London and built in London. It has a custom fork and swept-back handlebar and stem design and utilises a Gates carbon belt drivetrain for simplicity and clean cycling. It’s fitted with disc brakes and mudguards for year-round cycling.

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Rapha-Liberty-Bike-5 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

The bikes are currently on display at the Liberty store if you’re in London and want to take a closer look. If you love the paint work, you can order a custom Donhou frame with this paint job.

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Rapha-Liberty-Bike-8 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

More at www.donhoubicycles.com