By Ed Vandermolen
The Emer Swift is a bit of a departure from typical cruisers in that it has one of the shortest chain stay lengths available in a 24″.
Clocking in at tight 13.75″, I don’t think I have seen chain stays this short since the photos of the Greg Melms-designed frame that were floating around the internet in 2009.
The rest of the specs are:
- 21.25″ top tube
- 74.5 degree head tube angle
- 73 degree seat tube angle
- 11.5″ bottom bracket height.
If you’re into manuals this may be just the ticket.
To see it in action, check out this video of the Emer Swift cruiser getting a workout by Brixton Billy, Chico Hooke and Will Herman.
For more details on London-based Emer BMX company, visit their website, www.emerbmx.com
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Like the chrome but find it a bit strange that you can only run caliper brakes on this, looks that way to me. Could you fit a fat tire like a 2.2 in the rear?
that’s an ideal setup for street for sure.
i’d be willing to race it… just to see how twitchy it might be.
based on buddy’s observation above, i checked out the video very carefully. it does indeed appear to be a caliper. no surprise- the brits always had a funny way of doing things!
Hey Buddy, the tyre on the Chico Hooke’s bike (on the track in the video) is a Intense micro knobbly 1.85. with a little room to spare, you can get a bit more in, but I wouldn’t recommend a larger tyre for a slammed set-up.
The brake is dual-pivot dia-compe. They are soooo good these days and a far cry from a MX1000!
Ok,it is hard to make out from the pics, the frame looks fun. Thanks for answering.
I got a Shimano XT V Brake on mine now. Works sweet.
Looks good, but if it’s a street / park bike why the big front chainring?
Hey Geoff, good question. I’m moving onto a 27/10 in the near future to tidy things up a bit and to step it up a gear- excuse the pun
emer, thanks for all the great follow up… as a racer i’m actually curious how big a chain ring could be run.
Cool, thanks for the answer.