A scientific theory must be testable.
It must be possible in principle to prove it wrong.
Experiments are the sole judge of scientific truth.
Is it true that Liquid frames rule on the trails?
Check out this old photo of Jeremy from Liquid Bikes testing a Liquid Feedback frame prototype.
I think we have the scientific proof right here.
Science can be fun.
Dear Fit CR24,
We had a good run.
Two great years.
In 2009, you caught my eye with your old school chrome frame. (I later found out you sometimes sported a badass black finish too…something that just added to your allure.)
Underneath that old school flair though beat the heart of a feisty new-school cruiser.
You liked it when I played rough with you. Always coming back for more.
As the seasons changed, so did we.
You could tell there were new competitors for my attention.
Not one to back down, in 2010 you hiked your bottom bracket to keep my interest. You knew it was all about the ride and this change made things more interesting and fun. It looked like you and me were going to make things last.
Sure, there were things about you that irritated me. You constantly “gave me the gears” with your rear cassette, hub issues.
But we made it work.
Buying you a few new things at the bike shop seemed to keep things good between us.
I thought we were going to make 2011 the best year ever.
Then suddenly you were gone.
I looked through the Fit catalog hoping for a sign, a note, anything….just something saying where you had gone.
But there was nothing.
Now all I have are these pictures of you.
Sure, take the year off…find yourself.
But let’s meet up again…say at Interbike next year…and see if we can’t make this work again.
DK bicycles looks like it might be taking a cue from the world of 24″ freestyle bikes and raising the bottom bracket on its new 2011 race cruiser to 13″ (that’s at least an inch higher than a typical race 24 frame).
In a recent thread on Vintage BMX, a DK rep explained the reasoning behind the shift:
Cruisers have always been built with a ratio that was based off of 26″ bikes (which is what cruisers used to be) this bottom bracket is 13″…so check this out:
The professional frame has an 11.4″ bottom bracket height, that is with a 20″ wheel (so that means UNDER the drop out there is 10″ of wheel, plus the tire, since the other 10″ of the 20″ wheel is above the dropout and irrelevant to the bb height.). This cruiser has a 13″ bb height, so that is 1.6″ higher than the 20 inch professional, but with a 24″ wheel, there is 12″ plus the tire under the bottom bracket. That’s 2 inches more than the 20″ frame, so in actuality, this bottom bracket isnt that high, since its only 1.6″ higher than a frame that has 2″ less wheel under the bottom bracket.
According to the DK guys on the forum thread, the new 24 is supposed to handle great (with a 20″ feel) and be easy to manual.
Other specs on the 2011 DK race 24 are:
Certainly an interesting departure from your typical race cruiser geometry.
Will this be a game changer in the race community?
I’m pretty curious to see if other manufacturers follow suit.
Editor’s note: the BB height on the production model was lowered slightly to approximately 12.5″.
Sunday sent over some pics the other day of the new Wave-C frames they’re testing out.
While not a huge departure from the existing Model-C, it does have the wave top tube (that we’ve seen in earlier photos) and hollow dropouts with chain tensioners.
What’s changed/improved
Have to say, a longer top tube and the ability to run the back end shorter is a pretty big selling point for this frame. Not to mention the extra strength afforded by the wave tubing.
Production colors are probably going to be black and a light blue.
If the color in these pictures looks familiar to you, you might be a flatlander. It’s actually the same one used on the Odyssey Flatware frame (and just being used for the prototype/test frames).
If you’re on Sunday Bike’s Facebook feed, you may have caught this video of Wayne Keller riding his local skatepark.
What you may not know, besides tearing up the skateparks, Wayne also has a thing for repurposing, remachining and generally customizing his parts for his ride.
Check out his stem. He carved the top off and engraved “Dork” on it. The cool paint job on both the stem and the sprocket are trick too.
His hubs are also attention-getting…painted in a “can’t miss this” orange.
To keep things fresh, Wayne’s redoing his bike at the moment and ditching the lime green and orange. He’s changing a bunch of his parts to different shades of grey.
Check out Wayne’s blog, carrot-bag.blogspot.com/ for more updates on the constantly evolving look of his Model-C.
Great to see people customizing their rides and making them their own.
As you may recall from a previous post, where Specialized debuted the new P24 at Sea Otter, Specialized has reentered the BMX world.
And it looks like they’re serious about it this time.
The P24, which we featured a prototype of earlier, has been out for a little while now and it looks like they’ve done a good job of spec’ing out this complete bike. Its got great geometry, Reynolds cro-mo construction (with a 21.6 top tube) and nice, big 7 1/2″ X 29″ bars. The components also look solid and it’s a fairly light at the 26 pound mark.
Buddy's personal P24 with Cruiser Revolution stickers
How does it ride?
As luck would have it, cruiserrevolution.com reader, Buddy, recently picked up a P24 for himself and shared his thoughts on it.
His first impressions?
Manuals like crazy….Went to our trails today,what a blast, like a rocket…
When asked how it compares to other bikes he’s ridden:
It feels better than any of those bikes to me. I think it’s mostly the size and geometry fits me very well, perfect, (I’m 6 feet tall).
Based on the specs (and Buddy’s feedback), I think we may have another contender to consider when shopping for a new complete.
Back in April, you heard about how the twin top tube was making a comeback.
Well, don’t call it a a comeback any longer, cause it’s now here!
Tribute bikes has put this 24″ frame, a great combination of old school style with modern geometry, into production.
I’m pretty stoked on it.
What I didn’t expect was amount of color choices! It’s available in: pink, yellow, orange, black, blue, green, white and clear powder coat options.
If you’re looking for something different from what’s out there…or you’re just missing your old Haro Master or Torker this could be the frame for you.
The specs
Limited 2010 production run
There are only 20 frames available this year (some are already spoken for) so if this tickles your fancy you may want to get in touch with Josh at Tribute Bikes right away at info@tributebikes.com.
For more on Tribute Bikes check out their web page or their feature on bmxmuseum.com.
As you may have gathered from my previous posts, I’m not afraid to join in the refrain of “steel is real” when people debate the pros and cons of frame/fork materials. That being said, it kind of goes without saying that, in these situations, I’m talking about chro-moly not hi-tensile steel.
Sure, I get low-end completes may have to scrimp a bit and go with tri-moly or main tube chro-moly frames (the rest being steel) and steel bars. Compromises have to be made somewhere.
What I have difficulty in understanding is a hard-core BMX company putting out a complete that is high-tensile steel throughout.
Like Subrosa.
The 24″ Subrosa Salvador cruiser comes standard with high-ten frame, fork and bars. The geometry and components seem pretty good…seemingly designed for serious riding…yet the frame material seems better suited to a department store bike.
What’s bizarre is that it’s spec’ed with chro-moly cranks!
Well, thank goodness for that.
Because once you’ve broken the frame, bent the forks and snapped the bars you’ll at least have a solid pair of cranks beneath you to carry you home.
If this was part of a 24″ lineup I would kind of get it (sort of) but to have this as the sole 24″ offering from a company that should know better is pretty disappointing.
If you’ve ever thought about a Trickstar-inspired cruiser, or were a fan of Woody Itson‘s pink Trickstar back in the day, this may be the bike for you. Check out the front end in the pictures below for the obvious Hutch Trickstar influence.
Japan’s online BMX store, W-Base teamed up with x-girl (a clothing company) to create this limited edition cruiser. Only 100 were made and they have been available since April from online store Calif.
Two versions are available:
Neon pink with white forks
Matte white with pink forks
There are silver, blue and black components throughout on both versions.
Remember the post, “Is a Model-C with wave tubing next?”
How I said it would be so cool if it went into production?
That I had my fingers crossed the “Wave-C” would show up at Interbike?
Well, I still have no idea if (or when) the Wave-C will go into production but I did find out that the Wave-C was at Interbike!
Chris at PlusSizeBMX.com, a site that covers mostly 24 and 26″ MTB riding, got in touch with me recently and let me know that he got some great pics of the Wave-C at Interbike.
I gather that if this does go into production it will be a frame-only deal….if it also features a longer top tube…well, then I think Sunday is going to have a hot seller on their hands.
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