STEEL IS REAL - and still at the cutting edge!
How do you improve on an award winning frame? The attributes that defined it - geometry, balance, neutral-handling and value
- had to be preserved but we've learned a few things in the past few years and technology has changed.
What's been kept?
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Classic Pipedream trail geometry.
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Heat treated 4130 CrMo stays
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Double bent stays (traditional 'A' seatstays)
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Clearance for 2.5" tyres
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73 mm bottom bracket (BB) shell
What's new?
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Reynolds 853 butted main tubes
- Custom heat treated 4130 head tube is 20% thicker
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Gusseted HT/DT/DT junction
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Sliding dropouts
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19mm seatstays (previously 16mm)
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Bridgeless chain stays
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Curved seatstay bridge - it looks nicer.
More rants and raving about the frame here.
The frame is disc specific and is designed to take a 90-130 mm travel fork.*
SIZES AVAILABLE: 16.5", 18.0" & 19.5"
COLOUR: Bling Titanium, Graphite Black, Kawasaki Green and possibly Pearl Copper, Gold and custom 2-color panel design (as per the front page).