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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Sage Titanium Skyline SRAM Red eTap twohubs Complete Bike at twohubs.com

Sage’s award-winning road machine, the Skyline, has been hailed as ROAD Magazine’s All-Around Bike of the Year, and the testers at Road Bike Action have bestowed the frame with their Editor’s Choice distinction. “Precise,” “agile,” “terrific craftsmanship” and “titanium rocket” are the phrases of choice from professional testers. But this isn’t just a bike for the cycling media. It’s a sleek and sexy titanium space ship built to inspire the masses.

With a design that blends refined simplicity and outright performance, the Skyline occupies an enviable niche in the cycling world. It climbs mountains as confidently as it rips sinuous descents, and it launches snappy attacks without compromising comfort on all-day adventures. It’s a looker in the showroom that shines even brighter out on the road.

Named after the serpentine Skyline Boulevard that winds along the spine of the West Hills in Portland, Oregon, the bike is built for speed and stability, whether railing through corners or sprinting out of the saddle. It reimagines traditional construction with touches of refinement, blending the class of the past with the performance of the future. The thin-profile tubes nod to the traditional race bike, yet the frame incorporates high-tech touches–like a bi-ovalized down tube, 3/2.5 titanium alloy, compact frame design, and an oversized head tube–combining throwback elegance and top-end performance.

The finer details, like Breezer dropouts, are deliberate selections based on a blend of strength and stability. Sage Titanium’s patented Cable Clip System (US Patent No. 9,545,975) is the pinnacle of this attention to detail. It strives for elegance in the otherwise utilitarian pursuit of drivetrain routing. Use the clip for external mechanical cable routing, or remove it for streamlined internal shifting without extraneous clutter. The lusty shimmer of raw titanium finishes off the Skyline’s show-stopping look. It’s the stuff of dreams for the discerning cyclist. It wows. It rips. It inspires.

More details on the Sage Titanium Skyline frameset.

Monday, April 24, 2017

Cryptic Cycles Custom Carbon THM AX-Lightness Complete Bike at twohubs.com

Cryptic Cycles design and create unique frames with an unlimited amount of customization. Every aspect of their frames can be controlled to provide each rider with something to fit their needs. Classic craftsmanship and hand built meet cutting edge technology and the best materials that money can buy. Cryptic Cycles have a zero compromise attitude and believe they offer one of the finest custom carbon bicycles available today.

More details on the Cryptic Cycles custom frameset.

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Cryptic Cycles custom SRAM Red eTap Complete Bike at twohubs.com

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Lightweight Urgestalt twohubs Complete Bike at twohubs.com

When Carbon Sports set out to make a Lightweight frameset, it had to be the equal of their wheels, or it wouldn't happen. The result is the Urgestalt. A new beginning for them. Possibly a new round of copycatting for others. The name itself means "original form" which could refer to the origins of the company or that this will become the groundwork for the frames that follow.

As befitting the company name, the frame is 790g in a 55, building into a frameset that weighs 1340g, including fork, headset, seat post, clamp, and embedded aluminum chain plate in the right chain stay. Since they know noodles don't handle well and rigidity is the key to efficiency, this bike is stiff. The steerer is a 1 1/8" to 1 1/2" taper so that the front end tracks well whether in the saddle or out, going fast or slow. The BB86 bottom bracket shell gives the oversize central element that is easy to build wide and strong. The slightly ovalized seat post is aero and stiff and comfortable, and with the binding mechanism hidden under the top tube, it's also hidden from the wind.

Because they understand that a small person puts different demands on a frame that a tall one, each frame size gets its own size-specific lay-up, so no frame is under-built, nor over-built.

When they looked at the attributes that are both very much Lightweight and very much what riders need, they settled on a design that has a racey front end, race-oriented stiffness, but a geometry that favors stability and efficiency, making this great for high speeds, long rides, rough roads, aka anything that you might find. It easily fits 25mm tires, and can work with some tires that are marked larger. The bike is stiff, but also gives real-world comfort, knowing that the key to riding fast for a long time is feeling good.

Because they know that what you might want to put on your Urgestalt is as vast as the roads available for travel, the frame is pretty flexible in terms of how you want to build it. Cables run internally and the same runs can be used by mechanical cables, electronic wires, and hydraulic lines. Batteries can run externally, but the seat post is designed to work with internal batteries. The seat post itself is 280mm long (350mm on the 60cm), has 20mm of setback and comes with three sets of hardware, for standard rails, oversized rails, and Selle Italia Monolink posts.

The Lightweight Urgestalt is the beginning of a new generation.

More details on Lightweight Urgestalt frameset.