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JB's California Moto Cruiser
Well, we normally do not stray away from our niche of high end road, and mountain bikes, but when we saw what one of our friends in So Cal was up to, we had to do a BLOG on what he was doing and share it with all cycling enthusiasts!
The cycling world all to often gets becomes too heavily focused on the pro tours, the newest and lightest carbon fiber component, or the fanciest looking frame. This is all great and it is what we all love, however it is nice to once in a while take a look at the lighter side of the bike world, which brings us to writing this BLOG about JB (Jeff Brumitt), and his California MotoCruisers.
A little Background on JB: Jeff was an national level road cyclist back in the late 1970's butting elbows with the likes of Thurlow Rogers, and Steve Hegg. After a successful career of bike racing Jeff Started a software company which is one of the leaders amongst the Agricultural Software companies world wide. JB's love of cycling and his love for innovation and motor sports, prompted him to start building these vintage looking motorized cruisers out of his garage.
Jeff will be doing a motorized version of the FELT Slater as well as some of the European models such as the Le Mans cruiser which was inspired by the legendary Race Circuit in France. The colors of this cruiser also pay homage to the classic racing machine of the sixties! We can't wait to see JB's finished version of this bike!
In the meantime here are some more photos of the 1903
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Saturday, January 8, 2011
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Project Super Scope: Fork
by: Terry Best
terry@twohubs.com
FORK (cont'd):
As previously mentioned the DT Swiss XRC Race 100 fork would be that one delayed item that we can always count on. Eventually a long slender DT Swiss suspension box arrived and inside, to my dismay, was the slightly more complex variation with the remote cable-actuated handlebar lock-out. While this is undoubtedly a great asset on a cross country race steed, I was not content and a bit irritated because I had visions of a very clean build and the thought of a sub 1200g fork was very appealing. The fork I removed from the box weighed 1235g (including the remote lock-out).
Against my better judgement I approached my partner in crime here at twohubs.com who has always had a knack (and strange perversion) for taking things apart. I thought two birds could be killed with one stone here. While removing the remote lock-out I would also have time to take the red anodized crown nut off to have stripped and changed to gold. A couple of days later (and without losing any precious DT Swiss suspension fluid I might add) we had ourselves a fork that weighed 40g less with a very unique gold crown nut and no lock-out functionality. Victory? Yes! I tend to run my forks stiff anyway...
The above picture shows the crown of the fork with the gold anodized cap and furthermore emphasizes the lack of the remote lock-out. It is important to note that you should not perform this downgrade yourself as it may result in serious injury to your $1500 carbon fiber fork from Switzerland and most importantly - yourself. Final fork weight: 1195g.
terry@twohubs.com
FORK (cont'd):
As previously mentioned the DT Swiss XRC Race 100 fork would be that one delayed item that we can always count on. Eventually a long slender DT Swiss suspension box arrived and inside, to my dismay, was the slightly more complex variation with the remote cable-actuated handlebar lock-out. While this is undoubtedly a great asset on a cross country race steed, I was not content and a bit irritated because I had visions of a very clean build and the thought of a sub 1200g fork was very appealing. The fork I removed from the box weighed 1235g (including the remote lock-out).
Against my better judgement I approached my partner in crime here at twohubs.com who has always had a knack (and strange perversion) for taking things apart. I thought two birds could be killed with one stone here. While removing the remote lock-out I would also have time to take the red anodized crown nut off to have stripped and changed to gold. A couple of days later (and without losing any precious DT Swiss suspension fluid I might add) we had ourselves a fork that weighed 40g less with a very unique gold crown nut and no lock-out functionality. Victory? Yes! I tend to run my forks stiff anyway...
The above picture shows the crown of the fork with the gold anodized cap and furthermore emphasizes the lack of the remote lock-out. It is important to note that you should not perform this downgrade yourself as it may result in serious injury to your $1500 carbon fiber fork from Switzerland and most importantly - yourself. Final fork weight: 1195g.
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