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So the frame will hopefully take up to 650b 3.0 and 29" 2.3. 68,5 degree head angle and 74 seat angle. I wanted to keep the chainstays as short as possible without bending the seat tube because... I don't like bent seat tubes. So they ended up at being 433mm. A nice and short 44mm headtube and room for a rowdy 120mm Pike fork. I went for a T47 BB so I can try to route the dropper cable through it and exit at the top of the down tube. On the non-drive side the rear derailleur and brake cable will enter at the top of the DT, exit before the BB and back in the chainstays. Should look quite neat and clean. Extra bottle mounts under the down tube.
Oh, and it's titanium.
We're still figuring out the logotype, but I'm pretty much set for a color split, leaving the rear raw brushed Ti.
Here's a couple of sketches.
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Cheers, you just made me make the project thread: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/317190
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So last winter when I had decided to get rid of my AWOL I'd been sketching on new bikes for a while. I was considering some gravel/cross thing, but soon enough went in the direction of a modern hardtail capable of 650+ and 29". I wanted to be able to do the proper trails I couldn't with my AWOL and Crux and at the same time use it for bikepacking. At that time there wasn't many options OTP, and I was mocking up geos in BikeCAD.
On a work trip to China I stopped by Colossi since it was in the neighbouring city of our hotel. The factory looked nice and the plan was to create the first frame with them. I'm not going to go into that story, but I think it's no secret that the Kole's moved back to Holland, and at the end of the day no frame was made, I lost last year and had to find another manufacturer.
During all this I also went ahead making a brand. The idea is that it should be somewhat of a playground to make fun stuff, and in time maybe also sell a few frames to friends and see what happens. With me I have a couple of friends: Joachim who is here on LFGSS and famous for his amazing Conlago re-spray and Anki. Our brand is named after a weird cat we once took care of during a holiday in Denmark, and we worked with an amazing illustrator to get the cat symbol in place.
A bit text-heavy this first post, but I had to get the thread going after being called out in the AWOL-thread :) But I can say the the frame now exists. More details, pictures and the works in the next posts.
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Paid Amey x 5 white x 5 black
Paid BigDog x6 white x6 black
Paid PhilDAS x 2 of each
Paid jonuxuk x 2 white/clear
Paid fussballclub x 5 black 2 x white
Paid Biggles567 x4 (white)
Paid c00ps x3 (white/clear)
Paid psg1ben 5 of each
Paid AlexD x2 white
Paid F1s x 4 - black text please.
Paid M_V x 4 (white/clear)
Paid Lmananimal x6 (white/clear)
Paid Squaredisk x 1 (white/clear)
Paid hpx93 x 1 (black/clear)
Paid hw x5 (white/clear)
Paid Heldring 2x black 2x white (posted to NL)
Paid Batt x2
Paid Fox 2 x black 3 x white
Paid spinnnout x 4 white
Paid Beetletype25 x2 white
Paid Heitzman x4
Paid Gdm 2x white 2x black posted to France
Paid LuigiDolomite x 5 (White/Clear)
Paid Grubr x 4 white/clear
Paid Scaramagai 5xWhite 5xBlack (posted to Italy)
Paid Ramsaye x3
Paid Jontea x 1 white 1 black
Paid MicroDosed x 4
Paid platypus x2
Paid Turkish 1x black 1x white
Paid JohnnyW75 x2 white
Paid el_presidente 4xwhite 2xblack
Paid alialias x3 black x3 white
Paid Aroogah x 4 white/clear
Paid onyerbike x 4 black
Paid TomvanHalen x2 black x2 white
Paid doubleodavey x 8 white
Paid ArfurPill 4 x white 2 x black
Paid Matita24 2xwhite 2xblack (shipped to spain)
Paid JamesQGM x 2 black x 2 white
Paid slothy x 6 (shipping to switzerland)
Paid sumo x2
Paid Dick x 5 (2Xwhite 3Xblack)
Paid Grimm x5
Paid nathwilson22 x4 white
Paid Rawrrr 2x White, 2x Black
Paid Theoazb x1 black 1 white
Paid cryptthing 2x White
Paid nohwol x4 black (shipping to US)
Paid kotsm x 6 (white)
Paid T0mg x2 (black)
Paid sinthewood x2 (white)
Paid Jalopy-Véloist x 4 (White/Clear)
Paid LeMesjeu x2 white + x2 black + post to Belgium
Lobos x2 black x2 white to France
Paid larsenroad x2 white x2 black (shipping to Norway)Unpaid/Scabs
mk1mark x 1
Thrasher x 3
Josh x 2
miro_o x1
Juiceb0x x2
Christono x 4
Blackmath x4
Thuekr x3 black background (shipping to Denmark)
ShutUpBlud x5
birofunk x 2 (posted to Ireland)
OwlBearR2 2x white 2x black
Owlz 2 x white 2 x black
manson7am 4xwhite
poodawg 4x white
Creek_Tebsin x4 (white)
giles337 x2 black
Miitch x2
Farcuss x2 black
LardLover x2 white
Jzk x3 black X3 white
Mr_Bump x4 white
Silly_Savage x1 black x2 white
Fritzi x3 black
mrboulard x1 black posted to Paris
Gonzalez x1 White
mabrad x1 black
Thrust x2 black posted to Sweden -
Amey x 5 white x 5 black
Grubr x 4 white/clear
PhilDAS x 2 of each
mk1mark x 1
LuigiDolomite x 10
Thrasher x 3
Aroogah x 4 white/clear
JamesQGM x 4
Jalopy-Véloist x 4
jonuxuk x 2 white/clear
doubleodavey x 4
kotsm x 6
LeMesjeu x4 (pending postage to Belgium and total amount to rounded off euro amount)
sumo x2
fussballclub x 5
Biggles567 x4
Dick x 5
Josh x 2
Matita24 x4 ( shipping to spain)
M_V x 4 (white/clear)
slothy x 6 (shipping to switzerland)
c00ps x3
Rawrrr x4
cryptthing x2
hw x5
Jontea x 2
miro_o x1
Squaredisk x 1
Juiceb0x x2
Heitzman x4
Christono x 4
F1s x 4
Blackmath x4
MicroDosed x 4
T0mg x1
Lmananimal x6
Thuekr x3 black (shipping to Denmark)
larsenroad x2 white x2 black (shipping to Norway)
AlexD x2
ShutUpBlud x5
Hp93 x1 (unless theres black on clear)
Heldring 2x black 2x white (posted to NL)
platypus x2 -
Amey x 5
Grubr x 4
PhilDAS x 2
mk1mark x 1
LuigiDolomite x 10
Thrasher x 3
Aroogah x 4
JamesQGM x 4
Jalopy-Véloist x 4
jonuxuk x 2
doubleodavey x 4
kotsm x 6
LeMesjeu x4 (pending postage to Belgium and total amount to rounded off euro amount)
sumo x2
fussballclub x 5
Biggles567 x4
Dick x 5
Josh x 2
Matita24 x4 ( shipping to spain)
M_V x 4
slothy x 6 (shipping to switzerland)
c00ps x3
Rawrrr x4
cryptthing x2
hw x5
Jontea x 2
miro_o x1
Squaredisk x 1
Juiceb0x x2
Heitzman x4
Christono x 4
F1s x 4
Blackmath x4
MicroDosed x 4
T0mg x1
Lmananimal x6
Thuekr x3 (shipping to Denmark)
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Tomo187
Thrasher
pizzarat
platypus
Spotter
TM x2 (or x6 pending price) also pending post possibility
amey
Edmundro x2 pref black but not a deal breaker
batt
Spxtz
Drøn
Hp93
Jontea
JB
Clockwise x2
Aroogah
mentats x2
russmeyer x 2-4 pending price & postage option
Heldring
LeMesjeu (x 2-4 pending price & postage)
Mattyc x2
psg1ben x3
esk x2 (pending postage option)
Ramsaye
n3il
Lightbluejosh
c.h.e. (post to Berlin)
pascalo x 2 (post to Oz)
motoko
J_a_m_e_s
chasnotrobert
moocher
alialias
hamrack x4-8 (depending on price and final design)
larsenroad -
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The prototype is made by Waltly.