Saturday, January 3, 2009

Speciale CX

It's always nice when we get a little love for the products we love too;

Obviously, we're a bit biased, but we certainly think that the guys at Urban Velo are on to something when they say, "the bottom line is, you get what you pay for and this bike strikes a good balance between 'want' and 'need.' "

The Speciale CX has been one of our best selling bikes since we brought it out 2 years ago. Jeff brings up all the reasons why in his brief analysis of the bike.

If you're looking for a good "do it all" bike that won't break the bank and offers style points to match the value, then look no further than the Speciale CX.

Thanks again to the guys at Urban Velo for the nice mention. (The check's in the mail Jeff... and maybe even a CX to test.)

Tim

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

THEY'RE HERE!!! (sorta)

Just wanted to let a bunch of you very anxious folks know that the Speciale Sprint and Coltello framesets have arrived!
Speciale Sprint; Reynolds 631 steel and awesome race geometry.

Coltello; light, stiff, aero... fast!

Demand for these frames has been very high, so quantities are a little limited on a few sizes. I'll put it this way; if you already had your shop get one on order for you, then you're golden. If not... you might wanna call them today.

As a refresher course; the Coltello and Speciale Sprint share identical geometry and fork offset. The Coltello is the aluminum go fast frame- identical to the frame ridden by current Track Omnium World Champion Hayden Godfrey.

World Champion Hayden Godfrey aboard his Coltello frame.

The Speciale Sprint is identical in geometry, but is built with Reynolds 631 double butted steel tubing. This is identical to the frame I was racing on when I crashed at the end of April- and it's still straight as an arrow!

My own personal Speciale Sprint built up and ready to race... before the crash.

The geometry of the two frames is all about serious track racing with a very high BB for riding on the steepest of tracks. So if you've got a need for some serious speed- or want to build up a completely PRO looking street fixie (without having to buy a retired Keirin frame from Japan)- then look no further than these two beauties!

Tim

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Is it time to race yet?

One of the coolest days of the year for me is when the shipment (or shipments) of team frames shows up. We're very, very proud to be the bike sponsor of the Kenda Pro Cycling p/b Spinergy
cycling team. Today we received the special Team Edition versions of the 3VC Team Issue framesets for the team. Late last week we also received the Coltello Aero framesets.

A year's worth of FAST!

Oh so lovely!

The view most riders in the US domestic pro peloton will be seeing.

Here's a shot of the front of the bike, for those pro's curious to know what the front of the bikes look like.


The Coltello Aero frames... OH SO PRETTY!

I didn't kiss them all... really, I didn't...

Keep in mind, the only thing different between the frames the team rides and the ones you buy is that their frames have a few different decals on them... that's it. They get the same sweet treatment you do. Whether it's carbon or aluminum, what they get and what you get is identical- meaning you get the same awesome frames that the team will be racing to many victories in 2009.


Bring on the race season!

Tim




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