Howdy I'm new...and i need a new frame

General Fixed Street
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Hey Yall,

Well this is my first post here. So introductions first…Hi. Haha, i’m Ken, I am usually found heavy handedly treating shit boxes at BikeNow in Sth Melbs. I also run www.xxiv.com.au and import a bunch of brands through that with Llewroy for those that know him. They are all dirt jump, street, downhill prods though, have a look on the site to check them out.

Anywhoos now thats done. I stacked my commuter track bike hadcore 2 weeks ago. In a word, fucked. Well all my parts seem ok, but my frame is pushed in at the front end. It looks like a Santa Cruz Farleigh now.

R.I.P.

I started to look at my options for new frames in the last week. I have to say I am growing extremely fond of:

More details: BUSINESS CYCLES: Track Racing Bicycles and Frames: Dedacciai Cromoly Track and Fixed-Gear Road Frame: Nessuno (EAI "Bareknuckle")

Known as the EuroAsia Bareknuckle (in US as ‘Nessuno’). I think its a hell of a sexy bike! New school, really clean and well defined. I love how simple it is, yet it still has a few nice touches to set it off. Plus the no decals thing will work well for the theiving type, or I will probably just sticker it up with my other brands :stuck_out_tongue: .

Has anyone in Oz got one, seen it in the flesh…pref ridden one? I am pretty easy re: geo for this type of frame, I just ride the fucker fast from point A to B. But good to get an idea of what it might be like.

So it comes in at $600 AUD, plus freight etc. I will be getting it from http://www.hubjub.co.uk/. Unless someone knows a supplier in Oz? If i get it from HubJub I will get it with a 24Seven order for XXIV to cut down on freight, so if anyone else might be interested in one or something else from HubJub let me know and we could do a good deal on freight.

For anyone that is interested here are my other bikes. A Dobermann Pinscher jump bike with 24s and my DH bike which is in progress, a Banshee Chaparral with all the trick bits :smiley: .

Banshee Chap: http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=68892

Dobermann Pinscher: http://forums.farkin.net/showthread.php?t=68892

Cheers,

Ken

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you bring in Brembo? I know the importer for Brembo automotive/rally parts - you do the mtb brakes?

  • Joel
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EAI does not have a distributor in Oz. You will probably have to import them in. The bike looks to have track geometry so expect twitchy handling on the road and toe overlap. I don’t have any experience with this frame but I do have an EAI cog. Those are very well made. If their cogs are anything to go by, the frames should be good. $600 seems like a decent price.

Cheers
Des

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Indeed I do, just the MTB Brakes…most expensive you can get! Perfection comes at a price though…

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EAI does not have a distributor in Oz. You will probably have to import them in. The bike looks to have track geometry so expect twitchy handling on the road and toe overlap. I don’t have any experience with this frame but I do have an EAI cog. Those are very well made. If their cogs are anything to go by, the frames should be good. $600 seems like a decent price.

Cheers
Des[/quote]

Yes I am definitely pretty tempted, had track geo before. Wouldn’t mind some road geo tho…but it is cool, looks good and no one else should have one :).

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Actually, you would not be the first person in Oz to own one.

http://fixed.org.au/forums/lugless-runabout-vt818.html

Des

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Actually, you would not be the first person in Oz to own one.

http://fixed.org.au/forums/lugless-runabout-vt818.html

Des[/quote]

That is a shame, for now i shall have to kill him and you both. hehe.

Anyway, not really that fussed about my commuter being too different. As long as joe blow commuters aren’t running them! If thouroughbred cyclist loving freaks are running it then that is fine with me!

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Hi pixsoul, hows ya head?

To bring everyone up to speed Mr Pixsoul has been in a neck brace for 5 days post stacking his pushy, and the poor lad can’t remember a thing about it. OMG.

Hope your feeling heaps better mate, Love your work. Oh yeh don’t get the sky blue frame that ones for me… hehe

http://www.businesscycles.com/nessuno.htm

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The people building up my wheels saw some of the other components I’d bought / mentioned I might buy and whispered in my ear about getting a new frame rather than powdercoating my current one… over the last few days I’ve slowly but surely settling in on a Bareknuckle frame. Has their lack of a local distributer changed state in the last year or so?

I’ve also read that people tend to go down a size with them – so, to move from my 59cm Steamroller I’d be changing to the 56cm or 58cm Bareknuckle… does that seem about right?

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The Beasleys are the EAI distributors in .au - http://beasleycycles.com.au/

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If you want info, do a search on Bikeforums.net There’s a few dozen posts on it.

I think it’s pretty much the same tubing as the Steamroller, but IANAE.