Bamboo Beatstick Posted on January 21st 2008
’02 Beatstick
Owner: Todd Downs
From: Massachusetts, USA
Paint: Bamboo
Comments: None
Photos: 1
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’02 Beatstick
Owner: Todd Downs
From: Massachusetts, USA
Paint: Bamboo
Comments: None
Photos: 1
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I wanted to leave a description, but I was pressed for time as I uploaded the photo. Here are the specifics:
I developed this bike with a bit of help from Matt Bracken and Brian Kelly. My idea was to build a bike that balanced strength and lightweight with the perfect geometry for my riding style. I love techie East Coast singletrack, and wanted a durable frame, built to survive its share of knocks, but big hucks just aren’t my thing. We came up with a fairly ‘classic’ trail bike geometry of 70.5 degree head, 72 degree seat, 23 inch effective toptube, 25mm b/b drop, and 16.5 inch chainstays. I like to joke about it, but the frame is built quite literally with two downtubes and five chainstays, as well as a few custom details fabricated by Tyler like oval chainstay and seatstay bridges, disc brake brace, double-height lower headtube reinforcing rings, and box gusset on the downtube/headtube junction. Despite all this, along with a sterling headbadge and thick custom paint, the frame weighs a scant under five pounds.
Thanks for checking it out.
Under five pounds? Holy cow!