The Break-away seat tube joint.
The Break-away seat tube joint.
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The Ritchey Break-away fixie dropouts
It’s made from steel and sports horizontal dropouts.
The Ritchey Break-away fixie
Ritchey had its newest Break-away on display, a fixed gear road bike.
The Hayes Ace caliper
The caliper is where the Ace differs. The four-pot one-piece monobloc caliper pushes pads against the rotor that are 40-percent larger than the two-piston models. This brake’s story is its power; Hayes claims it to be its most powerful ever. The Ace costs $209.
The Hayes Ace
The Ace is the first four-piston brake Hayes has ever made. The lever is longer for more mechanical advantage, but for the most part the master cylinder is the same as the rest of the Stroker line.
The Hayes Gram master piston
The brake has an aggressively cast radial master piston, no-tool reach adjust, titanium hardware, two-piece caliper and alloy backed semi-metallic pads. The Gram will be available in June.
New Hayes brakes
Hayes had new models of its Stroker brakes at Sea Otter. The gram is its new lightweight model. It weighs a claimed 357-grams with a 160mm rotor and hardware.
Titus getting the details right
From our brief look, Titus looks to be on track. The steel ExoGrid bike had plenty of rear tire clearance.
The Titus ‘crosser.
Titus also had its first cyclocross bike on hand. The manufacturer had never produced a ’cross bike before this example. The bugs are already worked out and Titus will have three models available this season: Steel ExoGrid, titanium and titanium ExoGrid. The models will cost $1895, $2300 and $2900, respectively.
The Titus IsoGrid 29er frame
The prototype frame shown is said to weigh 3.4 pounds with its seat mast.
The Titus hits all the high points
The prototype mountain bike combined all of the industry’s latest fads: Big wheels, carbon, a seat mast, integrated headset and BB30.
The Titus IsoGrid 29er
Titus showed a prototype titanium IsoGrid 29er. This is the first mountain bike it built using IsoGrid technology and is currently still undergoing testing.
The Foes pneumatic bike stand.
The Power Clamp by Foes was the best ‘gee wiz’ item I saw at Sea Otter — one I’d love to have, though. It’s an industrial quality bike stand with a pneumatic clamp. Step on the foot pedal and the clamp opens or closes. The Power Clamp costs $995 for the basic stand that bolts to the floor or a Park Shop stand base and is set to run off of an existing compressor.
SwissStop’s carbon-compound brake pads
SwissStop has developed one of the best brake pad compounds for carbon rims with its Yellow King compound. The manufacturer didn’t show any new compounds, but it did show a new Campagnolo compatible pad shape. The new shape has deeper grooves to clear debris from the rim more efficiently. The new shape is available in all three of SwissStop’s compounds.
A side view of the mag brakes.
Besides the white powder-coated magnesium arms, the new brakes have best in class features for the wide-profile ’cross brake segment. They have both mechanically adjustable toe-in and a straddle stop mounted barrel adjuster. I’m absolutely stoked to race on a set of these this fall.
TRP’s mag cross brake
Besides the R960, TRP showed its Euro X Mag brake. The brake first appeared last year as a prototype but it will be available to consumers for this ’cross season. TRP also reminded us that Sven Nys rode its brakes at the world championships last year and will continue to use them in the coming season.
The TRP brakes – in black.
The brakes are available in red and black. They’re first forged then they receive a heavy dose of post machining to shave as much material as possible. The brakes come stock with SwissStop’s black pads for alloy rims and TRP’s own carbon compound pads.
TRP’s new ultra light dual pivot brakes
TRP had new dual-pivot brakes on display for the road called the R960. It is claimed to be 40 grams lighter than Shimano’s Dura-Ace and only 10-grams heavier than Zero Gravity; keep in mind the Zero G brake has a single pivot.
A View From L’Alpe du Huez
A View From L'Alpe du Huez