Brooklyn Machine Works

one day i will cure my itch for a V1... althought i swear donohue would be nowhere as near as stiff/robust as a bmw v1?

I rode Doktor P's gangsta... Pretty similar I think in terms of stiffness... The Donohue is tig'd oversize 853, it's pretty damn stiff.

I think the only advantages of the bmw would be that it took bigger tyres, and more resistant to dings/dents.

V1 and friends..

Quoted for new page. Awesome bunch of friends you have there!

Just picked up my V1 in size 46.

i always dreamed of a gangsta, but i don't wanted to have those huge saddle-handlebar-drop like indra (i'm 6.3ft) i decided to buy a custom orlowski.

however, still a great workhorse/cx-frame.

^^ Pron in that colourway

That raw v1 is nice.
Do you have the forks?

Was your old one smaller Jere?

TM, the older one was 50 and it went to another chap in exchange.

Yep I have the OG fork in black. I love the raw, especially the weldings looks imo good as hell:

^looks great. I tried to recreate that with mine, shame armourtex couldnt manage it

i always dreamed of a gangsta, but i don't wanted to have those huge saddle-handlebar-drop like indra (i'm 6.3ft)

Ive always been put off by that too

You have to remember though that indra has the most fucked up height to saddle height ratio ever....

You also have to remember, the BMW's fork is a lots longer at around 410mm, a CX fork is around 395mm.

My Short Gangsta have a 135mm headtube, to put it in perspective, if it were made to have a 395mm CX fork, the headtube would have to be around 150mm.

How tall are you and what is your inseam, Indra?

You also have to remember, the BMW's fork is a lots longer at around 410mm, a CX fork is around 395mm.

but the top tube measurement is the one that counts for me

I thought you were talking about saddle to bar drop or stack heigh

That what I thought, the smaller headtube compensate for the really long fork.

to be honest, i meant both (drop and tt)

How tall are you and what is your inseam, Indra?

I'm about six foot one and inseam is a bit over 36 inches.

Mutant

Ed did you ever get the kinesis pure cx fork when you used to have your brooklyn?? Have you got any pictures?

No, got a second hand Easton CX fork instead (395mm a2c, 43mm rake, approx 53mm trail).

BMW's geometry is;

73.5 headtube, 32mm rake, and a whooping 65mm trail.

The axle-to-crown height is 410mm, and the rake is 32mm.

http://brooklynmachineworks.blogspot.fi/2010/10/cluster-fork-clearance.html

Yea knew it was quit similar geo, just wanted to see a picture.

Here's my old V2 with Easton EC70 X

Yea just considering carbon fork options for mine.