Volume bikes cutter/creedence

Tom Mosher (off Bootleg Sessions) rides a Cutter.
He seems pretty happy with it.

Tom Mosher (off Bootleg Sessions) rides a Cutter.
He seems pretty happy with it.

-1 on the Brooklyn fork though - those super tight clearances must make it hell to ride...

Bar spins on a 700c (fork clearance)

The UK distributor is Scoop, the frame and forks are going to cost £289.

Totally different bike to the Pompino. 74°/74° angles, tight like a track frame but made from 4130 cro-mo, so strong like a BMX.

"tight like a track frame but made from 4130 cro-mo, so strong like a BMX."

so is it made from thick plain gauge tubes like a bmx or .5-.8 butted tubes like a track/road frame?
just because it's 4130 doesn't mean its uber strong. those numbers just mean the inclusion of chromium and molybdenum at certain percentages much like other steels used in bike manufacture. FWIW the pompino is chr-mo steel

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=1]offering the Cutter as a frame and fork set.
The frame uses the same tubing as our high-end bmx frames and shares the same seemless, double butted CR-MO Heat-Treated tubing. [/SIZE][/FONT]

seems like decent tubing.

that explains the "strong like a BMX"

The top tube and down tube are both gusseted where they meet the head tube, so "strong like a BMX" could be true.

You spoke to Brian Castillo? That man is a fucking legend!!!!!

+1

That's cheap!

There are a few options for 135 spacing one of which is just some washers on the axle. 135 wide chainline hubs are not needed on the Pompino for tyre clearance I don't think as they are also available in 120 mm spacing. I think the idea was just to create mtb compatibility.

spacers, or squeeze to 130.

50mm chainline though, means a longer BB axle, and more Q factor

spacers, or squeeze to 130.

50mm chainline though, means a longer BB axle, and more Q factor

No I'm saying the Pompino does not have to have a 50 mm chain line. They make a 120 mm space version with a 42 mm chainline. Knowing that we can say that the chain line is not required to be 50 mm due to tyre / chainstay clearance issues so you can run a 42 mm chainline on a 135 spaced Pompino. This all goes up in the air if for some reason the 135 spaced frame has more tyre clearance but that would be strange that it does.

the 135mm pompino does have the 50mm spacing ;) , 120mm the 42mm

I know it says that on the website but that is presuming you run it with a 135mm o.l.d, 50mm chianline hub. I am referring to whether it has to have the 50 mm spacing because of extra wide mbt type tyre clearance?

E.g My mtb has a 50 mm chainline only because it has to use a wide chinline otherwise the chain ring hit the chainstay. Now it may be perfectly true that the pompino 135 mm had extra tyre clearance but being as it was made as a road / cross fixed / single speed bike I don't see why they would make it with clearance for 2" + tyres. I reckon the 120 mm o.l.d version prob has the same tyre clearance (standard cyclo cross) and so does the 135 mm and hence beable to run a 42 chainline.

I know it says that on the website but that is presuming you run it with a 135mm o.l.d, 50mm chianline hub. I am referring to whether it has to have the 50 mm spacing because of extra wide mbt type tyre clearance?

E.g My mtb has a 50 mm chainline only because it has to use a wide chinline otherwise the chain ring hit the chainstay. Now it may be perfectly true that the pompino 135 mm had extra tyre clearance but being as it was made as a road / cross fixed / single speed bike I don't see why they would make it with clearance for 2" + tyres. I reckon the 120 mm o.l.d version prob has the same tyre clearance (standard cyclo cross) and so does the 135 mm and hence beable to run a 42 chainline.

+1
I was under the impression that the drop-outs/track-ends were simply respaced

there is a spacer on the driveside the 135mm pompino BB

ive ordered mine the other day
cos me 295 delivered from the us of a
ill make sure i keep you updated on my opinion and the build

there is a spacer on the driveside the 135mm pompino BB

So the b.b shell is asymmetrically placed?

ive ordered mine the other day
cos me 295 delivered from the us of a
ill make sure i keep you updated on my opinion and the build

be careful mate! custom might stung you, and it'd end up being very expensive and other frame like a Surly Steamroller now seemed very generous.

yer hopefully i dont get stung
otherwise it will be a big hit in the deal
how much do you reckon i wold get charged

there are some threads on the subject with links to websites. I thnik off of the top of my head it's about 15% import tax + vat (currently 15%) on cost +import tax so it would be (295*1.15^2)=390 approx so 95 in tax.

pretty shitty lets hope i dont get stung

how will they miss a big box that say bike frame!!

if he marks it as a gift
then it wont be taxed

actually they closed the loophole on that - marking it as gift is longer valid.

http://www.customriders.com/prodshow.asp?prodid=11003&cat=0&parent=0&sid=3

white looks good

frame arrived today no tax
will show you all later