26 Sep 2009

Okay so yeah, it’s been a while since I posted anything here. To say I’ve been busy is an understatement. At any one time we have up to 4 builds going on, and recently we’ve been doing complete bikes which takes up a whole bunch of time and probably financially makes no sense, but it’s more rewarding seeing the looks on customers’ faces when they come over and see their new bike just sitting there waiting to be ridden off into the sunset. It’s pretty rewarding I gotta say.

So, aside from being super busy, I’m also super happy to show you some raw photos of our 2010 Arete. We’ve gone a bit old-school and slightly burlier (read: ‘Trailbikey’, not ‘Freeridey’), so there’s more gap now between it and the SL. The SL is the superlight XC race machine, and the Arete is the bike for the rest of us.

The Aretes are now welded by our new welder-type dude, Eric. Eric is what is technically referred to as ‘good’. Seriously good. If I made these photos B&W, you’d think that was a Titanium frame, but it’s not, it’s steel. I actually think we’re making two huge mistakes here: 1) Using welds this good on what is supposed to be our most affordable frame, and 2) Powdercoating it. Those welds will just vanish to the point I’ll I have print up a t-shirt saying “No, it’s not fillet brazed” just so I don’t have to continually repeat myself.

Anyway, luckily for me, this is actually my new frame, so this Summer is going to be a whole boatload of singletracking fun which I’m really looking forward to because I’ve largely been off the dirt for a couple of years now. I’ll post up some pix once it’s all powdercoated and decaled up etc..

Posted by warwick @ 12:59 am

7 Responses to “Wow, I finally have 5 minutes to myself.”

1. Dave Says:
   September 26th, 2009 at 7:27 am

   Let me guess, it’s going to be orange?

2. thylacine Says:
   September 26th, 2009 at 10:19 am

   Would you believe I’m breaking with tradition and going with a Turquoise and Brown scheme with this one?

3. Dave Says:
   September 26th, 2009 at 3:50 pm

   Interesting to see how that is going to look. Brown and Orange is something that I have beeen considering.

4. thylacine Says:
   September 26th, 2009 at 9:57 pm

   As long as you don’t go with too big a pearl orange, it will look good, especially with some cream or white/off-white bits. Burnt orange, brown and cream - in a plain gloss or satin - is a classic combo.

5. Dave Says:
   September 26th, 2009 at 10:22 pm

   Are you going with panels, or a front rear split?

6. thylacine Says:
   September 26th, 2009 at 11:04 pm

   Frame and rims will be turquoise, with black, white and brown parts.

7. Dave Says:
   September 27th, 2009 at 10:45 am

   I’ve never seen turquiose rims done before, will be interesting to see how it turns out.

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