Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Trooper Speeder a.k.a VISP TRX790 Series track bike

Wuddup riders!

Time to upgrade my bike into a speed demon!! *thunder & lightning*

No lah, i'm kidding. But i was thinking of upgrading my bike to a more advanced, newer frame at some point and my choice fell to the VISP TRX790 track bike.

I got my original VISP TRX790 track bike from B-Knee, a bike shop in the Radio Dalam area (i'll be doing a shop review on them later on, stay tuned). I had to bold the word "original" because lately there have been cases of "custom" or "local" VISP bikes being sold in Kaskus. Custom here means fake, btw :p

Right, on to the specs..

  • Frame & Fork material: Aluminium 6061 T6 (Fork steer 1-1/8' Hiten-steel)
  • Rear-end Dropout: Forged steel
  • Size 700C x 52 cm (from bottom bracket center to seat tube top end)
  • Fork ends space: 100 mm
  • Frame rear dropout space: 115-120mm
  • Bottom bracket shell: 68mm, English thread (suggest to use 106-108 mm axle bottom bracket parts)
  • Chainwheel Gear Capacity: 0-60T
  • Seat post size request diameter: 27.2 mm
  • Weight: 700C x 480-580 mm frame 1934 gr. (including frame + drop out + bolt)
  • Weight: fork 750 gr.
  • Weight: headset 126 gr.
I will update you again on the parts currently being used on the bike soon, coz i can't remember each one :)

I cannibalized parts off my old bike. The good news is that most of the parts were reusable. I only have to get a new over-sized seatpost and a new Sugino crankset with a 46t.



For color i chose white because it looks fast, neat and sleek. And being a huge fan of Star Wars
the Original Trilogy, i gave it a Storm Trooper and Speeder Bike theme. Hence the name: Trooper Speeder.



Here's the link to my FB photo album if you want to take a closer look at the bike..
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=318179&id=562981410

This is how it is now. I have added white bar tapes recently, will update you with pics soon.



Nice, right? Thank you, and thanks for reading :)

Regards,
Donny a.k.a Speeder


ACHTUNG!! BE CAREFUL OF FAKE, IMMITATION VISP FRAMES.

Below are a few examples of custom/local/fake/immitation frames, modelled after the VISP TRX790 frame set. Consider this a public service announcement, so you don't end up getting fooled by sellers. Design piracy ain't cool.





Well you get the point, right..

2 comments:

  1. your bike came out sick
    i was just looking for specs
    cuz i have one in matte black
    and im gunna be building mine

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  2. @zackpoops: thanks mate. i did wanna get the matte black colour in the beginning.. shoulda gotten that colour instead of white. the white is the most oftenly replicated by local frame makers :(

    Hope to see pictures of your one soon.

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