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..
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 :)
- Frame & Fork material: Aluminium 6061 T6 (Fork steer 1-1/8' Hiten-steel)
- Rear-end Dropout: Forged steel
- Size 700C x 52 cm (f
rom 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 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..
your bike came out sick
ReplyDeletei was just looking for specs
cuz i have one in matte black
and im gunna be building mine
@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 :(
ReplyDeleteHope to see pictures of your one soon.