Bike Shop: B-Knee

Wuddup Pedallers!!

Allow me to introduce you to B-Knee bike shop, located at Jln.H Salim 2 No.14A in the Radio Dalam area, South Jakarta. I got reffered to come to this shop by my good cycling buddy @haka_1109, not long after he built a couple of bikes for his wife and himself.



I like this shop. It sells mid-to-low end parts and frames for people like me, basically. I don't need a Rp.20 million bike because i'm not an athlete. Nobody is sponsoring me :p

What i need is a good frame, good parts, and a good workshop for servicing so i can go on cycling worry free. So i went here one day and saw a white original VISP TRX790 frame. After checking out some details and asking permission from my wife, i decided to get that frame and transfer components from my old bike. There are other frames, such as a PCO, but my mind's made up on the VISP. Word is, B-Knee is the unnoficial number one source of VISP and PCO frames in South Jakarta. They have the sizes and color variations to suit you also.



Price was reasonable and the bike-building process (including parts transfer) went like a breeze, Everything was according to budget, so i didn't mind getting a new Sugino crankshaft to match the performance :) Anyway below's the bike, 90% done.



Let's have a look at the interior of the shop.. It's not as cozy or air conditioned like the other bike shops, but the hospitality and great service are certainly plus points.









So if you're looking for original VISP or PCO frames, if you're looking for low-to-mid end parts, if you're looking to do minor-to-major servicings for your bike and fixed gears, come to this place.

Regards,
Donny a.k.a Speeder

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..