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..
