Shed Fire » Design http://www.shedfire.com Designing for Ragley, Nukeproof and others from a shed in Calderdale. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:34:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Nukeproof FR final sample http://www.shedfire.com/2010/02/21/nukeproof-fr-final-sample/ http://www.shedfire.com/2010/02/21/nukeproof-fr-final-sample/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:27:59 +0000 shedfire http://www.shedfire.com/?p=620 An evolution of the bike that got 6th in the Mega Promo, this is a revised pivot position (in line with 36t ring, making it pedal great with a singlering or 36/22 chainset, but won’t work with Hammerschmidt too well). Has 140/160mm travel. We’re testing front mech positioning right now – either on the swingarm or the seat tube is possible and we’re just trying the options.

No production price or deadline sorted yet.
More info on Nukeproof Facebook page

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I’m tired.

More later.

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Tweak Bikes is the name of the [brand] that I’ve been working on, and you’ve been watching for the last couple of months.

We press-released it all this afternoon, and here’s the story on Bikeradar, and another on Singletrackworld.com.

I’m just relieved to get it all out in the open at last so we can crack on with what we’re meant to be doing, rather than doing things with smoke and mirrors. Cheers!

We’ve got a tweak website, but it’s not there yet – http://www.tweakbikes.com

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Singletrack Magazine » Shed Fire Ragley visits Singletrack.

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Taiwanese and Chinese people often adopt and English name to let stupid westerners do business with them easier. We were out in the company of Wei Hau (Pazzaz) the other night and decided that it was all wrong, and so asked if we could have Chinese name instead. 

After looking us up and down they decided that I should be called this, as shown, which seems to be pronounced “bollocks” and is something to do with a racehorse. Better that than the first one they thought for me which was “ta ta ta”, or “blah blah blah”. And Chin Chin means cock in Japanese.

Heading out of here in 4hrs and I land back on mothers day, home about lunchtime if the trains work. Save some rain for me. I’ve missed it.

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It’s odd when you are 6′ odd and ride bikes in a certain way. You think you have it all covered, then some shorty on a 29er points out something you hadn’t really noticed.
The problem is the fix adds 15% to the cost price.

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ragley

New, Titanium, Exciting.

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And this afternoon I’m going to tell Mark Lynskey I want to make a frame to go with it :-)

]]> http://www.shedfire.com/2009/03/09/just-bought-one-of-these/feed/ 11 Lines and lines and lines and lines http://www.shedfire.com/2009/03/09/lines-and-lines-and-lines-and-lines/ http://www.shedfire.com/2009/03/09/lines-and-lines-and-lines-and-lines/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:57:13 +0000 shedfire http://shedfire.wordpress.com/?p=82 Have been working on a grip pattern for Nukeproof for a while now. Finally got it nailed this morning in a way that would make Mr Lazenby, my old engineering drawing teacher, smile. Lots of centrelines and offsets and stuff. Now just up to the really clever guys at the factory to make it into a grip.
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