One interesting thing is that on the braked version, the cable is run through the steer tube. This allows the front wheel to rotate 360 w/ a brake. In the 80's it took a gyro or a ACS rotor (thanks Leo) to achieve the same thing. Crazy it could be that simple...
I'm sure this has been done elsewhere previously but this is the first time I've noticed it.
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Hey Jarrod, the rotor is for the rear brake, not the front. The front has always gone through the steerer tube.
Walt
that is one pretty bike.
Huh, O.K. that's right.
Thanks Walt now build up a FG!
Elisa,
I'm thinking Milwaukee is going to run this one in some colors that'll most likely glow in the dark.
Should be interesting...
That bike is fu*king stupid. The version without brakes doesnt even exist; it was photoshopped. Running a rear brake w/o a detangler almost defeats the purpose of running a potts front. Bikesnob put it best, "In many ways, fixed-gear freestyling has been retracing the same steps BMX took 20 years ago, so it's hardly surprising to see the Potts Modification. Yet even for a staunch advocate of brakes like me, this bike raises a question: if fixed-gear freestyling is about being able to pull off tricks with a fixed drivetrain and no brakes, what happens when you add brakes to the equation? Doesn't the fixed drivetrain go from being the element that defines the bike to simply being a contrived handicap? If you want to do tricks and you've already got brakes, why not just go all the way and use a freewheel too?"
Exactly.
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