BCD
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Well that was rad.
Helping a buddy re-build Kyle’s (rip) BCD this summer.
Anyone have a spare King Perdido upper? Rarer than rare at this point.
Anyone have a spare King Perdido upper? Rarer than rare at this point.
I almost posted this here yesterday, great watch. Those bikes were awesome, esp w/ Sanjay on them!
Rich?
What a great profile! Congrats Alex! Remember those bcd days fondly. Even got to see one at snowshoe back in the day.
Funny, my wife sent me this video to watch last Thursday. Cool how he's ended up living his life.
Photos and if he ever sells and its an inedible.... CALL ME
hmm. I gave him that frame to restore. I could have sworn the HS top was included, but will dig through my bin to see if I still have it!
Please do dig! Perdido stuff was hard to get even when it was being made!
The Cap or the Cup? Color is? Had to google and read for while on this one. Should I dig deeper for you?
Avy
don't hold your breath. too much sentimental value on this bike.
yeah, in case you haven’t been on Ridemonkey for 20 years(gulp), and are unfamiliar familiar with Evil/e.13 history- Kyle was a big personality here, a wonderful human, a team badass taken before his time. One of his old team mechanics is building up his last race bike as a time capsule. It’s definitely not getting flipped, or ridden.
That is a Happy Man,found his Zen if you will. Not Easy todo if you ask me. I am trying to get there myself. Funny how Easy it is for One to know he is Not there,but so Hard to Get there. A Shack for a House,a old trusty truck,a Wife,his Dog and Goats with Lord knows how much Land? Fucking Beautiful,they are Happy,but more important tome is they are Content. It is Hard tobe Content.
Now if you Guy’s could help me on a few questions I have on his Cross Bike. I have never had a Cross,Love um though.
I noticed no Dropper on his Post.( Sick Braaap Sticker on His).
Do the Pro’s use a Dropper?Like the XC Boy’s do?
Is it a Standard option on current CrossBikes for Sale?
That cockpit was Sick,but confusing tome.The Frame went from Fat Lower Internal Headset,to Skinny Top?
The Stem was Taller than anything I have seen? Was it 1”1/8 setup? WTB was the Stem or Bar?
The Fork I just saw a review with that YouTube HardTail Guy. Interesting Sick Fork. It uses thin little pieces of plastic basically for movement if you will. I Love his setup.
Is the Cross Market going Squish Front End? Or he just a Pimp!
I thought Cross was like Road,never squish in the Front?
Last,so he is sponsored by Shimano? How is that may I ask? It’s wonderful,I Love Shimy,just wondering?
Thank You for you’re time.
Avy
That's not a "cross" setup and Pro's don't use a dropper in CX.
That front fork is probably a Lauf.
www.laufcycling.com
That front fork is probably a Lauf.
Lauf Cycles - gravel bikes, road bikes and lightweight suspension forks
We push boundaries to make you the best bikes on the planet! At a price nobody competes with. While giving you a 30 day test ride to make sure it's perfect for you.
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shit, my bad. full disclosure i am terrible with names.
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fork is a lauf, frame is a ritchey ascent or Timberwolf. Stem is a “limpdick” stem, popular amongst people who use drop bars off-road, for the reasons he mentions; raises the bars and brings them closer to the rider, so you can be in the drops and not be horribly stretched out over the front.
He could definitely run a dropper on that frame, but it looks like he just doesn’t need it on the rides he’s doing. Plenty of gravel bikes are coming with droppers these days, so the options are there.
long story slightly shorter.
this particular frame was custom built for Jeff Brines (former poster here, ex Vital reviewer) at a longer 24” top tube.
after racing it for a season, he traded it to Kyle/SSaddict (also poster here and MTBR) who also raced on the E13/evil team.
the bike was stolen from Kyle, who had a really bad crash at a race, and passed shortly there after (lots of threads here and mtbr).
with the help of Kyle’s family, Jeff was able to eventually recover the frame and a few parts. Jeff really wanted the bike to keep getting ridden, and donated it to me to rebuild and get people on - which I did.
unfortunatley, I needed to harvest a bunch of parts over the years and I don’t have the means to rebuilt it correctly.
jon Kranked was able to connect me with Rich, who is an OG e13 dude and mechanic for the BCD race team. He is working to rebuild the bike to original team spec.
punchline is I don’t blame you for asking, but I don’t think this particular bike will ever get passed on.
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Thank You. I am surprised the Pro CX guys don’t use a dropper. I guess it is not the same terrain as XC though,more rolls.That's not a "cross" setup and Pro's don't use a dropper in CX.
That front fork is probably a Lauf.
Lauf Cycles - gravel bikes, road bikes and lightweight suspension forks
We push boundaries to make you the best bikes on the planet! At a price nobody competes with. While giving you a 30 day test ride to make sure it's perfect for you.
Avy
Easy Tiger,I’m gettin school’ed up in this mother fucka! If I don’t know,I won’t act like I do. The Beauty is,there is a Monkey who does. Avy know’s what a ATB is. My 84 Fisher Montana said so. Stop with this compartmentalise,what are from mtbr? A CrossBike is not some dumb ass GravelBike,it is a CrossBike. That is what us older folk call it. Road is Road,then we had the Stardard XC for years,then FreeRide,and Finally we had Proper DH. Now we have other Bikes, but some things Will Never Change Brother.
Avy
bike types that 2022 bike Marketers would sell you the above bike as:
off road tourer
Rugged road
Gravel
Drop bar dirt tourer
Monstercross
Xc
Xc trail
Hillbike
all I was saying is there’s too many sub categories out there. Alex isn’t racing this thing, so it doesn’t need to fit in to a neat UCI category, and it doesn’t need to fit under a catchy marketing term.
If anything CX is one of the few bikes that this couldn’t be marketed as as the tyres are too wide for racing (as stipulated by everyone favourites, the UCI). See what I mean that compartmentalising and categorising is bad?
Yeah Alex never made many of them sadly and he stopped making them as I was trying to get them at the time. Least I still have the Lahar.
Would love to still get one though.
Thank You. I went back in time and read. I remember SS posts very well. It was crazy for me back then,I did not hear of it. I Always remember Handles that I Love,even if they make no sense tome. I’m glad you stuck through it till the end. For you to type that 1 sentence,about harvesting parts,took guts. Thank You,and May we build Kyle’s Bike. What can we do to help? You,and those building this bike,must give us something todo to Help.
Avy
who?
No really who erased the existence of BCD on this website?
@binary visions : I WANT MY MONEY BACK!
No really who erased the existence of BCD on this website?
@binary visions : I WANT MY MONEY BACK!
Sure looks like he lives somewhere on the "back way" from Durango to Angel Fire. So rad out there...
So you are saying UCI created these? So what is it you want the Bike World todo? Start over On calling a Bike what it is? It is the Only thing in the Bike World that makes any sense.
Avy
*sigh*
fuckin kyle
I would run into that dude at bootleg canyon races and we'd laugh about ridemonkey and talk about alex's weird looking handprints on his bike.
I gotta wonder what would have happened with modern day helmets. Those symptoms he posted about here shortly before his death were agony. All the shit we know about TBIs now.
Poor guy was like 25
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Alex did change his name here, to something with greek letters in it that aren’t on my keyboard. Search for Rallysmurf in the searchbox and you will find ye olde account.
Some good news: King(go King!)is willing to make some fresh pieces for the headset- but if either previous custodian happens to still have the perdido topcap, or a crown race, well, that would be lovely!
Some good news: King(go King!)is willing to make some fresh pieces for the headset- but if either previous custodian happens to still have the perdido topcap, or a crown race, well, that would be lovely!