Brooklyn Machine Works Gangsta Track Geometry

This is the july 2020 release.

Brooklyn machine works gangsta track geometry. Now years later and he s got an itch to ride his bike out from the city on a big weekend ride. On vacation brooklyn machine works. Bmw gangsta track v2. Now the technique dan used didn t involve a torch but it did involve a drill and a device called a nutsert.

It ll come with the original brooklyn clusterforks as well. Brooklyn machine works bmw created the game changing gangsta track frameset in 2005 and in the years since it s become a symbol of the new fixed gear movement. Overall in good condition obviously these frame sets are bombproof so mechanically sound. Developing a pretty sweet patina.

With removable canti brake posts on the frame and fork build up your gangsta track however you d like. The geometry of the frame and fork is the same tried and true formula that helped to launch a new wave of fixed gear bikes when the first gangsta track was made in the summer of 2005. Since then the gangsta track has been in constant evolution. It s a medium see geometry chart below.

The frame has no dents but has surface rust. The v4 gangsta track features many of the og s design nods including the bi plane fork seat tube cluster yet widens the seat stays to allow for removable brake bosses. Built from a full 4130 steel it s strong responsive but doesn t sacrifice that iconic smooth ride. No dents or dings in the frame no rust.

Didn t bother me but can be removed with wire wool and then sprayed with clear coat. These rough and tough frames would be a bombproof urban fixed gear or even. Sealed bearing hub laced to mavic open pro front. Before he could do so he needed dan to add bottle braze ons to the frame.

Raw brooklyn machine works gangsta track v2 with resprayed bontrager disc forks. Brooklyn machine works gangsta track for sale. Phil wood slr laced to velocity deep v rear. Japan s wbase and brooklyn machine works have teamed up to resurrect the og gangsta track for one last round.

Bmw gangsta track v2 short v2 forks velocity rims to halo hubs never run with brakes. In the ensuing time the frame has evolved. A brake bridge was added to the fork. The holy grail from brooklyn machine works arsenal the gangsta track frameset is the definition of quality.

The geometry is the same tried and true formula that helped to launch a new wave of fixed gear bikes when the first gangsta track was produced in the summer of 2005. The gangsta track v2 is now available. The owner of this gangsta track has been hanging around shifter bikes since he was in his early teens. The original gangsta track is popular with tarck riders and celebrities alike pharell is a long time backer and has commissioned several builds.

The frame used to be red but has been stripped to raw and lacquered. Thomson stem and seatpost.