Have you placed your credit card at a safe distance away from your current position? Then you may be safe to read on. Custom, titanium, BMX, EXT, DH, Ted James, single speed… no, this is not bike fetish bingo, this is the ‘Ti Bride’, as it has been christened by its owner. Its builder, legendary British frame builder Ted James, talks us through the design and build. You perineum may hurt. This is a one…
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@johnnystorm tbh I totally missed the reference until about 10 min ago. I’m not keen, but it’s the customer’s nickname not Ted’s. I was far busier looking at the build than the name.
Disclaimer: he’s local to me and I have been known to walk my bike down stuff he’s just leapt off of…
I can’t see the article cos I’m a freeloader… but, I’m aware that there’s been an awful lot of thought gone into that frame design along with Ted’s usual in house bespoke machining of metal things like the twin cog spider etc, followed up with a set up by the guys who supply both the F&R suspension. It’s amazing how the thoughts in his head turn into such wonders plus his ability to produce high end bikes for any purpose: touring, road, gravel, BMX, suspension BMX 🤞🏻, MTB, 36er, etc, he moves easily between disciples to produce a truly BeSpoke bike.
I love the concept and am a big fan of TJ and his bikes but there’s some details on this I don’t like. The chain tensioners (and that area in general) look like you’re still at “working prototype” stage and that jackshaft design may have some issues with copyright infringement with Dave Weagle (ridiculous I know).
Does look great though and if I was in the market for a park-rat style DH bike I’d definitely be having a chat with Ted . . . but those drop outs would need sorting first. I do have a design he could use mind . . .
1. A longer headtube to get rid of that spacer under the top crown. It looks like the owner asked for a very low front end with the option to go even lower.
2. As above, tidier dropouts.
3. I’d probably put the main chainring on the left crankarm and have one sprocket either side of the main pivot rather than the big thick double setup (like Brooklyn/Starling etc)
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