Hampsten Cycles

[cody.wms]

Hey Steve,

You mentioned two products you are developing with Enve in Watoni's thread in General Discussion. Can you talk a little bit about them?

Now that we've cleared out your stash of CS-25s, what long-reach carbon forks are you liking these days (besides the Wound-Up)? How's that Co-Motion fork? I haven't seen much about it.

[hampco]

Steve,

I was going to email this question to you but decided to post it here.

I notice that a few Hampstens have quite lengthy seat tube extensions. Almost like an ISP.

Is this for style, structure, or ride feel or combination of these?

Is this spec'd by you or customer request/preference?

Thanks,

Kenny

Kenny,

I think it's only been two frames with the ISP-like thingy and those were both built for me to my specs. One, the MAX bike, is sold to a good customer; the other, a Gran Paradiso Titanio, is my current go-fast bike. I can't tell if the ISP does anything or not but it sure makes shipping more difficult and shimming the seat tube on the ti frame was a real chore. Our stock welded frames usually have 20mm of ST extension to give the seat clamp plenny o' room.

Hey Steve,

You mentioned two products you are developing with Enve in Watoni's thread in General Discussion. Can you talk a little bit about them?

Now that we've cleared out your stash of CS-25s, what long-reach carbon forks are you liking these days (besides the Wound-Up)? How's that Co-Motion fork? I haven't seen much about it.

The two new projects that have me excited are:

Long-reach fork! Two months ago, Enve told me that I was the only one asking for this - boo hoo. Now I hear it's the most-requested item for them to develop - thanks all who asked, our wishes may be granted. 2 rakes, fender clearance for 40mm fenders, and eyelets are all I request - is that so much?

30.6mm seat post. Here at the Towers we use the Columbus Life seat tube on a number of lugged and welded projects. And the new lugs from e-Richie and Dazza use the same-or-similar seat tube which has a nominal 30.7mm ID before brazing or welding but usually ends up at 30.5 or 30.6mm after torch time. But no sexy posts exist yet; Enve is helping me with a couple for the short term but it sounds like a longer term solution is coming. All hail OOS!

And speaking of Enve, how about a Smoked Out featuring Jim or Carl from that great company? I just wanna say that they have consistently been a pleasure to work with from day one.

The Co-Mo fork... I think it's essentially a re-purposed road fork for short-reach calipers that has either had the legs or the dropouts extended. It's a fine fork but the clearance for 35mm fenders is tight, Clarence, which means a 30mm tire is snug. It's tall but not very wide. I have a Seven fork coming in and we may see one of the new Serotta forks soon - but I'm counting on this Enve fork to Do It All.

Another project on the horizon is a steel fork crown for straight blades with 50mm between the blades, which would work perfect using the Paul Racer M brakes - and for cyclo cross. And there may be some new fork blades coming from a pal with a different shape/profile...

Finally, we need a better/nicer/expensiver 57mm-reach caliper brake than what currently exist. Any ideas?

[cody.wms]

The new fork sounds fantastic. I'm still glad you had a CS-25 left when I called.

Finally, we need a better/nicer/expensiver 57mm-reach caliper brake than what currently exist. Any ideas?

What about the Grand-Cru brakes from Velo-OrangeLINK HERE. The copy states that they are mo-stiffer than others. Not sure which brakes they were comparing there.

[hampco]

What about the Grand-Cru brakes from Velo-OrangeLINK HERE. The copy states that they are mo-stiffer than others. Not sure which brakes they were comparing there.

They're fine, I'm assembling a bike now with these. They're still pretty basic and don't seem much like an improvement over Shimano - and they're simply a re-badged Token brake. But they work well...

[Yodelinpol]

"We don't need no stinkin' re-badges"

What and how would you improve over the Shimanos? Is it performance or mostly style?

[grscha]

Long-reach fork! Two months ago, Enve told me that I was the only one asking for this - boo hoo. Now I hear it's the most-requested item for them to develop - thanks all who asked, our wishes may be granted. 2 rakes, fender clearance for 40mm fenders, and eyelets are all I request - is that so much?
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The Co-Mo fork... I think it's essentially a re-purposed road fork for short-reach calipers that has either had the legs or the dropouts extended. It's a fine fork but the clearance for 35mm fenders is tight, Clarence, which means a 30mm tire is snug. It's tall but not very wide. I have a Seven fork coming in and we may see one of the new Serotta forks soon - but I'm counting on this Enve fork to Do It All.
...
Another project on the horizon is a steel fork crown for straight blades with 50mm between the blades, which would work perfect using the Paul Racer M brakes - and for cyclo cross. And there may be some new fork blades coming from a pal with a different shape/profile...

Hi Steve,

What fork(s) are you using for current long-reach-brake projects?

Thanks.

[hampco]

Hi Steve,

What fork(s) are you using for current long-reach-brake projects?

Thanks.

currently:

co-motion

wound up

steel hampco

i'm missing those cs25 forks...